Simulcast from Philly 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. File: Rick Springfield ...

With that short introduction from Mick Jagger and the beat of the drums, Tina Turner danced onto a Philadelphia stage for an electrifying performance with the Rolling Stones frontman during Live Aid ...

As Live Aid celebrates its 40th Anniversary, we're taking you back and looking at some of the setlist from arguably the biggest music event of the '80s. Live Aid came together in the '80s when ...

Freddie Mercury peacocking across the stage, pumping his mic stand while 72,000 pairs of hands double clapped in unison during Queen's “Radio Ga Ga.” David Bowie, elegant in his powder blue suit, ...

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“It was our Woodstock, but better,” Nile Rodgers asserts in Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World, referring to the all-star charity concerts broadcast around the world 40 years ago. Boomers ...

The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now. The singer and activist Bob Geldof at home in London. The Live Aid shows were seen by about 1.5 ...