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1 day agoLive Aid at 40: Hope, hype and hard questions DW 07/11/2025
Conceived and executed by Irish musician Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure, Live Aid was put together at astonishing speed, with momentum from the 1984 Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Ure recalled that much of Live Aid's planning was instinctual and born from goodwill rather than strategy or budget. This resulted in an unprecedented global event that raised immense funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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