Wow, I almost let the day go by without a mention that today is the 25th anniversary of Live Aid held both at Wembley Stadium in London and also at JFK Stadium in Philly. Organized by Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof, the two events drew over 170,000 people total and helped raise money and awareness for famine relief in Ethiopia. There were appearances made by U2, Sting, Elton John, Madonna, Rick Springfield, Run DMC, and Bryan Adams among many others. Also rememberable was the fact that Phil Collins, thanks to a concorde flight across the Atlantic, played both concerts that day.
It's not often that I get to post any Queen in here, but thanks to their performance at Live Aid in 1985, here is piece of their performance...
Now I know I've never got to post any Zeppelin in here until today, but thanks to their reunion of sorts for Live Aid, here is a piece of their performance from that historic day... even though it wasn't a great performance by many standards (including theirs), it's still Zeppelin!
Here's some Mick Jagger and Tina Turner tearing up the stage...
U2 with "Bad"...
And finally, here is the Material Girl performing "Holiday"...
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