Read about Live Aid concerts. How were they connected with environmental issues? Were they a success?
Live Aid was a concert held on 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure as a charity to help the people of Ethiopia. Five Ethiopian provinces received record low rainfalls in those years, which led to drought and crop failure.
Promoted as a global event, the concert was held at the same time in Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States (attended by about 100,000 people). On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as Australia and Germany. Watched live by 1.9 billion people, it was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time. Such famous musicians as Mick Jagger and David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Queen, Madonna and Paul McCartney took part in the concerts. Phil Collins performed at both stadiums, flying from the UK to the US by Concorde.
Talking about the event in 2001, one of the organisers stated that while initially it had been hoped that Live Aid would raise £1 million, the final figure was £150 million. His effort highly recognised, Geldof received an honorary knighthood.
Ozzy Osbourne was one of the participants of the Live Aid concert in the USA. Listen to his song Dreamer. Watch the video and fill in the gaps.
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