Queen live aid - Watch Queen's Stunning Live Aid Performance: 20 Minutes Guaranteed to Give You Goose Bumps (July 13, 1985)

Live Aid was a benefit concert watched by nearly 2 billion people worldwide when it was broadcast on July 13, 1985.

I recall that Tears for Fears, who made a musical and artistic decision to pull out of the concert, were subsequently accused by Geldof of killing children in Africa—what a shockingly irresponsible and stupid attitude to take.

Verna designed the needed satellite schematic and became the Executive Director as well as the Co-Executive Producer along with.

The tours were so big, the shows so spectacular, that it all became another aspect that worked against the band: To some observers, Queen was industry, not art.

Make some money for those people.

Going into the gig, the hot acts of the day were in London and in Philadelphia.