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Judas Priest, Rick Springfield, John Oates and Bob Geldof reflect on 40 years of Live Aid
AP via channel 7ABC LA ^ | 7/12/25 | MARIA SHERMAN

Posted on 07/12/2025 12:44:08 PM PDT by DallasBiff

NEW YORK -- Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts aimed to do a lot of good - helping to raise over $100 million for famine relief in Ethiopia and inspiring worldwide awareness for a cause it might otherwise have ignored.

Simulcast from Philadelphia and London on July 13, 1985, Live Aid was the most ambitious global television event of its time: 16 hours of live music in two different continents featuring Queen, The Who, a Led Zeppelin reunion and more.

A lot has changed in the years since. "Live Aid, '85 to now, is the same distance as the Second World War from Live Aid," notes Rick Springfield, laughingly. "That's how long ago it was."

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To: Fungi

Like almost nothing.


21 posted on 07/12/2025 6:48:40 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: dfwgator

Sam was way ahead of his time. Lotta truth in his comedy.


22 posted on 07/12/2025 6:49:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Fungi

There should not be a single penny given to African aid. They need to clean their own mess up or the rest of the world needs to realize that’s how Africans want to live.


23 posted on 07/12/2025 8:15:26 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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