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Wanna' Feel Old? "Live Aid" Took Place 40 YEARS AGO Sunday!

By Kevin Mulhern
LONDON-ROCK-CONCERT-WEMBLEY-LIVE AID

Picture taken 13 July 1985 in London of Wembley stadium at the beginning of the "Live Aid" concert, billed as the biggest rock event in the world. The 16-hour music marathon organised by Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof raised money to help the starving in Africa. (Photo by PA FILES / AFP) (Photo by -/PA FILES/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: - / AFP / Getty Images

Live Aid took place 40 years ago Sunday -- July 13th, 1985 (a Saturday) - simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

The HUGE concerts were the first cause-driven, satellite-delivered mega event that was broadcast to a global audience of approximately 1.9 billion in 150 countries and raised an estimated $150 million for famine relief.

All these decades later, it's REAL tough to argue that Freddie Mercury and Queen didn't steal the show. Hell, most shows in the history of shows...

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