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title: "Live Aid Concert for African Famine Relief"
year: 1985
country: "United Kingdom"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1985/live-aid-1985"
slug: "live-aid-1985"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1985-07-13"
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# Live Aid Concert for African Famine Relief

> The simultaneous transatlantic concert featuring Led Zeppelin's reunion and global broadcast raised $127 million for Ethiopian famine relief.

## Summary

Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, July 13th, 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984. Billed as the "global jukebox", Live Aid was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

## Sources

- [Live Aid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Aid) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1985/live-aid-1985