Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 13, 1985, the world's biggest music stars gathered for Live Aid, a massive benefit concert to raise money for famine ...

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I can’t recall much about the summer of 1985, but I do remember July 13. That morning 40 years ago, I flipped on my family’s old Zenith television to look at Live Aid, the fund-raiser for famine ...

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, ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1985, images of emaciated children in Ethiopia shocked the world and prompted one of the biggest charity concerts ever: Live Aid. Megastars like Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Madonna ...

Forty years ago, the Cars, unwittingly, crashed the donation phone lines in the U.K. during Live Aid. The group had actually already played "Drive" during its Live Aid set in Philadelphia a couple of ...

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 it might ...

Back in 1985 when Live Aid, the largest charity concert ever held, was presented simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, Maui resident Fred Spanjaard worked as a producer on the Philadelphia show, ...