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Belfast Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely' because of social media
Singer Bob Geldof has said another Live Aid-style event is 'unlikely' because of social media. The 73-year-old, who organised the original 1985 event alongside singer Midge Ure, told the PA news agency he doubted a similar event could take place in the 2020s, 'even though your brain is filled with the horror of Gaza or the horror of Ukraine'.
News.com.au
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely' because of social media
Singer Bob Geldof has said another Live Aid-style event is 'unlikely' because of social media. The 73-year-old, who organised the original 1985 event alongside singer Midge Ure, told the PA news agency he doubted a similar event could take place in the 2020s, 'even though your brain is filled with the horror of Gaza or the horror of Ukraine'.
The Journal
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Journal
Bono and Bob Geldof to feature in BBC documentary marking 40 years since Live Aid
BONO AND BOB Geldof are among the musicians and politicians who will feature in a new documentary to mark the 40 th anniversary of Live Aid. It's a co-production between the BBC and CNN Originals and the producers say it will delve into the 'complex, sometimes controversial, stories' behind the historic event, as well as its legacy, in UK, US, Ethiopia and Africa as a whole. Live Aid took place on Saturday 13 July, 1985 and the documentary will be released in July to coincide with the 40 th anniversary. Live Aid was held in both London's Wembley Stadium and the now defunct John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia and was organised by Geldof and music producer Midge Ure. Around 1.9 billion people across 150 nations watched the live broadcast, close to 40% of the global population at the time. It was conceived as a follow-on to the successful 1984 Christmas charity single Do they Know It's Christmas, and both were inspired by BBC footage of the 1983-85 famine in Ethiopia. BBC News / YouTube As well as featuring exclusive interviews with Bono and Geldof, the documentary also features interviews with Sting and former US president George Bush. It will also use archival footage of both the performances and back stage access, featuring the likes of Boy George, Status Quo and George Michael. It will also feature archival interviews with Nile Rodgers, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, Roger Taylor and Brian May. Advertisement The producers say the series offers a 'gripping account of Live Aid's impact on music, politics and global awareness over the twenty years between Live Aid in 1985 and Live 8 in 2005'. Meanwhile, Geldof has said that another Live Aid-style event is 'unlikely' due to social media. Bob Geldof performs during Live Aid at Wembley Stadium n 13 July,1985 Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo He was speaking to reporters today at London's Wembley Stadium at the launch of Just For One Day, a musical on the story of Live Aid. 'Unfortunately, social media seems to be a sort of isolating type of medium,' said Geldof. He added: 'But the problem is, do people have the bandwidth? They're so exhausted with the horror of Gaza and the terror of Ukraine, and the American political situation that it's hard to draw attention to those who through no fault of their own are dying right now.' Just For One Day ran at the Old Vic last year and will return at London's Shaftesbury Theatre on 15 May, with 10% of all proceeds being donated to the Band Aid Charitable Trust. Meanwhile, in addition to the documentary coming in July, the BBC will also be releasing over six hours of music performed at Live Aid, including David Bowie, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Patti LaBelle, Phil Collins, Queen, Spandau Ballet, Sting, Tina Turner and U2. This will also include backstage footage of Bono, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Spandau Ballet, Sting, as well as a transatlantic interview with Phil Collins on Concorde. Jonathan Rothery, Head of BBC Popular Music TV said he's 'delighted to be giving viewers a chance to relive one of the biggest concerts in history for the first time on TV since it was originally broadcast on the BBC'. 'By providing over 6.5 hours of footage that was captured on the day Live Aid took place, we want viewers to feel transported back to 1985, and to enjoy all those classic songs that we all still know and love to this day, as they were performed on that stage.' Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone... A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation. Learn More Support The Journal
Perth Now
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Another Live Aid unlikely due to social media: Geldof
Bob Geldof says another Live Aid-style event is "unlikely" because of social media. The 73-year-old singer, who organised the original 1985 event alongside singer Midge Ure, told PA news agency he doubted a similar event could take place in the 2020s, "even though your brain is filled with the horror of Gaza or the horror of Ukraine". The Boomtown Rats frontman said: "I think it's very much of its time, we didn't even expect this to be a thing. "From my point of view, rock and roll turned out to be almost a 50-year pop, which ended, conveniently for us, with the summing up at Live Aid, then that was subsumed by social media, so whatever's going to happen now will happen through social media. "Unfortunately, social media seems to be a sort of isolating type medium. "So could the same thing happen again? Unlikely, in my view unfortunately, when it was mono-media, when you had just essentially two stations in the UK, everyone saw the same thing, which we didn't realise, we saw the newscast, we wrote a song, we thought we'd raise like STG100,000. "Suddenly it becomes the focus of all that rage and disgust and shame, and that has lasted for 40 years, much to our dismay." Geldof was speaking at a Wembley Stadium launch event for Just For One Day, a musical, which tells the story of the Live Aid concerts in the national football stadium in London and Philadelphia in the US, on July 13 1985, which were organised by Geldof and Ure to raise money for the Ethiopian famine. Speaking about the musical, Geldof told PA: "It's amazing that both of us are alive, frankly. But we set out as quickly as we could, I called him (Ure), he was on a rock show, and he said, 'yeah, let's do something'. "We literally cobbled this song together as quickly as we could, and 40 years later, there's musicals, there's celebrations, there's documentaries all geared towards something that happened here 40 years ago. "So it's really odd for us, is it gratifying? No, because can you believe there are starving people in the 21st century, it was unnecessary then, it's totally unnecessary now." Just For One Day will return to London's Shaftesbury Theatre on May 15, with 10 per cet of all proceeds being donated to the Band Aid Charitable Trust.
BreakingNews.ie
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely' because of social media
Singer Bob Geldof has said another Live Aid-style event is 'unlikely' because of social media. The 73-year-old, who organised the original 1985 event alongside singer Midge Ure, told the PA news agency he doubted a similar event could take place in the 2020s, 'even though your brain is filled with the horror of Gaza or the horror of Ukraine'. Advertisement The Boomtown Rats frontman said: 'I think it's very much of its time, we didn't even expect this to be a thing. Executive producer John Kennedy, concert promotor Harvey Goldsmith, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure during the launch event for the Live Aid musical Just For One Day, at Wembley Stadium (Ian West/PA) 'From my point of view, rock and roll turned out to be almost a 50-year pop, which ended, conveniently for us, with the summing up at Live Aid, then that was subsumed by social media, so whatever's going to happen now will happen through social media. 'Unfortunately, social media seems to be a sort of isolating type medium. 'So could the same thing happen again? Unlikely, in my view unfortunately, when it was monomedia, when you had just essentially two stations in the UK, everyone saw the same thing, which we didn't realise, we saw the newscast, we wrote a song, we thought we'd raise like £100,000. Advertisement 'Suddenly it becomes the focus of all that rage and disgust and shame, and that has lasted for 40 years, much to our dismay. 'But you can change things, you really can actually change things, not him (Ure), not me, but the individual isn't powerless, and collectively, you really can change things. 'And in today's world of danger and fear, and political inadequacy, it stands still as a lesson, nothing to do with Midge and Bob, but just as something where people decided yeah, this is our thing, and we're staying with it.' Geldof was speaking at a Wembley Stadium launch event for Just For One Day, a musical, which tells the story of the Live Aid concerts in the national football stadium in London and Philadelphia in the US, on July 13 1985, which were organised by Geldof and Ure to raise money for the Ethiopian famine. Advertisement The seminal Live Aid concert took place in July 1985 (PA) Speaking about the musical, Geldof told PA: 'It's amazing that both of us are alive, frankly.'But we set out as quickly as we could, I called him (Ure), he was on a rock show, and he said, 'yeah, let's do something'. 'We literally cobbled this song together as quickly as we could, and 40 years later, there's musicals, there's celebrations, there's documentaries all geared towards something that happened here 40 years ago. 'So it's really odd for us, is it gratifying? No, because can you believe there are starving people in the 21st century, it was unnecessary then, it's totally unnecessary now. 'But the problem is, do people have the bandwidth? They're so exhausted with the horror of Gaza and the terror of Ukraine, and the American political situation that it's hard to draw attention to those who through no fault of their own are dying right now.' Advertisement Ure, 71, added: 'We've done the Band Aid song, 345 different times, different genres, different variations of whoever the current artists are. 'And this as a musical was something way beyond what we could possibly do, we're not very talented, and it takes a lot of talent for people to put this together.' Just For One Day will return at London's Shaftesbury Theatre on May 15, with 10% of all proceeds being donated to the Band Aid Charitable Trust, after it previously ran at the Old Vic last year.
