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George Harrison knew a bit of what Bob Geldof went through organizing Live Aid in 1985. ... George raised $243,000 at the Concert for Bangladesh, and the live album and the film brought millions.
We’re just a couple of weeks away from the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, the global mega-gig that set the template for ...
History has written Queen as the star of Live Aid, but Bob Geldof had a different recollection than what the world has perceived.
The Concert for Bangladesh raised nearly $250,000, ... You can use a Sharpie marker to trace a line from George’s trendsetting Concert for Bangladesh to Bob Geldof’s Band Aid charity.
Sir Bob Geldof has spoken about why he is not “proud” of the Live Aid concert, stating that it is what came afterwards that he is most “glad” about.. The Irish rock star, 73, conceived the ...
Explore Bob Geldof's biography, theatre & movie credits. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer ...
Bob Geldof had only modest plans for the “crap little Christmas” song he made with some musician friends for African famine relief back in the fall of 1984. “Here’s 100,000 pounds, (for ...
He's no stranger to a rock'n'roll feud, and now, Sir Bob Geldof has aired his gripe with rockstar rival Freddie Mercury. The Irish rocker is not only the a founder of Live Aid, but the lead singer ...
Remembering Bob Dylan’s ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ The 2:53 minute clip posted by Dylan shows him singing one of his hits, “If Not for You” with George Harrison, the late Beatles guitarist ...
More than any artist on the star-studded bill, Queen have come synonymous with Live Aid, the band's short but spectacular six-song set providing the concert's most vivid and long-lasting images ...
Sir Bob Geldof has spoken about why he is not “proud” of the Live Aid concert, stating that it is what came afterwards that he is most “glad” about. The Irish rock star, 73, conceived the ...