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 I have began my research into the Live Aid event itself, I am however struggling with locating reliable resources at this current time. I am also struggling with my question itself and how far to go into the topic of Live Aid itself. I am not sure how much I should focus on the event or the topic of whether Live Aid could happen again. 

Part of my EPQ is to look into whether or not a Benefit Concert like Live Aid could happen again. Therefore, I wanted to look into other charity concerts which have taken place before or after Live Aid. I read an article by E Online which gave an overview of these concerts and this is what information I gathered from it.  1) The Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 was an event organised by Beatles member George Harrison. It consisted of two concerts in Madison Square Garden on 1st August 1971. It was organised to raise money and awareness for East Pakistan refugees. This was because they were struggling to establish themselves as Bangladesh as the time of the concerts. There was an all-star line up including Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan. The concert for Bangladesh was the first of many benefit concerts of its kind and was attended by a total of 40,000 people. At the time it raised nearly $250,000 for Bangladesh relief and was administered by UNICEF. However, the live album and

NME published an article asking the question of whether or not there could be another Live Aid. I read this as a part of my research and the knowledge that I gained from the article has proven very useful to my research into the same idea. The article explains the view in which the Live Aid creator Bob Geldof has when it comes to his own opinions on whether or not Live Aid can be recreated. The Sir announced that he believes the massive charity concert format would not work in the modern digital age. He believes that social media has rendered charity concerts on that scale redundant. This shows that even the creator of the major scale charity event feels as if it is impossible to recreate or host another Live Aid and therefore answers the question which I am asking.  In an interview with the Irish Independent, Geldof states that "I don't think that works now, there's a whole new age. You can do something, you can start generating things online now, whether that's as ef

Live Aid holds the record for the most watched television special in history. This would make it hard to recreate in the future as it would mean there is a lot to live up to in trying to make it watchable. There were many things that went both right and wrong when it came to creating/broadcasting Live Aid in 1985. These are all factors that would make Live Aid not achievable to recreate as things would either not be able to happen again or things would simply be improved, taking away the one time memorable feel to the widespread charity event. Examples of factors which would simply be improved due to better technology includes the fact that a generator exploded during The Who number, causing the satellite link to be lost. It is unlikely that this would happen now because of modern technology and the fact that Wembley now employs major electricity and lighting companies to help broadcast and power the concerts. This takes away the nostalgic feeling that Live Aid holds because a new mode

Live Aid, a benefit concert held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985 was organised by Boomtown Rats front man Bob Geldof and Ultravox vocalist Midge Ure, the event drew an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers and raised millions of pounds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Years of drought and failed attempts at government control of the grain market in the early 1980s led to a catastrophic famine that threatened hundreds of thousands of lives in Ethiopia. After seeing a television news report on the subject in 1984, Geldof wrote the lyrics for “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Ure crafted the melody of the song, and Geldof recruited some of the biggest names in the British music scene to sing on the potential number one hit. The single, recorded in November 1984 and marketed under the name Band Aid, sold over three million copies and inspired similar all-star benefit projects. Most notable among these was USA for Africa, which incl

Research why and how Live Aid took place (the struggles that came with it). Brief outline of what happened on the day. Controversies which may be a factor as to why it may not happen again. The legacy created by the event and why it may be hard to recreate it. Determine whether or not something like Live Aid could happen again.  Similar events that have taken place 

According to History.com (2020) on July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially opened Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organised to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans. They go on to say that the 16-hour "superconcert" was globally linked by satellite to more than a billion viewers in 110 nations. The website also explains that in a triumph of technology and good will, the event raised more than $125 million in famine relief for Africa. History also states that Live Aid was the brainchild of Bob Geldof and in 1984 he travelled to Ethiopia after hearing news reports of a horrific famine that had killed hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians and threatened to kill millions more. This inspired him to record a single to benefit Ethiopian famine relief. "Do They Know Its Christmas?" was performed by "Band Aid".  Oz for Africa, a benefit held in Sydney, was to have been part of the Live Aid simulcas