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.

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.

We’re just a couple of weeks away from the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, the global mega-gig that set the template for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The groundbreaking charity concert features legendary performances Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and more Bettmann/Getty On Aug. 1, 1971, George Harrison leveraged his status as ...

Sir Bob Geldof has poked fun at Live Aid’s enduring legacy, admitting he no longer gets emotional about the famous 1985 charity concert - and is, in fact, “blue in the face listening to f ...

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 ...