Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, co-organizer Bob Geldof sat down with CNN's Bill Weir to discuss the 1985 concert that raised tens of billions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia. Watch CNN Original Series "Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World" Sundays at 9pm ET/PT, premiering July 13. | CNN

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249K views · 5K reactions | #OnThisDay 1984: Some of the crème de la crème of the British music scene came together for Band Aid, recording Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure's Do They Know It's Christmas? Clip taken from Whistle Test, originally broadcast on BBC Two, Tuesday 27 November, 1984. #bandaid #dotheyknowitschristmas #bobgeldof #midgeure | BBC Archive | Facebook