{"id":161496,"date":"2015-07-13T20:16:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T20:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:44:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:44:16","slug":"the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/one.org\/us\/media\/us\/2015\/07\/956px-Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium_Philadelphia_PA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-post-image wp-image-122875\" src=\"https:\/\/one.org\/us\/media\/us\/2015\/07\/956px-Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium_Philadelphia_PA-600x482.jpg\" alt=\"956px-Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium,_Philadelphia,_PA\" width=\"593\" height=\"476\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>On this day, 30 years ago, Prince Charles and Princess Diana kicked off Live Aid<\/strong>, the&nbsp;worldwide rock concert organized by Irish rocker Bob Geldof to raise money for African famine relief.&nbsp;Taking in place in both London and Philadelphia, the record-breaking charity event was televised in 110 countries, 40 of which held a telethon during the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Prompted to action by his travel to Ethopia, <strong>Geldof first organized Band Aid<\/strong> &ndash; a charity super group comprised of the UK&rsquo;s top artists &ndash; to record &ldquo;Do They Know It&rsquo;s Christmas?&rdquo;, a chart-topping single that raised $10 million in donations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A US ensemble followed suit soon after with the smash hit <strong>&ldquo;We Are the World&rdquo;<\/strong> featuring Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder and Lionel Ritchie. &nbsp;The American single raised $44 million for famine relief.&nbsp;<strong>Buoyed by the success of the record sales, Geldof proposed the idea of the global concert Live Aid to raise both awareness and funds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The legacy of Live Aid is astounding.&nbsp;&nbsp;Organized in just 10 weeks and featuring 75 musical acts, <strong>the 16-hour super concert raised over $127 million.<\/strong> Moreover,&nbsp;<strong>the&nbsp;publicity it generated encouraged Western nations to make available enough surplus grain to end the&nbsp;1985 famine in Ethiopia and Sudan.&nbsp;<\/strong>Over 1.5 billion people tuned in to watch the concert in an era before the&nbsp;internet, email or Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But this musical marathon wasn&rsquo;t just important for the year 1985. It led to many more charity concerts, and more importantly, inspired the next generation of political activists, including ONE co-founder&nbsp;Bono, who also founded&nbsp;<a title=\"DATA\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DATA\">DATA<\/a>,&nbsp;<a title=\"EDUN\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/EDUN\">EDUN<\/a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a title=\"Product Red\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Product_Red\">Product Red<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day, 30 years ago, Prince Charles and Princess Diana kicked off Live Aid, the&nbsp;worldwide rock concert organized by Irish rocker Bob Geldof to raise money for African famine relief.&nbsp;Taking in place in both London and Philadelphia, the record-breaking charity event was televised in 110 countries, 40 of which held a telethon during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"topic":[45],"contributor":[418],"one_content_audience":[],"one_content_type":[],"one_content_tone":[],"class_list":["post-161496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-aid-and-development","contributor-felicity-amos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world - ONE.org US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On this day, 30 years ago, Prince Charles and Princess Diana kicked off Live Aid. What impact did it have?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ONE.org US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ONE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-13T20:16:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-25T10:44:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/956px-Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium_Philadelphia_PA.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ONEinAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ONEinAmerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/236ef43a079c36667c3f1de2da8e0838\"},\"headline\":\"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-13T20:16:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-25T10:44:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\",\"name\":\"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world - ONE.org US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-13T20:16:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-25T10:44:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/236ef43a079c36667c3f1de2da8e0838\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png\",\"width\":495,\"height\":396},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/\",\"name\":\"ONE.org\",\"description\":\"Driving economic opportunities and healthy lives in Africa\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/236ef43a079c36667c3f1de2da8e0838\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b4204681b789d34ede86a735f8b6378df901f7f7ab7a9ca89af4670b2bb13b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b4204681b789d34ede86a735f8b6378df901f7f7ab7a9ca89af4670b2bb13b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.one.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world - ONE.org US","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world","og_description":"On this day, 30 years ago, Prince Charles and Princess Diana kicked off Live Aid. What impact did it have?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/","og_site_name":"ONE.org US","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ONE","article_published_time":"2015-07-13T20:16:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-25T10:44:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/956px-Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium_Philadelphia_PA.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world","twitter_creator":"@ONEinAmerica","twitter_site":"@ONEinAmerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/236ef43a079c36667c3f1de2da8e0838"},"headline":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world","datePublished":"2015-07-13T20:16:45+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-25T10:44:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/"},"wordCount":298,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/","url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/","name":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world - ONE.org US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png","datePublished":"2015-07-13T20:16:45+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-25T10:44:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/236ef43a079c36667c3f1de2da8e0838"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2015-07-13-at-2.49.03-PM.png","width":495,"height":396},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/the-legacy-of-live-aid-the-day-rock-and-roll-changed-the-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The legacy of Live Aid: The day rock and roll changed the world"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/","name":"ONE.org","description":"Driving economic opportunities and healthy lives in Africa","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/236ef43a079c36667c3f1de2da8e0838","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b4204681b789d34ede86a735f8b6378df901f7f7ab7a9ca89af4670b2bb13b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b4204681b789d34ede86a735f8b6378df901f7f7ab7a9ca89af4670b2bb13b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.one.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"ONE.org US","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161496"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=161496"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=161496"},{"taxonomy":"one_content_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/one_content_audience?post=161496"},{"taxonomy":"one_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/one_content_type?post=161496"},{"taxonomy":"one_content_tone","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/one_content_tone?post=161496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}