Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bob Geldof was in a French cafe recently when a man came up to him and said, “Thank you for the best day of my life.” “I didn’t ...
The legendary Live Aid concerts 35 years ago did a lot of good — helping reduce African famine and putting a spotlight on the world’s poorest nations. But it wasn’t always good for one of its key ...
In July 1985, a vast array of mega-popular artists performed at Live Aid, a pair of massive benefit concerts held in London and Philadelphia and broadcast worldwide. Led Zeppelin reunited for the ...
Bob Geldof has hit out at accusations he has a “white saviour complex” due to his charity work in Africa with Live Aid and Band Aid. The 73-year-old Irish musician and activist has found himself ...
NEW YORK -- Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts aimed to do a lot of good - helping to raise over $100 million for famine relief in Ethiopia and inspiring worldwide awareness for a cause ...
A man claims he pitched the concept of Live Aid to Bob Geldof – who told him it was a bad idea. Bill McFarlan, 67, spent five decades presenting radio shows across Scotland including BBC Breakfast. He ...
That's happened a lot to Geldof over the past 40 years, since the Live Aid concerts - benefitting the Band Aid Charitable Foundation's continuing efforts to combat famine in Africa - took place on ...