Difference between revisions of "1985-07-13"
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| − | | <b> | + | | <b>Artists:</b> |
| − | | | + | | Various artists, including [[Sting]] |
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| <b>Ticket prices:</b> | | <b>Ticket prices:</b> | ||
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| − | '' | + | There are two soundboard recordings of [[Sting]]'s performance with Dire Straits.[http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/liveaid.htm] |
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| + | An official four-disc DVD set of the concert is available. The video recording history of the event is complicated. According to BBC News Online, | ||
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| + | ''When organiser Bob Geldof was persuading artists to take part, he promised it would be a one-off, never to be seen again. That way, he said, they did not have to worry about contracts or embarrassment if they messed up amid the chaos of the day... But BBC Radio 1 concert co-ordinator Jeff Griffin realised history was about to be made - so recorded it anyway. Mr Griffin confronted Geldof at a meeting a month before the event.... "I said 'Bob I hear what you're saying, but I have to disagree with you - I just think it would be irresponsible not to record it because this has all the makings of something very, very special'." Geldof secretly acknowledged "it was silly not to do it", Mr Griffin says: "So he left it up to me." Although video of the BBC One broadcast with high-quality multi-track audio was kept, many performances from the US were not shown in the UK and so were still missing. The concert was split between Wembley Stadium, London, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia - and US broadcaster ABC took Geldof more seriously and made its tapes unusable. The DVD's producer Jill Sinclair says: "That was what was so heartbreaking because I had no idea that they would be so stupid. "Not that they thought they were being stupid, they just thought they were following instructions." Another set of tapes had been given to the Smithsonian Institute - but were lost or stolen. Eventually, more than 100 Live Aid tapes were tracked down in MTV's archives - albeit with songs cut short by ad breaks and presenters. Ms Sinclair has not put incomplete songs on the DVD, but the four-disc set, to be released in the UK on 8 November, still clocks in at 10 hours.''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3604680.stm] | ||
=Trivia= | =Trivia= | ||
| − | + | * [[Sting]] performed "[[Money For Nothing]]" with [[Dire Straits]].[http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/tourbooks.htm][http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/liveaid.htm] | |
=See also= | =See also= | ||
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| − | + | * [http://www.oneverybootleg.nl/liveaid.htm Live Aid 1985] | |
| + | * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3604680.stm How Live Aid was saved for history] | ||
[[Category:1985]] | [[Category:1985]] | ||
Revision as of 06:11, 5 July 2010
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| BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH. Should be a photo taken at that concert, or a ticket stub scan, or something similarly identifying of the event. | |
| Performance summary | |
| Artist performing: | Sting |
| Event: | Live Aid |
| Venue: | Wembley Stadium |
| Location: | London, England, UK |
| Artists: | Various artists, including Sting |
| Ticket prices: | TICKET PRICES |
On 1985-07-13, Sting performed at Wembley Stadium in London, England, UK during the Live Aid concert.
Setlist
This section needs more information.
Recording information
There are two soundboard recordings of Sting's performance with Dire Straits.[1]
An official four-disc DVD set of the concert is available. The video recording history of the event is complicated. According to BBC News Online,
When organiser Bob Geldof was persuading artists to take part, he promised it would be a one-off, never to be seen again. That way, he said, they did not have to worry about contracts or embarrassment if they messed up amid the chaos of the day... But BBC Radio 1 concert co-ordinator Jeff Griffin realised history was about to be made - so recorded it anyway. Mr Griffin confronted Geldof at a meeting a month before the event.... "I said 'Bob I hear what you're saying, but I have to disagree with you - I just think it would be irresponsible not to record it because this has all the makings of something very, very special'." Geldof secretly acknowledged "it was silly not to do it", Mr Griffin says: "So he left it up to me." Although video of the BBC One broadcast with high-quality multi-track audio was kept, many performances from the US were not shown in the UK and so were still missing. The concert was split between Wembley Stadium, London, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia - and US broadcaster ABC took Geldof more seriously and made its tapes unusable. The DVD's producer Jill Sinclair says: "That was what was so heartbreaking because I had no idea that they would be so stupid. "Not that they thought they were being stupid, they just thought they were following instructions." Another set of tapes had been given to the Smithsonian Institute - but were lost or stolen. Eventually, more than 100 Live Aid tapes were tracked down in MTV's archives - albeit with songs cut short by ad breaks and presenters. Ms Sinclair has not put incomplete songs on the DVD, but the four-disc set, to be released in the UK on 8 November, still clocks in at 10 hours.[2]
Trivia
- Sting performed "Money For Nothing" with Dire Straits.[3][4]
See also
This section needs more information.
External links
This section needs more information.
