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Live Aid finally gets DVD release.
The 1985 Live Aid concert, one of the defining events in modern music, is to be released on DVD for the first time. Organisers will auction the rights to release the DVD after pirate copies were found for sale on the internet.
They are hoping to raise "a few million pounds" for charity and are aiming for a Christmas release.
The concert, split between London and Philadelphia, brought together stars including U2, Queen and Madonna - but has never come out on CD, video or DVD. Organisers have decided to allow the DVD release after realising bootleggers were making money from it - but none was going to charity. Proceeds from the DVD release will go to the Band Aid Trust, which still exists to relieve poverty and hunger in Ethiopia and the surrounding area.
Some 72,000 fans packed Wembley Stadium in London
Bob Geldof "sees it as an asset of the people of Ethiopia" that was not being fully utilised, according to fellow founding Band Aid trustee John Kennedy. "It's a surprise to all of us that we're still here 20 years on spending and receiving money," he told BBC News Online. "But because of piracy, it's becoming available without earning any money." The successful bidder will have to get the permission of every artist - but "we don't expect any of them to be anything other than co-operative", he said.
Geldof (right) met Prince Charles and Princess Diana at Live Aid
Geldof organised Live Aid and the Band Aid single in response to famine in Ethiopia, in which 1.2 million people starved to death in 1984 and 1985.
Music marathon
Live Aid saw 72,000 pack into Wembley Stadium in London to see artists such as David Bowie, Wham! and Dire Straits. The 16-hour music marathon was completed at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium with acts including Bob Dylan, Duran Duran and Paul Simon. Live Aid eventually raised ?40m. Half of the money was spent on food and half on long term development.
The DVD plan comes after pirated DVDs were found on sale over the internet for ?110 for a 10-disc set. After a tip-off from Geldof himself, police raided a property in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and arrested a man.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3543059.stm
The 1985 Live Aid concert, one of the defining events in modern music, is to be released on DVD for the first time. Organisers will auction the rights to release the DVD after pirate copies were found for sale on the internet.
They are hoping to raise "a few million pounds" for charity and are aiming for a Christmas release.
The concert, split between London and Philadelphia, brought together stars including U2, Queen and Madonna - but has never come out on CD, video or DVD. Organisers have decided to allow the DVD release after realising bootleggers were making money from it - but none was going to charity. Proceeds from the DVD release will go to the Band Aid Trust, which still exists to relieve poverty and hunger in Ethiopia and the surrounding area.
Some 72,000 fans packed Wembley Stadium in London
Bob Geldof "sees it as an asset of the people of Ethiopia" that was not being fully utilised, according to fellow founding Band Aid trustee John Kennedy. "It's a surprise to all of us that we're still here 20 years on spending and receiving money," he told BBC News Online. "But because of piracy, it's becoming available without earning any money." The successful bidder will have to get the permission of every artist - but "we don't expect any of them to be anything other than co-operative", he said.
Geldof (right) met Prince Charles and Princess Diana at Live Aid
Geldof organised Live Aid and the Band Aid single in response to famine in Ethiopia, in which 1.2 million people starved to death in 1984 and 1985.
Music marathon
Live Aid saw 72,000 pack into Wembley Stadium in London to see artists such as David Bowie, Wham! and Dire Straits. The 16-hour music marathon was completed at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium with acts including Bob Dylan, Duran Duran and Paul Simon. Live Aid eventually raised ?40m. Half of the money was spent on food and half on long term development.
The DVD plan comes after pirated DVDs were found on sale over the internet for ?110 for a 10-disc set. After a tip-off from Geldof himself, police raided a property in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, and arrested a man.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3543059.stm
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Somebody made me a copy of just U2's performance on VHS so I have that. I have been hoping for this to come out! I want to see Led Zeppelin's performance too!
It took those people long enough! 
And only because someone had tapes floating around? This is wonderful-since I went so I had no way to tape the thing! It will never really be the same as being there THAT day! Awesome-all the acts were! And no other concert was Ever like this one! WE that were there at Wembly will never forget how it felt to BE There! Ahh-Live-Aid-again, after soo long! Yah!
. Sorry to hear that. 
