On July 13, 1985, for 16 hours a concert was held simultaneously at JFK Stadium Philadelphia and at Wembley Stadium in London. Live Aid raised more than $125 million to fight famine in Ethiopia. People magazine reported in August 1985 that Fallon “had nephritis, a condition that erodes kidney function.” Fallon was on dialysis three times a week. That led Geldof to propose the Live Aid concert, which was organized in just 10 weeks. More than 75 acts performed including Queen, Sting, Duran Duran, U2, Tom Petty, Santana, Bryan Adams, David Bowie and Run DMC.

Source: Ethiopian News July 13, 2020 09:56 UTC