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'''Live Aid''' was a music festival aiming to raise relief money to help the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, featuring notorious artists such as David Bowie, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and '''The Who'''.
'''Live Aid''' was a music festival aiming to raise relief money to help the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, featuring notorious 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 Sep '17</ref>


As the festival suffered from technical issues, a power failure in the middle of The Who's performance of "My Generation" resulted in the loss of both the video and main audio feeds user for television broadcast, while many US radio stations relied on broadcasting a lower quality mirror feed after the cut.
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 Sep '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. This took several seconds to set up, however.


The backup still took a few seconds to set up and, due to technical limitations, it took several seconds for the radio signal to cross the Atlantic, resulting in a small portion of the audio and a large portion of the video remaining lost to this day.
Due to the power failure, a large portion of the video as well as some audio from the concert 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 Sep '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.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaYRAXuI5BM|320x240|center|Footage of the incident live on MTV's end.}}</div>
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==References==
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[[Category:Partially lost media|Who, The Live at Live Aid]]
[[Category:Partially lost media|Who, The Live at Live Aid]]

Revision as of 05:46, 18 September 2017

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 to help the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, featuring notorious 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. This took several seconds to set up, however.

Due to the power failure, a large portion of the video as well as some audio from the concert 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.

Gallery

Combined video and audio feeds.

Footage of the incident live.

Footage of the incident live on MTV's end.

Inteview with the engineers on the incident.

References