Forty years ago this month, Bob Geldof unleashed his “global jukebox”. With the help of Midge Ure and promoter Harvey Goldsmith, he staged a concert across two venues on either side of the Atlantic, ...

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Sir Bob Geldof and the team behind Live Aid will celebrate the legendary charity concert's 40th anniversary this summer with a series of events including a re-broadcast of highlights from the all-star ...

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 ...

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(CNN) — Paul McCartney hadn’t taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing “Let It Be” for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a ...