fortieth anniversary: How 1985 Live Aid live performance ‘saved’ Philadelphia

Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Live Aid, US promoter Larry Magid sat down to elucidate why Philadelphia was chosen for the 1985 live performance that raised tens of billions of {dollars} for famine reduction in Ethiopia.

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