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Live Aid linked two stages to raise relief funds

Squelle, photograph of Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on 13 July 1985; Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 (or GFDL); no edits. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium,_Philadelphia,_PA.jpg
Squelle, photograph of Live Aid at JFK Stadium after dark on 13 July 1985; Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 (or GFDL); no edits. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Live_Aid_after_dark_at_JFK_Stadium,_Philadelphia,_PA.jpg
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Squelle, photograph of Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on 13 July 1985; Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 (or GFDL); no edits. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Live_Aid_at_JFK_Stadium,_Philadelphia,_PA.jpg

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On 13 July 1985, Live Aid took place simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure helped organize it; a retrospective by the Project Management Institute says preparations took only about ten weeks, while the musical program lasted about 16 hours. The concerts raised funds for people affected by famine in Africa. Later sources credit Live Aid with roughly US$127 million in fundraising and estimate its television audience at about 1.5 billion people; these are estimates, not an exact viewer count.