“Please, stay in and give us the money,” Geldof said 32 years ago. In 1984, he organized “Band Aid,” writing and recording the single “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” and ended up raising about $10 million in famine relief. The event was held on July 13, 1985, simultaneously in London’s Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium, raising more than $104 million that day. ​AftermathThe emotional high of Live Aid — its newness, its success in raising so much money to help the starving in Ethiopia — did not come without criticism. “I will sue the Ethiopian government, who were the rebels at the time, if there is any money missing, for that money back now."

Source: Ethiopian News July 15, 2017 00:45 UTC