July 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of Live Aid. The iconic charity concert was the brainstorm of rock legends Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Africa. The Live Aid ...

CNN’s original four-part series takes music fans behind the scenes of the benefit concert that featured performances by Queen, U2, Mick Jagger with Tina Turner and other icons. By Danielle ...

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,” celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.

The third part of the docuseries will focus on organizer Bob Geldof’s seemingly insurmountable struggles across a variety of issues, including various controversies, the eternal problem of fundraising ...

I can’t recall much about the summer of 1985, but I do remember July 13. That morning 40 years ago, I flipped on my family’s old Zenith television to look at Live Aid, the fund-raiser for famine ...

A documentary celebrating 40 years of Live Aid has received widespread praise on social media. Airing on BBC Two on Sunday (6 July), the three-part series, Live Aid at 40: When Rock and Roll Took on ...