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'''Live Aid''' was a music festival aiming to raise relief money | '''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. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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|description1 =Full video from B-reel film. | |||
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|description2 =Footage of the incident live. | |||
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|description3 =Footage of the incident live on MTV's end. | |||
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|description4 =Interview with the engineers on the incident. | |||
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==References== | |||
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Revision as of 05:53, 10 November 2019
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
References
- ↑ BBC News report on Live Aid. Retrieved 18 Sept '17
- ↑ CNN report on Live Aid. Retrieved 18 Sept '17
- ↑ BBC News article on preservation of the event. Retrieved 18 Sept '17