July 17, 2004
Warner Vision Intl. has won the rights to release the long - awaited DVD of Live Aid, the biggest concert in rock 'n' roll history.
Warner will put out the historic four - disk Live Aid set on Nov. 1 worldwide. The concert, which took place July 13 1985 in London
and Philadelphia, raised over 0 million to fight the African famine. Over 1.5 billion TV viewers watched the event.
It featured all the biggest rock and pop acts of the time, including U2, Sting, David Bowie, Elton John, George Michael, The Who, Madonna, Queen, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Phil Collins and many, many more.