Live Aid

Bob Geldof Says Live Aid Musical Better Not Be Shit

by Music-News.com

Sir Bob Geldof is warning a new musical based on the story of Live Aid “better not be shit”.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats, Ireland, Live Aid, musical, rock, UK

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Bob Geldof Wants To Turn Live Aid Into A Musical

by Music-News.com

Bob Geldof is to bring the story of how he organised Live Aid to the London stage next year.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Bob Geldof, Ireland, Live Aid, rock, SXSW

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Australian Albums: Bohemian Rhapsody is no. 1 for fourth week

by Gavin Ryan

It’s a fourth week at the top for the Queen biopic soundtrack “Bohemian Rhapsody”, strengthened this week by the five Oscar nominations that the film received this past week.

Tagged as: 70s, Australian charts, Bohemian Rhapsody, Live Aid, Queen, rock, UK

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Australian Albums: Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Number One for third week

by Paul Cashmere

Queen retain their lead on the ARIA Albums Chart for a third straight week with the biopic soundtrack ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, the set also newly certified ▲Platinum in sales too.

Tagged as: 70s, Australian charts, Bohemian Rhapsody, Live Aid, Queen, rock, UK

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Australian Albums : Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ soundtrack is number one again

by Gavin Ryan

Queen hold onto the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for a second week with the soundtrack to their biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”, matching the two weeks their first No.1 set “A Night at the Opera” achieved back in 1976.

Tagged as: 70s, Australian charts, Bohemian Rhapsody, Live Aid, Queen, rock, UK

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Bohemian Rhapsody and Rami Malek win Golden Globe Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has won the Best Motion Picture – Drama award at the Golden Globe Awards. Rami Malek, who starred as Freddie Mercury, also won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama award.

Tagged as: 70s, Bohemian Rhapsody, Golden Globe Awards, Live Aid, Queen, rock, UK

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Queen Bohemian Rhapsody DVD Update – Full Live Aid Recreation as bonus footage

by Paul Cashmere

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ movie will be on DVD and Blu-Ray on January 22 and the disc will include the complete recreation of the Live Aid performance, only seen in part in the movie.

Tagged as: 70s, Bohemian Rhapsody, Live Aid, Queen, rock, UK

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Remembering Live Aid 30 Years Ago Today The Setlists

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It was the first and still the greatest fundraising effort in rock history. On July 13, 1985, over fifty artists hit the stage in London and Philadelphia to raise money for famine relief in Africa.

Tagged as: Live Aid, music news

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New Led Zeppelin Digital Book Now Available

by Music-News.com

Led Zeppelin: Sound And Fury, an innovative illustrated digital book by famed photographer Neal Preston, is now available now, exclusively on the iBookstore.

Tagged as: 1970s, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Live Aid, London, Mastodon, My Chemical Romance, Neal Preston, rock, Stevie Nicks, U.K., Wembley Stadium

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Todd Rundgren Adds 2nd Melbourne Show

The first Todd Rundgren Melbourne gig has sold out, and a second show has been added for Tuesday 30 October at the John Curtin Hotel.

August 4, 2018

Todd Rundgren, Trak, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Todd Rundgren And Todd-A-Roo Coming To Australia

Great news for fans of the uber-talented Todd Rundgren. In 2008, for a week on the glorious isle of Kauai, in Hawaii, about 300 fans from all over the world joined the Rundgrens at their incredible home to celebrate his 60th birthday. This became known as ToddStock; a week of camping, drinking, singing and celebrating.

July 4, 2018