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Farm Aid was conceived after Bob Dylan made a famous statement at Live Aid a few months prior. Live Aid was a similar benefit concert that used proceeds to benefit charity. That concert, which was ...

In Iowa and throughout the Midwest, even century-old farms weren’t spared from the struggles that came in the mid-1980s. Urbana-born, Rantoul-raised Dave Stawick was a news reporter/anchor and farm ...

40 years ago today (9/22/85), the very first Farm Aid benefit concert was held before 80,000 fans at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois—just months after the landmark Live Aid shows. Organized by ...

(CNN) — Bob Dylan will perform at the annual Farm Aid festival this Saturday, announced the organization, which raises funds to help farmers in need. He’ll be among a number of stars at the music ...

Farm Aid, the annual celebration of music and sustainable agriculture founded by Willie Nelson, turns 40 on Saturday. To mark the occasion, Willie and family will headline a bash at University of ...

This year, Farm Aid will take place in Minneapolis — but fans don’t need to be anywhere near Minnesota to catch the festival. As Billboard is exclusively announcing Wednesday morning (Sept. 3), CNN ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

In the summer of 1985, images of emaciated children in Ethiopia shocked the world and prompted one of the biggest charity concerts ever: Live Aid. Megastars like Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Madonna ...

Maui resident Fred Spanjaard will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Kahului meeting from noon-1 p.m. Aug. 18. According to the club, Spanjaard, an event producer and promoter, will offer a ...