| In this article we're going to review another very | | | | had been put on so close together to raise money for |
| popular benefit concert, the one they call Live Aid. | | | | the same relief effort. |
| Most people probably had very little clue that The | | | | The initial goals of this concert was to raise about $1.5 |
| Concert For Bangladesh would start a trend that | | | | million. But as the concert grew in scope and the |
| would continue for many years. Live Aid is another | | | | number of acts increased the final number was |
| example of some of the world's greatest musical acts | | | | estimated at a staggering $254 million earned. Nobody |
| coming together in a common cause to help people in | | | | could have ever seen this coming. Because of |
| need. | | | | Geldorf's efforts and the success of Live Aid, he |
| What made Live Aid different from Bangladesh and | | | | received an honorary knighthood. |
| many other concerts was that this concert was not | | | | Because there were so many venues and so many |
| held in just one place. The concert, held on July 13, 1985 | | | | performing artists it would be impossible to list every |
| was broadcast live from a number of places, including | | | | artist who performed and every song done. But there |
| Wembley Stadium in London, JFK Stadium in | | | | were a few memorable highlights that deserve to be |
| Philadelphia, and a few acts performing from Sydney, | | | | mentioned. |
| Australia and Moscow, Russia. | | | | One of the most memorable moments at JFK |
| The concert itself was put on in order to try to help | | | | Stadium was when Bob Dylan was playing and broke |
| raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. The concert | | | | a guitar string. Ron Wood then took off his guitar and |
| was billed as sort of a "global jukebox." The number of | | | | gave it to Dylan. Wood was then left standing on |
| people in attendance at just two of the sites totalled | | | | stage without a guitar. What does he do? He shrugs |
| over 150,000 people. Live Aid was the largest scale | | | | to the audience and proceeds to play air guitar even |
| satellite link-up and TV broadcast of all time. It was | | | | imitating Pete Townsend's windmill motion until a |
| estimated that about 1.5 billion people saw the | | | | stagehand brought Wood a new guitar. |
| broadcast live. | | | | Over at Wembley Stadium the highlight of the concert |
| The concert was conceived by master mind Bob | | | | there was when Freddie Mercury and Queen got the |
| Geldorf who had previously put together another gala | | | | entire audience in attendance to clap and sing to |
| called "Do They Know It's Christmas" which was | | | | "Radio Ga-Ga," "We Will Rock You," and "We Are |
| known as Band Aid. That concert went off the | | | | The Champions." It was reported that the sound at |
| previous winter featuring a number of British and Irish | | | | that point was almost deafening with over 70,000 |
| acts also for the purpose of raising funds for famine | | | | people singing and clapping. |
| relief in Ethiopia. This is the first time that two concerts | | | | |