Sunday at 8:00 p.m. on CNN: The series premiere of "Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took the World". A four-part documentary series to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the largest global music events in history.
Live Aid was a pair of simultaneous benefit concerts held on July 13, 1985, to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized the concerts, which took place at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. Live Aid featured a star-studded lineup of musicians and was broadcast globally, reaching an estimated 1.5 billion viewers. According to EBSCO, the event raised over $245 million and is considered a landmark in humanitarian efforts through music.
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