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The Seriously, Live! World Tour. The No Jacket Required World Tour was a concert tour by the English drummer, singer and songwriter Phil Collins, which occurred February–July 1985 in support of his 1985 album, No Jacket Required. The album had been a massive international success and the tour concluded with Collins performing "Against All ...
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
Two days after the concert, Elton John gave a free concert on the same stage used for Live 8, as part of the city's Independence Day celebrations. Pre-show news and rumours. Live 8 producer/promoter Russell Simmons was the man responsible for adding more African-American artists to the Live 8 Philadelphia bill, including some Def Poetry Jam poets.
Music of Philadelphia. Philadelphia's Academy of Music at Broad and Locust streets, the city's oldest performance venue, presenting operas and concerts annually since 1857. South Philadelphia native Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated classical contraltos of the 20th century. Chubby Checker, one of Philadelphia's first mainstream stars.
September 26 – M. Pokora, French pop, crunk, R&B singer and musician (Christina Millian) September 28 – Alina Ibragimova, Russian British violinist. October 1 – Porcelain Black, American industrial indie pop singer-songwriter. October 2 – Vogue Williams, Irish DJ, radio host, model and dancer.
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The biggest British musical event of 1985 was the Live Aid concert in London's Wembley Stadium on 13 July. Held to follow up the previous year's charity record "Do They Know It's Christmas?", the biggest-selling single ever at the time, popular acts such as The Who, U2 and Queen performed in front of an estimated audience of 1.9 billion viewers.
Website. www.live8live.com. Live 8 ( French: En direct 8, German: Live 8, Italian: Vivi 8, Japanese: ライブ8 (romanised: Raibu 8), Russian: Прямой эфир 8 (romanised: Pryamoy efir 8)) was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 conference ...