Day 13 July 1985 was the scene of a memorable festival: the Live-Aid (something like "Live Help") on behalf of the many hungry people in Africa.
The event was an initiative of the Irish musician Bob Geldof, a member of the band Boomtown Rats, who was shocked to see the documentary Famine in Ethiopia, where the forces were not hungry or to wonder, of the body, the flies surrounding them.
The festival saw the participation of renowned artists like Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, in addition to the bands U2, Ozzy Osbourne and The Who, among others.
The concerts were held simultaneously in London, England, and Philadelphia, USA. About 170 000 people participated in the musical marathon - 70 000 100 000 in England and the United States, while 1.5 billion people watched it on TV.
With the sale of tickets for $ 35 and selling the rights to broadcast to 160 countries, the show managed to raise about $ 70 million, certainly a significant figure. After him, other festivals with the same social consciousness occurred in the 80's as the USA For Africa, Live Aid, Farm Aid, Hear 'n' Aid, Artists Against Apartheid and Amnesty International, bringing together the world's big names always pop and rock. The date was a reminder that the rock also known to be sympathetic
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