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The song is most associated with the July 1985 Live Aid event, where it was performed by The Cars during the Philadelphia event; the song was also used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, which was introduced by British musician David Bowie.
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
"Drive", with Orr on lead vocals, gained notoriety when it was used in a video about the Ethiopian famine shown at the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London, [12] although the Cars performed at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia.
On this day in 1985, a worldwide rock concert dubbed 'Live Aid' was organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans at Wembley Stadium in London. According to History.com, the ...
Original Queen band members Bob Geldoff and Brian May react to the Live Aid set for 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' ... stage was like in 1985. Yeah, walking on it I kind of knew what it was going to be like ...
The Hooters performed "And We Danced" at the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985. [8] The music video for the song was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards. [9] The video featured live footage of the band filmed at the now-demolished Exton Drive-In in Exton, Pennsylvania. [10]
Live Aid alumni reflect on the surreal star sightings, the nerves, the backstage shenanigans, the onstage mishaps, the misplaced money, and more. An oral history of Live Aid [Video] Skip to main ...
The band folded in late 1985 as its members turned to other projects. John Taylor returned to Duran Duran, while Andy Taylor chose to leave Duran Duran in favour of a solo career. A reformed Led Zeppelin played at the Live Aid concert in 1985, with Thompson sharing drumming duties with Phil Collins.