Live Aid started as Band Aid, where Geldof and Ure decided the best way they could assist was through the medium they knew - music. Soon, the single "Do They Know It's Christmas" was released ...

Paul Loggins opened Loggins Restaurant on a cold, snowy day in February 1949 in Tyler. Many friends and locals doubted its success due to its location on the outskirts of town. The restaurant ...

The Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof is perhaps best known as one of the organizers of Live Aid, the massive two-venue benefit concert that raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia in 1985.

In Toronto during a press tour for Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical, Bob Geldof is asked by a photographer to take off his sunglasses. “Do I have to?” he replies. “I’ve got bags ...

Sir Bob Geldof, the driving force behind the monumental charity concert Live Aid, has spoken out with insider knowledge just before the event's 40th anniversary this coming July. The legendary ...

Fun fact: director Luke Sheppard wasn’t yet born when the historic Live Aid concert and fundraiser brought the world together on July 13, 1985. But that didn’t stop him from directing “Just ...

Dubbed "Live Aid II" by the papers, the Tsunami Relief concert quickly built momentum. But it needed an A-list headline act and none were willing to commit until, just as they were about to give ...

Live aid 85 comes to mind. The concert for New York after nine over 11, and Fire Aid's lineup is right up there. Have you tried you back the fire? Okay, so there will be 72,000 people packed ...

It was one of the biggest charity gigs to be held in the UK since Live Aid - but it very nearly didn't happen. Spurred on by the horrors of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, three friends came ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Player introductions still had too much pomp and circumstance, lasting more than 25 minutes. The greatest NBA All-Star ever pulled himself out about an hour before play began ...

The judge faulted the logic of a blanket freeze on foreign aid spending and found that groups that depend on the aid had made a strong initial showing of “irreparable harm.” By Michael Crowley ...

The bands were playing and the floats were rolling as this year's first full weekend of Slidell parades kicked off with the krewe of titans. METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) – The U.S. inflation rate rose ...