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The Latest Breaking News from Live Aid

“Freddie Mercury got me in a half-nelson. I couldn’t move!”: A rock legend’s backstage antics at Live Aid - and his beef with a fellow star

Bowie was “a nice guy”. Elvis Costello, not so much…

MusicRadar

“British rock ’n’ roll history”: Eric Clapton’s original Live Aid Marshall JCM800 amp has been put up for sale

The 1984 amp head and matching 4x12 cab that Clapton used for his iconic Live Aid performance with Phil Collins is being sold by London’s Denmark Street Guitars

Guitar World

“Cool with a capital C”: Eric Clapton’s Marshall JCM800 that rocked 1.5 billion people at Live Aid is up for sale

So you need an amp to play guitar in a stadium for a watching TV audience of over a billion people? Well, something has just come in... All you need is a cobbled together Strat

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OPINION - Live Aid changed my entire outlook on life — and I'm delighted people can now experience it on a London stage

Live Aid, the music event that brought the word together 39 years ago, was surely the greatest demonstration of the power music can have over hearts and minds. Live Aid was not just a concert, it was a movement that spawned a mood of global communality and left an indelible…

Evening Standard

27 Movies That Didn’t Stand The Test Of Time Despite Being So Popular At First

The first time you watch a new movie can be an awesome experience and you might end up falling in love with that movie. But occasionally, when the bliss of the first impression goes away, you start thinking about what you have watched. And then you realize that the movie…

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Bob Geldof shares approval as Old Vic announces musical based on 1985 Live Aid

‘Just For One Day’ will open at The Old Vic in January 2024

The Independent UK

Old Vic announces Just For One Day, a new musical telling the story of Live Aid

The 1985 concert was “the day rock ‘n’ roll changed the world” said the London theatre

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What was Live Aid? West End musical to pay tribute to benefit concert

One of the most famous concerts of all time is set to have its tale told on stage, but what was it all about?

Evening Standard

Adelphi Hotel to host Live Aid Liverpool concert

Live Aid Liverpool inspired by a dream will hold its second fundraising event at Liverpool's Adelphi Hotel in April

Liverpool Echo

Top 50 culturally significant moments of last 50 years - from Live Aid to TikTok

Honda is marking 50 years of the Honda Civic by delving back into other culturally important moments from the last five decades

Daily Mirror

‘It feels like Live Aid’: all-star Concert for Ukraine joins war relief effort

Ed Sheeran and Camila Cabello are among the stars performing at the ITV-screened event, rushed together in just two weeks. The organisers explain how it was done

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