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The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
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Live Aid
1985 benefit concert
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday 13 July 1985. The 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Benefit concert
Type of musical benefit performance
A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
London
Capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,945,309 in 2023. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Philadelphia
Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the sixth-most populous city in the United States with a population of 1.6 million at the 2020 census, while the Philadelphia metropolitan area with 6.33 million…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Moscow
Capital and most populous city of Russia
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sydney
Capital city of New South Wales, Australia
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)