Live Aid [DVD] [2005]

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Paphides, Pete (12 June 2011). "U2 become stars after Live Aid". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 November 2016. Marillion, riding high in the UK charts that summer with their Misplaced Childhood album and " Kayleigh" single, missed out on an invitation to perform at Wembley because their manager had deemed it not worthwhile for singer Fish to participate in the "Do They Know It's Christmas?" single. Fish was quoted: "When it came to the bill for the concert we were passed over." [97] Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering – Live aid, Loudspeakers and Monitor" (PDF). American Radio History. 1985 . Retrieved 23 November 2018.

Kent, Lucinda (13 July 2015). "Live Aid 30th anniversary: Seven things you may not know about Bob Geldof's charity concert". ABC Online . Retrieved 1 September 2020. I thought it was just going to be low-key and we'd all get together and have a play. But something happened between that conversation and the day – it became a Led Zeppelin reunion." Fred Krüger (2015). "Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction". p. 190. Routledge Roger Waters (right) rejoined his former bandmates Pink Floyd at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London on 2 July 2005 Phil Collins, who had performed in London earlier in the day, began his solo set with the quip, "I was in England this afternoon. Funny old world, innit?" to cheers from the Philadelphia crowd. [25] Collins played drums during Eric Clapton's 17 minute set, which included well received performances of " Layla" and " White Room". [60] Fundraising [ edit ]Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering – Digital in Audio mixing Consoles" (PDF). American Radio History. 1985 . Retrieved 23 November 2018. Tommy Vance—introduced Coldstream Guards, Status Quo, The Style Council, The Boomtown Rats, Nik Kershaw and Dire Straits

Each of the two main parts of the concert ended with their particular continental all-star anti-hunger anthems, with Band Aid's " Do They Know It's Christmas?" closing the UK concert, and USA for Africa's " We Are the World" closing the US concert (and thus the entire event itself). [23] Rieff, David (24 June 2005). "Did Live Aid do more harm than good?". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 6 March 2011. Duran Duran performed a four-song set which was the final time the five original band members would publicly perform together until 2003. Their set saw a weak, off-key falsetto note hit by frontman Simon Le Bon during " A View to a Kill". The error was dubbed "The Bum Note Heard Round the World" by various media outlets, [34] [59] in contrast to Freddie Mercury's "Note Heard Round the World" at Wembley. [34] Le Bon later recalled it was the most embarrassing moment of his career. [59]

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There are thousands of people outside. I have counted 10 rows and each row has more than 100 people in and I can only take 60-70 children today, but they all need to come in."

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