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Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>We need a new Live Aid and we need it now!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPO2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Woodstock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Woodstock</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Time for a new Live Aid in 2025:<br><a href="https://www.tvgids.nl/informatief/live-aid-at-40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tvgids.nl/informatief/live-aid</span><span class="invisible">-at-40</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Live Aid at 40 nu bij <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPO2</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.tvgids.nl/informatief/live-aid-at-40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tvgids.nl/informatief/live-aid</span><span class="invisible">-at-40</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geldof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geldof</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sting</span></a></p>
Chrono Matthias<p>LinkFix for <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queen</span></a> at Wembley :: <a href="https://norden.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> ’85 and full concert ’86<br><a href="https://norden.social/tags/ChronoMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronoMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=51.55601,-0.27935&amp;q=51.556,-0.2783&amp;z=16.79&amp;t=47&amp;d=0&amp;s=1&amp;i=1/music" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mprove.de/chrono?ll=51.55601,-</span><span class="invisible">0.27935&amp;q=51.556,-0.2783&amp;z=16.79&amp;t=47&amp;d=0&amp;s=1&amp;i=1/music</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/ChronoNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChronoNews</span></a> Also a fixed aspect ratio for Internet Archive video.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>On 40th Anniversary Of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BobGeldof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobGeldof</span></a> Denounces “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Thuggery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thuggery</span></a>” Of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> As He Questions Why Charity Has Become “Almost An Embarrassment”</p><p>By Max Goldbart<br>June 30, 2025 1:18am </p><p>"Bob Geldof didn’t mince words about those in charge across the pond as he celebrated 40 years of Live Aid.</p><p>" 'The thuggery of Musk, and Vance and Trump, this confederacy of dunces, these abject <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fools</span></a>,' he said at an event launching a set of BBC Live Aid shows late last week.</p><p>"Geldof was bemoaning how rather than upping charity as the world flounders under several generational <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/catastrophes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catastrophes</span></a>, the response from the U.S. and others has been to 'cut it off.'</p><p>" 'These ketamine-crazed narcissists swing their f**king hedge trimmers around their heads and say, this weekend, we’re feeding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> to the wood chipper,' he added of the end of the U.S. Agency for International Development. 'Seriously, the strongest nation on Earth, the most powerful man on the planet, and the richest individual ever seen in the history of our world… cackle, over feeding U.S. help to the weakest, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MostVulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MostVulnerable</span></a> people in the world into the wood chipper. Ladies and gentlemen, there is something seriously f**ked about that.' " [Well said!!!]</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/06/bob-geldof-denounces-trump-musk-vance-live-aid-turns-40-1236445572/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/06/bob-geldo</span><span class="invisible">f-denounces-trump-musk-vance-live-aid-turns-40-1236445572/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'A despicable disgrace': <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BobGeldof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobGeldof</span></a> condemns <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> hunger</p><p>Updated / Friday, 25 Jul 2025 </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> founder Bob Geldof has condemned the Israeli government's role in the Gaza crisis, calling it 'a despicable disgrace' and saying it is deliberately <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StarvingChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarvingChildren</span></a>.</p><p>" 'Their government is clearly out of control, and their army probably as well… It is a despicable disgrace. And for the Israeli people to allow this in their name is a despicable disgrace,' he told Prime Time.</p><p>" 'It is so utterly bizarre that we're talking about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, given the horror of their own past. It is bewildering to me,' he said.</p><p>" 'I was the founding patron of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AegisTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AegisTrust</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenocideStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenocideStudies</span></a>, which is a branch of the British National <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HolocaustMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HolocaustMuseum</span></a>. I spent many times with the survivors of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a>' he told presenter Miriam O’Callaghan, 'were they alive now? They would possibly die of shame. The shame of this, Miriam, the shame for Israel... This is unconscionable.'</p><p>"His comments come amid escalating warnings from UN agencies about catastrophic levels of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a> in Gaza.</p><p>"Earlier, Louise Wateridge, a senior emergency officer with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNRWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNRWA</span></a>, described the situation on the ground as 'completely unbearable,' with people stepping over bodies at aid centres in desperate searches for food.</p><p>"She said more than 6,000 aid trucks - half carrying essential food and medical supplies - are currently blocked just outside Gaza by Israeli restrictions.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNICEF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNICEF</span></a> also warned that ongoing bombardment and mass displacement have rendered large parts of Gaza inaccessible for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> operations, with basic health and nutrition services near collapse.</p><p>"Mr Geldof appeared on Prime Time after a report featuring footage and images taken in recent days of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/malnourished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malnourished</span></a> and hungry children in Gaza.</p><p>"In the report, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oxfam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oxfam</span></a> aid worker <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BushraKhalidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BushraKhalidi</span></a> described the actions of Israel as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollectivePunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectivePunishment</span></a>,' while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarolineWilleman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarolineWilleman</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoctorWithoutBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWithoutBorders</span></a>, speaking from northern Gaza, told Prime Time that she had never witnessed anything like what she was seeing currently during her career.</p><p>"She described how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> colleagues who are caring for sick and dying children are themselves unable to feed themselves or their own children.</p><p>" 'We are witnessing a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>,' Ms Willeman said, 'we are witnessing a genocide because we are witnessing people from whom food is being upheld, from whom water is being upheld.'</p><p>" 'It literally is beyond our comprehension. Look at your face, look at the aid workers there,' Mr Geldof said, 'What are we living in? I cannot look at those pictures. Obviously, they remind me of 1984, but in completely different circumstances.'</p><p>"Between 1983 and 1985 a major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/famine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>famine</span></a> erupted in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethiopia</span></a> as a result of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> and conflict. Footage in the news media drove Mr Geldof and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MidgeUre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MidgeUre</span></a> to found <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BandAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BandAid</span></a> in 1984 to raise funds for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FamineRelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamineRelief</span></a> initiatives.</p><p>"A year later, Live Aid, a two-event concert performed simultaneously in the UK and US was held. It featured some of the most famous music acts in the world at the time."</p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0724/1525255-a-despicable-disgrace-geldof-condemns-israel-over-gaza-hunger/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/072</span><span class="invisible">4/1525255-a-despicable-disgrace-geldof-condemns-israel-over-gaza-hunger/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndGazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndGazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndTheBlockade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheBlockade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a></p>
bernardo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rosenz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rosenz</span></a></span> ♫ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/joanbaez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>joanbaez</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amazinggrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amazinggrace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/liveaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liveaid</span></a> <a href="https://music.apple.com/hk/music-video/amazing-grace-live-at-live-aid-john-f-kennedy-stadium/1453892649?l=en-GB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">music.apple.com/hk/music-video</span><span class="invisible">/amazing-grace-live-at-live-aid-john-f-kennedy-stadium/1453892649?l=en-GB</span></a></p>
bernardo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rosenz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rosenz</span></a></span> wow. i’m sure you still remember where you were in the stadium… close enough that the live tv cameras might have caught you? ;-) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/liveaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liveaid</span></a> <a href="https://music.apple.com/hk/playlist/live-aid-videos/pl.da967a1472554476ae90e14063a19854?l=en-GB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">music.apple.com/hk/playlist/li</span><span class="invisible">ve-aid-videos/pl.da967a1472554476ae90e14063a19854?l=en-GB</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Thank you to everyone for their support of Episode 35 of our podcast - Live Aid Philly. We found the original work notes for Episode 4 - Live Aid London from five years ago. We appreciate all our listeners, thanks for keeping <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> alive! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid40</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/forgotten80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forgotten80s</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>This week’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FlashbackFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashbackFriday</span></a> is Billy Ocean “Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)” (1984). This song is featured is the current episode (#35) of our podcast. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillyOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillyOcean</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid40</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Thank you to everyone for your support of Episode 35 - Live Aid Philadelphia, currently sitting at #1 in the Oldies category on Podomatic. You can find this and Episode 4, celebrating both concerts, by copying and pasting the link below into your browser. That will take you to our Podomatic page. Enjoy! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/forgotten80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forgotten80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid40</span></a> <br>bit.ly/2rweM9J</p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Bob Geldof and Midge Ure were the organizers of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a>, but these two men oversaw the actual production of the concerts - Harvey Goldsmith in London and Bill Graham in Philadelphia. Episode 35 Live Aid Philadelphia is available now to listen or download, just click the link below. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/forgotten80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forgotten80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LiveAid40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid40</span></a> </p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/2rweM9J" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/2rweM9J</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Donald Roy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AnnaAnthro</span></a></span></p><p>An excellent commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liveaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liveaid</span></a> ! The new slogan for the times has to be😩 'Starve the World!'</p>
susika512 :mastodon:<p>Der gesamte Konzert Marathon ist seit wenigen Tagen komplett veröffentlicht worden. Unglaubliche Erinnerungen mit den Stars von damals und auch heute. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jubil%C3%A4um" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jubiläum</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@liveaid?si=6pyJc-7MISbZoDCh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/@liveaid?si=6pyJc-</span><span class="invisible">7MISbZoDCh</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The band’s genius was in their preparation. Understanding the unique challenge of a global <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> audience and a festival setting, they meticulously rehearsed a compact, high-impact set. </p><p>In a move that gave them a distinct advantage, their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/roadies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roadies</span></a> reportedly disabled the sound limiters on their PA system, making them audibly louder and more powerful than any other act on the bill.”</p><p>⚡️<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Freddie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freddie</span></a> 👨🏼‍🎤 / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queen</span></a> 👑🤴🤴⚡️/ <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WembleyStadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WembleyStadium</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RockMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RockMusic</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ouqoMVeVsJ0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ouqoMVeVsJ</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> 40th Anniversary Gala took place this weekend - with the likes of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MidgeUre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MidgeUre</span></a>, Sir <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BobGeldof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BobGeldof</span></a> and Sir <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BrianMay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrianMay</span></a> in attendance.</p><p>The original benefit, which lasted for 16 epic hours on July 13 1985, was organised by Bob and Midge to raise relief funds for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Ethiopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethiopia</span></a> as the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EastAfrican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EastAfrican</span></a> country battled a devastating <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/famine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>famine</span></a> that would claim hundreds of thousands of lives in just two years.</p><p>Almost 40 years after 72,000 fans converged on London's <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WembleyStadium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WembleyStadium</span></a> for an epic string of performances from some of the biggest stars of the 1980s, the duo were seen at the Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical on Sunday.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiveMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveMusic</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RockMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RockMusic</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pop</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HeavyMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeavyMetal</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14902411/Bob-Geldof-Midge-Ure-Brian-join-listers-star-studded-Live-Aid-40th-Anniversary-Gala.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle-14902411/Bob-Geldof-Midge-Ure-Brian-join-listers-star-studded-Live-Aid-40th-Anniversary-Gala.html</span></a>&gt;</p>
Janet Logan (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Queen's legendary Live Aid performance - now in full for the 40th anniversary.</p><p>My Goddess I'm old.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgdHrpftTjA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=HgdHrpftTjA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queen</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreddyMercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreddyMercury</span></a></p>
Donncha Ó Caoimh<p>And now I've watched U2 play Bad at Live Aid on this reacts video. I either forgot or had no idea that Bono spotted a woman in trouble in the audience and jumped down off the stage and comforted her. A human after all.</p><p>reaction video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfIhFxoDrSc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=pfIhFxoDrSc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>original video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvBgRSSlVBA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=HvBgRSSlVBA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/u2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>u2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/liveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liveAid</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@samlitzinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samlitzinger</span></a></span><br>Philadelphia Magazine declared this "Live Aid Week." Have fun —<br><a href="https://www.phillymag.com/tag/live-aid-week/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phillymag.com/tag/live-aid-wee</span><span class="invisible">k/</span></a><br>TLDNR version from Billy Penn. Great aerial photo of Philly's iconic stadiums: <a href="https://billypenn.com/2025/07/01/live-aid-philadelphia-1985-larry-magid-hooters-jfk-stadium/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">billypenn.com/2025/07/01/live-</span><span class="invisible">aid-philadelphia-1985-larry-magid-hooters-jfk-stadium/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
n8zug<p>Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven<br>(<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/LiveAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveAid</span></a> 1985)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBk-iRihSUg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=CBk-iRihSUg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>