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Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
Live 8. Live 8 ( French: En direct 8, German: Live 8, Italian: Vivi 8, Japanese: ライブ8 (romanised: Raibu 8), Russian: Прямой эфир 8 (romanised: Pryamoy efir 8)) was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 conference and summit held at the ...
The song featured in most Pink Floyd live gigs since its release (the only notable exceptions being the Knebworth 1990 appearance and the Live 8 reunion gig). During the 1980/1981 Wall tour , the song was performed close to the original recording (with the children's singing played from tape), except that the ending was markedly expanded.
The success led to several other charity singles, such as "We Are the World" (1985) by USA for Africa, and spin-off charity events, such as Comic Relief and the 1985 Live Aid concert. In a UK poll in December 2012 it was voted sixth on the ITV television special The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song. [11]
7. Shy Smile. iheartcraftythings.com. iheartcraftythings.com gives another coloring page that shows the sweet and possibly even shy side of the character Elsa. 8. Elsa and Anna. pain-by-number.com ...
All the songs performed by Sting were sung twenty years before at Live Aid. Mariah Carey performed a medley of her hits "Make It Happen", "We Belong Together", and "Hero" where she was accompanied by a children's choir. Some artists already had shows planned for 2 July which they performed after their performances at Live 8.
Following a slew of Live Aid-style promotions, sequels and events and the death of Mercury, it was re-written in the 1990s as "Slag Aid", retaining most of the original lyrics. The version released on the live album Showbusiness! also references McCartney, but adds Axl Rose, Michael Jackson and John Lydon as more modern examples.
The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) [ 2] is a live triple album credited to " George Harrison & Friends" [ 3][ 4] and released on Apple Records in December 1971 in the United States and January 1972 in the United Kingdom. The album followed the two concerts of the same name, held on 1 August 1971 at New ...