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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.
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.
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 ...
Chaka Khan. 6. "Out of Touch". Daryl Hall & John Oates. 7. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". Tears for Fears. 8. "Money for Nothing".
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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.
Cyndi Lauper, studio badge, and the sweatshirt given to all attendees at A&M Studios in Hollywood, California on January 28, 1985, during the recording of "We Are the World". These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1985. The two longest running number-one singles of 1985 are "We Are the World" by USA for Africa and "Say You, Say Me ...
"1985" is a song that was written and recorded by American rock band SR-71 for their album Here We Go Again. Mitch Allan , SR-71's frontman, gave the song to American rock band Bowling for Soup , who recorded a cover version that reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was included on the band's album A Hangover You Don't Deserve .