PHILADELPHIA — This Sunday, Philadelphia's beloved public radio station will pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of the transcontinental Live Aid concerts with special programming.
WXPN will commemorate the anniversary by playing performances from the day when the power of music unified the world from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
The programming will include highlights and sets of music in chronological order. Performers include Queen, U2, David Bowie, Hall and Oates, Madonna, Sting, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, The Pretenders, The Hooters, Phil Collins (who traveled on the Concorde to play both events) and many more.
WXPN hosts Robert Drake and Bruce Warren, who were both at the Philadelphia concert, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. will DJ the replay event.
Sets from both the JFK Stadium and Wembley Stadium shows will be aired, as well as share stories and interviews from people were there, including The Hooters’ Rob Hyman, WMMR’s Pierre Robert, and Martha Graham Cracker, who is leading a Live Aid Tribute event Sunday at Union Transfer.
Organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the concerts aimed to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. The event featured an impressive lineup of over 70 artists, with the Live Aid global broadcast reaching nearly 2 billion viewers across approximately 100 countries, helping raise over $150 million for famine relief.
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