The Sabbath / Ozzy farewell show raised almost $200 million for charity.
Not only was the “Back to the Beginning” concert featuring the final performances by Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne an overwhelming success from a music standpoint, it also raised nearly $200 million to be split among three charities.
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, who served as musical director of the historic all-day concert, posted a graphic Tuesday (July 8th) on Instagram (see below), reporting that “more than $190 million will be donated to houses and hospitals for children.” The money will be split between Cure Parkinson’s, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Acorn Children’s Hospice, as detailed by the BBC.
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Yesterday, it was reported that more than 5 million people tuned into the paid livestream.
While the breakdown of the proceeds hasn’t been made public, the livestream alone would account for more than $150 million at $30 per virtual ticket. All the artists participating did so for no fee, meaning all proceeds went to charity.
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Oasis is re-releasing all their albums in a box set on either CD or vinyl.
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Here's Why Led Zeppelin Probably Won't Be Part of Live Aid's 40th Anniversary
The 40th anniversary of Live Aid is this Sunday. And if you want to relive that moment in music history, the official YouTube channel will be celebrating with over 10 hours of footage.
A four-part documentary called "Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World" will also premiere on CNN at 9:00 p.m. Sunday night. But don't expect to see Led Zeppelin there.
The three-song set that reunited Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones was such a DISASTER that they've refused to let any footage of it to be included on official releases.
Page previously mentioned in a former interview that Phil Collins, who was one of two drummers filling in for the late John Bonham, couldn't properly play the beginning of "Rock and Roll". Plus, they got less than two hours to rehearse.
Phil isn't too fond of the performance either. He says if he could've walked off, he would've because he didn't feel needed and felt like a "spare part".
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