• ESTABLISHED IN 1984 BY BOB GELDOF (BOOMTOWN RATS) AND MIDGE URE (ULTRAVOX) (GELDOF, 2012)

• CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WITH AIM OF RAISING MONEY FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN ETHIOPIA AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES

40 FAMOUS RECORDING ARTISTS FROM ENGLAND AND IRELAND WERE INVITED TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND RECORD A

SINGLE

• single and accompanying video garnered world wide attention

• straight to number 1 on the charts where it stayed for many weeks

• Sold more than 6 million copies and $8 million across the globe

(LIVE8LIVE, N.D.).

• Inspired hits from other countries including ‘we are the world’ (usa) and ‘tears are not enough’ (Canada) which also raised millions of dollars for famine relief (MTV news, 2013).

• GELDOF THEN STAGED A HUGE CONCERT IN 1985 CALLED LIVE AID, HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT WEMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON (72,000 PEOPLE)

JOHN F. KENNEDY STADIUM IN PHILADELPHIA (100,000 PEOPLE).

AND

AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES, raising over $110 million worldwide (bbc news, 1985)

• BAND AID II RE-RECORDED THE SINGLE ‘DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS’ IN 1989 WITH FAMOUS ARTISTS OF THE TIME

• AGAIN IN 2004 THE SONG WAS RECORDED BY NEW ARTISTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FAMINE RELIEF, SELLING 1.17 MILLION COPIES (MTV NEWS, 2013).

• FURTHER LIVE8 CONCERTS WERE HELD IN JULY 2005 THAT WERE NOT INTENDED TO FUNDRAISE BUT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AFRICAN PROBLEMS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT DEBT, TRADE BARRIERS, HUNGER AND AIDS (THE SOFII FOUNDATION, 2010).

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NEPTUNE PINK FLOYD (2014). LIVE8 LOGO [IMAGE]. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.NEPTUNEPINKFLOYD.CO.UK/IMAGES/NEWS/2005/20050612_LIVE8LOGO.JPG

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