Life+Aid

** By: Kassandra R.   It was described as “The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World” the day was on July 13, 1985. It all started because of Bob Geldof. It also started when he seen Michael Buerk’s news reports in 1984 about what was happening in Africa. He felt he had to do something to stop the people from suffering. Bob and Midge Ure of Ultravoy got together and wrote the song “Do they know its Christmas.” They did this to raise money for the crisis.  They also got other people to help them out with what was happening. They also had other stars to do the record it was under the name of Band Aid. This released on Dec 7,1984it became the UK ’s biggest selling single at the moment. The Live Aid became the biggest live Rock event. Other countries helped out such as Japan, Australia , Holland , Yugoslavia , Russia , and Germany. The Live Aid was about 16 hours long. Over 1.5 billion people went to watch it. The final amount raised was 110 m. The Live Aid began at the middle of the day in London for Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The London finale took place just before 10 p.m. During the time the Philadelphia concert continued until 4 a.m. But during that time 1.2 m people starved to death in Africa. It was during the year(s) 1984-1985.
 * Life Aid