July 13 marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic Live Aid concert that took place over 16 hours in Philadelphia and London. The venues were John F. Kennedy Stadium and Wembley in England. Sir Bob ...

Freddie Mercury peacocking across the stage, pumping his mic stand while 72,000 pairs of hands double clapped in unison during Queen's “Radio Ga Ga.” David Bowie, elegant in his powder blue suit, ...

Forty years ago this weekend, two concurrent concerts were held in London and Philadelphia in aid of relieving a brutal famine that had taken hold of Ethiopia. The legend of Live Aid has grown ...

(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 ...

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 ...

That image of Freddie Mercury still lingers. In a white chest-hugging vest, the frontman of rock band Queen had energetically pranced around London’s Wembley Stadium stage, belting out the hits Radio ...

And finally, 40 years ago today, music brought the world together for a concert to fight a devastating famine in Ethiopia. "Live Aid" took place on stages in London and Philadelphia where Queen, David ...

(CNN) — With the help of helicopters and a supersonic turbo jet, Phil Collins pulled off a series of performances worthy of a “Mission Impossible” movie at Live Aid forty years ago. The singer and ...

To celebrate his graduation from Wantagh High School, Eric Biener, now of Huntington Station, decided to go on an adventure with a group of his friends in the summer of 1985. "I was in the backyard of ...

Michael Buerk, a journalist who reported on the Ethiopian famine in 1984, has said his initial reaction to the Live Aid concerts, which raised funds for the crisis, “was real anger”. The event, ...