Live Aid (2004)

Name: Live Aid
Genre: Music
Released: 2004-11-16
Duration: 600 min
Rating: 9.2
Cast: Elvis Costello, Francis Rossi, Bob Geldof, Sade, Phil Collins

NRNovember 16, 200410h

Music

9.2

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“The Day The Music Changed The World”

Overview

4 × DVD, The broadcast of the biggest benefit concert in history, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. This entry is for the compilation box set released in 2004.

Vincent Scarza

Director

Bob Geldof

Writer

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Released

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Elvis Costello

Self

Francis Rossi

Self

Bob Geldof

Self

Sade

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Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"