Both stadiums where it happened(Wembley and JFK) have been demolished.
How .uch of the 100 milliom reached Ethiopia?
Were you there?? I was- to say “other acts just seemed like they were going through the motions” is pathetic....
There were obvious reasons why Led Zeppelin did not sound good but there is no denying the excitement, anticipation and emotion when they came out onto the stage...
The Four Tops, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, The Pretenders, Tom Petty and Neal Young were all incredible- just to name a few...
As per Queen- yes- they were good (they should’ve been- they had been touring together the prior two years) yet this “it was Queen and everyone else” storyline is BS...
How much of that money actually made it to hungry Ethiopians?
So I guess after all these years famine has been eliminated in Ethiopia….or did a lot of vermin just get rich?
In 1985 dozens of musicians got together to produce an album to help starving people in Africa. It was a noble effort but you can’t save everyone, especially if they are under the heels of socialist and Marxist governments. They pleaded for help and got nothing but words. Ideological mush never solved anything. And today, even though the musicians stated they would continue their aid concerts, farmers who had fed the population of Rhodesia, were killed and driven out because they were white. Do the musicians sing for them? Hunger is now weaving its dark tentacles through a once prosperous Zimbabwe and Zambia. The same thing was now happening in South Africa.
Forgot about it completely. Vaguely recall hearing about it at the time. These “artists” sure think highly of themselves to drag up something like that all these years later.
It was the birth of woke virtual-signaling.
“Freddie Mercury’s and Queen’s swansong. They stole the whole day, all the other acts just seemed like they were going through the motions. Led Zeppelin was awful”
As much as I now loath Bono, Live Aid definitely gave U2 a major boast in popularity that went on for another 25 years, they did fine. As did The Who.