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This influenced Queen's appearance at Live Aid, where the 72,000-person crowd at Wembley Stadium would sing loudly and clap their hands in unison. Queen's performance at Live Aid was later voted the greatest live show of all time by a group of over 60 musicians, critics, and executives in a poll conducted by Channel 4. [1]
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
In an exclusive clip obtained by AOL Entertainment, viewers can see original Queen band members Bob Geldoff and Brian May react to the film's Live Aid set -- the recreation of the iconic benefit ...
Joan Chandos Baez ( / baɪz / BYZE, [1] [2] Spanish: [ˈbaes]; born January 9, 1941 [3]) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. [4] Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. [5] Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more than 30 albums.
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( / ˌhɑːˈkiːm / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. He has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and was a member of the New York State ...
The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. In 1664, the English under Charles II of England and his brother James, Duke of York raised a fleet to take the colony of New Netherland, then under the Directorship of Peter Stuyvesant, from the Dutch.
Charles Barron. Charles Barron (born October 7, 1950) is an American activist and politician who served in the New York City Council, representing Brooklyn 's 42nd district from 2022 to 2023. He previously held the same seat from 2002 to 2013, and served in the New York Assembly from the 60th district between 2015 and 2022.
Jenifer Rajkumar (born September 1, 1982) is an American politician. A Democrat, she is a member of the New York State Assembly from the 38th district, representing Queens neighborhoods of Glendale, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven. She was the first Indian-American woman ever elected to a New York State Office.