Live Aid concert

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benefit concert charity event rock concert telethon

The Live Aid concert was a landmark 1985 dual-venue benefit show organized to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief, remembered as one of the most iconic rock charity events in history.

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Label Occurrences
Live Aid 4
Live Aid 1985 at Wembley Stadium 2
Live Aid (1985 benefit concert) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf benefit concert ⓘ
charity event ⓘ
rock concert ⓘ
telethon ⓘ
approximateDuration over 16 hours ⓘ
benefits Ethiopian famine victims ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC ⓘ
MTV ⓘ
broadcastType global television broadcast ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1985-07-13 ⓘ
estimatedGlobalAudience 1.5 billion viewers ⓘ
over 150 countries ⓘ
featuresPerformance Queen’s 21-minute set at Wembley Stadium ⓘ
follows Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? ⓘ
surface form: Band Aid single "Do They Know It’s Christmas?"
genre pop music ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
hasFollowUpEvent Live 8 ⓘ
Sport Aid ⓘ
hasMainStage JFK Stadium main stage ⓘ
Wembley Stadium main stage ⓘ
hasOrganizerGroup Band Aid Trust ⓘ
hasVenue JFK Stadium ⓘ
surface form: John F. Kennedy Stadium

Wembley Stadium ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Philadelphia ⓘ
notableFor dual-venue simultaneous concerts ⓘ
large-scale satellite broadcast ⓘ
raising awareness of African famine ⓘ
notablePerformer Bob Dylan ⓘ
David Bowie ⓘ
Dire Straits ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
Led Zeppelin ⓘ
Madonna ⓘ
Mick Jagger ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
Phil Collins ⓘ
Queen ⓘ
Run-D.M.C. ⓘ
Sting ⓘ
The Who ⓘ
U2 ⓘ
organizedBy Bob Geldof ⓘ
Midge Ure ⓘ
partOf Band Aid ⓘ
surface form: Band Aid movement
purpose raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief ⓘ
raisedAmount over $100 million ⓘ
over £40 million ⓘ
slogan The Global Jukebox ⓘ
widelyRegardedAs landmark charity concert ⓘ
one of the greatest live rock events in history ⓘ
year 1985 ⓘ

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Bohemian Rhapsody → depictsEvent → Live Aid concert ⓘ
Freddie Mercury → notablePerformance → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid 1985 at Wembley Stadium
Concert for Bangladesh → inspired → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → inspired → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid benefit concerts
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → reliefEffort → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid
Radio Ga Ga → notablePerformance → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid 1985 at Wembley Stadium
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? → inspired → Live Aid concert ⓘ
subject surface form: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
this entity surface form: Live Aid
Bob Geldof → notableWork → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid (1985 benefit concert)
Bob Geldof → coOrganizerOf → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid
Crazy Little Thing Called Love → notablePerformance → Live Aid concert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Live Aid 1985