Tag: Live Aid
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Thirty Years Ago Today: Live Aid
They were stricken, desperate and no one could save them. We had never before seen such desperation on our TV screens. But that’s enough about Led Zeppelin’s performance at Live Aid, let’s talk about the day itself. It was the day that a scruffy, sweary Irishman entered our homes and demanded money, something that many…
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Live Aid – Queen in “better band than Status Quo” shock
Live Aid was the most exciting televised concert there ever was. The thing I was most excited about before Live Aid began was, of all things, watching my favourite band (Status Quo) open the show on prime time TV. In addition to having playground conversations with friends about Status Quo’s superiority to Paul Young, I…
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