Following the success of Band Aid, Bob Geldof visited Ethiopia to oversee the distribution of aid and realised that if the Band Aid organisation owned its own fleet of trucks to transport much-needed ...

Why Phil Collins’ Live Aid outfit could be one of music’s most remarkable pieces of memorabilia and the incredible journey ...

U2 has had its fair share of hits, but the live version of “Bad” helped cement the band in music history. Rolling Stonenamed ...

Richards’ first qualm with Live Aid was rock music’s place within the lineup. He felt rock was better done subtly than with grand gestures. “For myself, first off, I don’t think that rock and roll ...

After a mercifully late wake-up we crawl out of our hotel beds and march down the quiet Norwegian streets with our luggage and guitars. We are American clydesdales with all the noise we’re making on ...

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 ...

The Live Aid shows that took place on separate continents on July 13, 1985, featured a slew of the top artists of the day performing for a good cause. Most of them went out there and played a handful ...

Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,” celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.

View post: 61 Years Ago Today: The Rolling Stones Began a Historic No. 1 Run With One of Their Greatest Songs of All-Time Rob Halford received a surprise when he performed at Live Aid in Philadelphia ...

Like the original, Philly’s anniversary Live Aid performance will also be a fundraiser, this time benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Drummer Ned Sonstein rehearses for an upcoming Live Aid ...

Live Aid, the 1985 global benefit concert, will serve as the backdrop for a new stage musical that's set to take place in London next year. But for those thinking they're going to get an actual ...