Live Aid

Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Billed as a "global jukebox", the main sites for the event were Wembley Stadium, London, attended by 72,000 people, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, attended by about 90,000 people, with some acts performing at other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and TV broadcasts of all time -- an estimated 1.5 billion viewers in 100 countries watched the live broadcast.

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►	Introduction
►	Origins
►	Collaborative effort
►	The Broadcasts
►	Inspiration
►	Memorable moments at JFK Stadium
►	Memorable moments at Wembley Stadium
►	Raising money
►	Criticisms and controversies
►	Live Aid performers
►	Live Aid recordings / releases
►	See also
►	External links
►	References

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