Live Aid [DVD] [2005]

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The transatlantic broadcast from Wembley suffered technical problems and failed during the Who's performance of their opening song " My Generation", immediately after Roger Daltrey sang "Why don't you all fade ..." (the last word "away" was cut off when a blown fuse caused the Wembley stage TV feed to temporarily fail). [3] The broadcast returned as the last verse of " Pinball Wizard" was played. John Entwistle's bass wouldn't work at the start, causing an awkward delay of over a minute before they could start playing. The band played with Kenney Jones on drums and it was their first performance since disbanding after a 1982 'farewell' tour. The Who's performance was described as "rough but right" by Rolling Stone, but they would not perform together again for another three years. [45] At 32 minutes Elton John had the longest set on the day; [46] his setlist included the first performance of " Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with George Michael. [47] Live Aid DVD Launch". Brianmay.com. 8 November 2004. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019 . Retrieved 25 October 2019. The concert grew in scope, as more acts were added on both sides of the Atlantic. Tony Verna, inventor of instant replay, was able to secure John F. Kennedy Stadium through his friendship with Philadelphia Mayor Goode and was able to procure, through his connections with ABC's prime time chief, John Hamlin, a three-hour prime time slot on the ABC Network and, in addition, was able to supplement the lengthy program through meetings that resulted in the addition of an ad-hoc network within the US, which covered 85 per cent of TVs there. Verna designed the needed satellite schematic and became the Executive Director as well as the Co-Executive Producer along with Hal Uplinger. Uplinger came up with the idea to produce a four-hour video edit of Live Aid to distribute to those countries without the necessary satellite equipment to rebroadcast the live feed.

The biggest issue of the syndicated/ABC coverage is that the network had wanted to reserve some of the biggest acts that had played earlier in the day for certain points in the entire broadcast, particularly in the final three hours in prime time; thus, Orbis Communications had some sequences replaced by others, especially those portions of the concert that had acts from London and Philadelphia playing simultaneously. For example, while the London/Wembley finale was taking place at 22:00 (10:00pm) London time, syndicated viewers saw segments that had been recorded earlier, so that ABC could show the UK finale during its prime-time portion. In 1995, VH1 and MuchMusic aired a re-edited ten-hour re-broadcast of the concert for its 10th anniversary. The idea to stage a charity concert to raise more funds for Ethiopia originally came from Boy George, the lead singer of Culture Club. George and Culture Club drummer Jon Moss had taken part in the recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and in the same month, the band were undertaking a tour of the UK, which culminated in six nights at Wembley Arena. On the final night at Wembley, 22 December 1984, an impromptu gathering of some of the other artists from Band Aid joined Culture Club on stage at the end of the concert for an encore of "Do They Know It's Christmas?". George was so overcome by the occasion he told Geldof that they should consider organising a benefit concert. Speaking to the UK music magazine Melody Maker at the beginning of January 1985, Geldof revealed his enthusiasm for George's idea, saying, "If George is organising it, you can tell him he can call me at any time and I'll do it. It's a logical progression from the record, but the point is you don't just talk about it, you go ahead and do it!" [18] Youngs, Ian (3 March 2004). "Geldof thwarts 'Live Aid pirate' ". BBC News . Retrieved 6 March 2011. a b "Ethiopian famine: how landmark BBC report influenced modern coverage". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 September 2020. Lizie, Arthur (15 June 2020). Prince FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Purple Reign. Rowman & Littlefield. p.122. ISBN 978-1-4930-5143-4.

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Fred Krüger (2015). "Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction". p. 190. Routledge Regarding Buerk's landmark BBC News report as a watershed moment in crisis reporting that influenced modern coverage—one that was broadcast in its entirety with Buerk's narration on a major US channel—Suzanne Franks in The Guardian states, "the nexus of politics, media and aid are influenced by the coverage of a famine 30 years ago." [15]

Hepworth, David (25 May 2011). "God Save The Queen by David Hepworth (Radio Times)". Queen Online. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 . Retrieved 8 October 2015.Richard Skinner—opened the show and introduced Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative were held in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia, and West Germany. It was one of the largest satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time; an estimated audience of 1.9billion, in 150 nations, watched the live broadcast, nearly 40 percent of the world population. [3] [4]

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Queen's performance at Live Aid was later recreated in the band's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018. [131] Footage from the original performance can be seen to match very accurately with the movie performance. [131] In 2020, Queen + Adam Lambert reprised the original Queen setlist from Live Aid for the Fire Fight Australia charity concert in Sydney, Australia. [132] When organiser Bob Geldof was persuading artists to take part in the concert, he promised them that it would be a one-off event, never to be seen again. That was the reason why the concert was never recorded in its complete original form, and only secondary television broadcasts were recorded. Following Geldof's request, ABC erased its own broadcast tapes. [103] However, before the syndicated/ABC footage was erased, copies of it were donated to the Smithsonian Institution and have now been presumed lost. The ABC feed of the USA for Africa/"We Are The World" finale does exist in its entirety, complete with the network end credits, and can be found as a supplemental feature on the We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song DVD. It was clear from the interview that Geldof had already had the idea to hold a dual venue concert and how the concerts should be structured:

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Bob Geldof performed with the rest of the Boomtown Rats, singing " I Don't Like Mondays". He stopped just after the line "The lesson today is how to die" to loud applause. [3] [19] According to Gary Kemp, "Dare I say it, it was evangelical, that moment when Geldof stopped 'I Don't Like Mondays' and raised his fist in the air. He was a sort of statesman. A link between punk and the New Romantics and the Eighties. You would follow him. He just has a huge charisma; he'd make a frightening politician." [19] He finished the song and left the crowd to sing the final words. Elvis Costello sang a version of the Beatles' " All You Need Is Love", which he introduced by asking the audience to "help [him] sing this old northern English folk song". [32] The most complete footage that exists is used from the BBC source, and this was the main source of the DVD. During production on the official DVD, MTV lent Woodcharm Ltd. their B-roll and alternate camera footage where MTV provided extra footage of the Philadelphia concert (where ABC had erased the tapes from the command of Bob Geldof). Songs that were not originally interrupted with advertisements were also used on the official DVD. Rieff, David (24 June 2005). "Did Live Aid do more harm than good?". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 6 March 2011. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Diverse Interpreten; 'Live Aid ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Billy Joel 1985 Interview part 2 of 2, archived from the original on 10 September 2019 , retrieved 4 October 2019