July 13, 1985, London, England: FREDDIE MERCURY of QUEEN performing at LIVE AID London at Wembley Stadium. Live Aid is a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative. The event organized by musican British Geldof and Scottish Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single ''Do They Know It's Christmas?'' in December 1984. Billed as the ''global jukebox'', Live Aid is held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative are being held in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia, and West Germany. It was one of the largest satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time. An estimated audience of 1.9 billion people in 150 nations watched the live broadcast, nearly 40 percent of the world population. (Credit Image: © David Plastik/ZUMA Press Wire)