July 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of Live Aid. The iconic charity concert was the brainstorm of rock legends Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Africa. The Live Aid ...

Queen singer Freddie Mercury (left) with guitarist Brian May during the band's performance at Live Aid. - Popperfoto via Getty Images Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ...

I can’t recall much about the summer of 1985, but I do remember July 13. That morning 40 years ago, I flipped on my family’s old Zenith television to look at Live Aid, the fund-raiser for famine ...

40 years ago today, Freddie Mercury and Queen made their legendary appearance at Live Aid, the global phenomenon that was the two-city charity concert. Queen performed at Live Aid in front of 72,000 ...

Live Aid was a global phenomenon that took place at the same time, in two separate places, all focusing on helping to raise funds and awareness for famine relief in Ethiopia. Two concerts took place ...

That image of Freddie Mercury still lingers. In a white chest-hugging vest, the frontman of rock band Queen had energetically pranced around London’s Wembley Stadium stage, belting out the hits Radio ...

Phone lines melted during Live Aid 1985 due to the massive volume of donors calling in, but not during the set that most people think.

Forty years ago, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure hosted a massive benefit concert that took place on both sides of the Atlantic, at London’s Wembley Stadium and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, to ...

(CNN) — British band Queen’s performance at 1985 charity mega concert Live Aid has gone down in the history books, but it almost didn’t happen, according to members Brian May and Roger Taylor.