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At the Live Aid Music Fundraiser that  had musicians such as Queen, David Bowie, led zeppelin, Paul Mccartney and more. it is one of the most well known Music Festivals ever with about 172,000 people at the Dual Venue Event With 72,000 At Wembley Stadium in London, England and about 100,000 at John F. Kennedy Stadium. There was tons of Techincal Issues. one (which was a power outage) caused part of The Who's " My Generation " to be Partially Lost. For most people they did not get to hear the last minute or two of the song. while some radio stations had people broadcast a lower quality version of the song. though they were not able to set it up fast enough and also the time it takes for the signal to go over the ocean (remember this was 1985) it caused roughly 6-7 Seconds of the Song to be lost. you can find the put together video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_O_zMzXBP0 and an interview of some of the engineers here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSH2v7Y_8YY
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'''Live Aid''' was a music festival aiming to raise relief money for the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, featuring artists such as David Bowie, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and '''The Who'''. The event was poorly received for many reasons ranging from the performances themselves to how the money was used after the event, including some of the funds allegedly being siphoned by Mengistu Haile Mariam to support his army.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2010/03/ethiopia.html BBC News report on Live Aid.] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref>
 
The festival also suffered from several technical issues, including a power failure in the middle of The Who's performance of "My Generation",<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/01/liveaid.memories/index.html CNN report on Live Aid.] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref> resulting in the loss of both the video and main audio feeds for television viewers, though many US radio stations were still playing the concert using a lower quality mirror feed; the second feed took several seconds to set up, however.
 
Due to the power failure, a large portion of the video, as well as some audio, was lost. Additionally, Bob Geldof, the organizer of the event, promised every band who came that the event would be a one-off event that wouldn't be released anywhere afterwards, although MTV decided to keep archives of the event to their ability. Additionally, a DVD of the event was released over a decade later, albeit with several hours missing.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3604680.stm BBC News article on preservation of the event.] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref> Because of this and the overall minimal attempts by other event broadcasters to archive the event (especially parts that had technical problems), the lost portions of this performance may be lost forever.
 
In 2019, the official Live Aid YouTube channel uploaded a full video of the performance assembled from B-roll film reels with audio from the camera's microphone. While not of broadcast quality, this is the first full video available of the complete song from a single source.
 
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==References==
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Revision as of 05:53, 10 November 2019

Live aid my generation.jpg

MTV footage of the music festival.

Status: Partially Lost

Live Aid was a music festival aiming to raise relief money for the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, featuring artists such as David Bowie, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and The Who. The event was poorly received for many reasons ranging from the performances themselves to how the money was used after the event, including some of the funds allegedly being siphoned by Mengistu Haile Mariam to support his army.[1]

The festival also suffered from several technical issues, including a power failure in the middle of The Who's performance of "My Generation",[2] resulting in the loss of both the video and main audio feeds for television viewers, though many US radio stations were still playing the concert using a lower quality mirror feed; the second feed took several seconds to set up, however.

Due to the power failure, a large portion of the video, as well as some audio, was lost. Additionally, Bob Geldof, the organizer of the event, promised every band who came that the event would be a one-off event that wouldn't be released anywhere afterwards, although MTV decided to keep archives of the event to their ability. Additionally, a DVD of the event was released over a decade later, albeit with several hours missing.[3] Because of this and the overall minimal attempts by other event broadcasters to archive the event (especially parts that had technical problems), the lost portions of this performance may be lost forever.

In 2019, the official Live Aid YouTube channel uploaded a full video of the performance assembled from B-roll film reels with audio from the camera's microphone. While not of broadcast quality, this is the first full video available of the complete song from a single source.

Gallery

Full video from B-reel film.

Footage of the incident live.

Footage of the incident live on MTV's end.

Interview with the engineers on the incident.

References

  1. ↑ BBC News report on Live Aid. Retrieved 18 Sept '17
  2. ↑ CNN report on Live Aid. Retrieved 18 Sept '17
  3. ↑ BBC News article on preservation of the event. Retrieved 18 Sept '17
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