slim@drutx.UUCP (MauroP) (07/01/85)
Does anyone have a complete list of who is playing at the Live Aid concert
in a couple weeks? Also, where is it being held? I know it's supposed to be a
star-studded event.
Pat Maurorosen@gypsy.UUCP (07/02/85)
> > Does anyone have a complete list of who is playing at the Live Aid concert > in a couple weeks? Also, where is it being held? I know it's supposed to be > a star-studded event. > Live Aid will be held a JFK stadium in Philadelphia and a Webley (sp?) stadium in England. I can only speak for Philly (since it is in my backyard), but here is a partial list. The complete list is something like 40 acts at 20 minutes apiece. I think the equipment trucks alone will take up half of downtown Philly. Tickets started at $35 and went on sale at a moments notice. They sold out in 5 hours and scalpers are getting near $100 already. Well here goes a list. Will someone with more info fill it in. I may have confused a few performers. There is also a concert on July 4 in Philly with Eric Clapton and Joan Jett. Then there is some benefit for the victims of the MOVE incident with a bunch of named people (Bill Cosby and David Brenner). I think I am already confused. Gee, Philadelphia is going to be a hot place to be for the next few weeks. Cyndi Lauper The Hooters David Bowie Hall and Oates Ashford and Simpson Bryan Adams Til' Tuesday The Beach Boys Duran Duran Phil Collins (playing both shows! - courtesy of a Concorde SST) ...I lost track...sorry...think of your favorite musician, he/she/they'll be there.
rsk@pucc-k (Wombat) (07/17/85)
I suspect that the entire event was videotaped, and that large
portions of the concert(s) will be available for sale--more money
for Live Aid. I also suspect that such recordings would be
best-sellers.
Although Led Zeppelin and The Who didn't have the quite the energy I'd
hoped for, they were at least adequate. Madonna was abysmal; the Black
Sabbath set was a nice piece of nostalgia, although I thought it was too
early in the day for heavy metal. The Pretenders were pretty good; so was
Tom Petty. Joan Baez, Dylan, and CSN&Y were poignant. The Turner-Jagger
collaboration was fun, as was the Collins-Sting bit. Belafonte looked
disoriented during the finale; and Patti Labelle took the Lauper part of
the vocal and overdid it. MTV's coverage was idiotic; they should have
just turned the cameras on the stage and *left them there*, running
commercials during set changes.
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