“It was our Woodstock, but better,” Nile Rodgers asserts in Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World, referring to the all-star charity concerts broadcast around the world 40 years ago. Boomers ...

The new CNN / BBC documentary series “Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took On the World” chronicles the story behind what has been called the most successful charity event sever mounted. Credit: Photo by ...

Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,” celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.

Backstage at Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985 are (from left) David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Jack Nicholson, Fred Spanjaard. Courtesy photo Back in 1985 when Live Aid, the largest charity ...

Director Tom Pollard talks about new four part documentary “Live Aid: When Rock `n` Roll Took on the World” that tells the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music event ...

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“It’s 12 noon in London, 7 a.m. in Philadelphia, and around the world, it’s time for Live Aid!” BBC DJ and Live Aid host Richard Skinner declared as crowds cheered. It was Saturday, July 13, 1985, and ...

(CNN) — Paul McCartney hadn’t taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing “Let It Be” for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a ...