Even more impressive, he brought in two bona fide blues legends to play with him and the Destroyers: Bo Diddley and Albert ...

Queen blew the roof off at Wembley Stadium in London — or would have if there was a roof. Lone Stone Mick Jagger rolled on his own and with Tina Turner at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia (and made that ...

(CNN) — British band Queen’s performance at 1985 charity mega concert Live Aid has gone down in the history books, but it almost didn’t happen, according to members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

“It’s 12 noon in London, 7 a.m. in Philadelphia, and around the world, it’s time for Live Aid!” BBC DJ and Live Aid host Richard Skinner declared as crowds cheered. It was Saturday, July 13, 1985, and ...

Forty years ago, music history was made when simultaneous concerts in London and Philadelphia raised money for famine relief. Beyond the dollars, Live Aid supercharged how benefit concerts could make ...

A man who was among the 72,000-strong crowd at the groundbreaking Live Aid concert in 1985, has said it was "one of the highlights of my life", on the 40th anniversary of the event. Paul Jennings, ...

Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,” celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.

WXPN will help its listeners relive Live Aid by airing 10 hours of sets from the concert Sunday for the show's 40th anniversary. The radio station will play highlights from the benefit concert in ...

Like the original, Philly’s anniversary Live Aid performance will also be a fundraiser, this time benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Drummer Ned Sonstein rehearses for an upcoming Live Aid ...

(CNN) — Paul McCartney hadn’t taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing “Let It Be” for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a ...

Freddie Mercury peacocking across the stage, pumping his mic stand while 72,000 pairs of hands double clapped in unison during Queen's “Radio Ga Ga.” David Bowie, elegant in his powder blue suit, ...