陈灼 
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援助生命音乐会
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1985年7月13日，在伦敦Wembley露天运动场，查尔斯王子和戴安娜王妃举行了一场官方的援助生命活动，通过组织一场世界范围内的摇滚音乐会来救助饱受饥荒侵害的非洲。这场被称为“超级音乐会”的活动在地球另一边的费城继续上演，总共持续了16个小时之久，通过卫星全世界110个国家有超过十亿人收看了该盛典。作为一项成功的大型慈善行动，这次活动为援助非洲饥荒共募捐了125，000，000美元。
援助生命是由爱尔兰摇滚乐队 Boomtown Rats的 Bob Geldof提出的。 1984年，在听到关于埃塞俄比亚正在发生令人震惊的夺取成千上万生命的大饥荒并可能威胁到百万人生命的新闻后，他前往了该地。再回到伦敦后，他召集了英国和爱尔兰最顶尖的流行艺术家们一起为减轻埃塞俄比亚大饥荒而灌制一首歌曲。“他们知道今天是圣诞节么？”由Geldof 和Ultravox 乐队的Midge Ure 作词并由“联合援助小组”共同表演，并由这些乐队共同表演，Culture Club, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, U2, Wham!等等。在当时，这张唱片成为英国销量最高的唱片并获得了超过一千万美元的收入。
“他们知道今天是圣诞节么？”在美国同样成为销量第一的唱片。美国的流行音乐艺术家们也联合起来加入到这场活动中来。“世界是我们的”由迈克尔·杰克逊和莱昂内尔·里奇作词。"美利坚和非洲" 作为美国联合演唱小组而闻名，由 Jackson, Ritchie, Geldof, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder等许多明星共同组成。这张唱片很快跃居销售帮第一名并最终获得了超过四千四百万美元的收入。
由于埃塞俄比亚的危机愈来愈深，并且其邻国苏丹也遭受了饥荒。Geldof 提议举行一场全球性的音乐会以募集更多的援助基金，并让全世界对非洲的现状更加清楚。经过仅十个星期的筹备后，生命援助音乐会在1985年7月13日，星期六举行了。超过75位慈善大使登台演出，包括 Elton John, Madonna, Santana, Run DMC, Sade, Sting, Bryan Adams, the Beach Boys, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Queen, Duran Duran, U2, the Who, Tom Petty, Neil Young, 以及Eric Clapton。大部分艺术家在位于伦敦拥有70000观众的Wembley 运动场或费城拥有100000观众的JFK 露天运动场演出。十三个卫星定向的进行了电视实况转播，全世界110个国家有超过十亿人收看了该盛典。世界上40%的国家在长期电视节目中加入了宣传非洲饥荒的内容。
音乐会上有很多难忘的瞬间。如 Phil Collins在费城的演出，他是刚刚在伦敦演出完后立即乘坐协和式飞机赶来的。他随后在齐柏林飞艇幸存者重聚会上作了演出。摩登女保罗·麦卡妮(Paul McCartney)和 Who乐队的 Pete Townsend在伦敦的最后一场演出中将Bob Geldof 扛到了他们的肩膀上。最后的演出是集体演唱“他们知道今天是圣诞节么？”六个小时后，美国那边也以合唱“世界是我们的”结束了音乐会。
生命援助最终为非洲遭受饥荒的国家筹集了127，000，000美元，并引起了公众的广泛关注，使得西方国家拿出剩余粮食来结束在非洲的饥饿危机。 Geldof 不久被伊丽莎白二世授予爵士爵位。
原文：
LIVE AID CONCERT:
On July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans. Continued at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and at other arenas around the world, the 16-hour "superconcert" was globally linked by satellite to more than a billion viewers in 110 nations. In a triumph of technology and good will, the event raised more than $125 million in famine relief for Africa.
Live Aid was the brainchild of Bob Geldof, the singer of an Irish rock group called the Boomtown Rats. In 1984, Geldof traveled to Ethiopia after hearing news reports of a horrific famine that had killed hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians and threatened to kill millions more. After returning to London, he called Britain's and Ireland's top pop artists together to record a single to benefit Ethiopian famine relief. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was written by Geldof and Ultravox singer Midge Ure and performed by "Band Aid," an ensemble that featured Culture Club, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, U2, Wham!, and others. It was the best-selling single in Britain to that date and raised more than $10 million.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" was also a No. 1 hit in the United States and inspired U.S. pop artists to come together and perform "We Are the World," a song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie. "USA for Africa," as the U.S. ensemble was known, featured Jackson, Ritchie, Geldof, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, and many others. The single went to the top of the charts and eventually raised $44 million.
With the crisis continuing in Ethiopia, and the neighboring Sudan also stricken with famine, Geldof proposed Live Aid, an ambitious global charity concert aimed at raising more funds and increasing awareness of the plight of many Africans. Organized in just 10 weeks, Live Aid was staged on Saturday, July 13, 1985. More than 75 acts performed, including Elton John, Madonna, Santana, Run DMC, Sade, Sting, Bryan Adams, the Beach Boys, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Queen, Duran Duran, U2, the Who, Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton. The majority of these artists performed at either Wembley Stadium in London, where a crowd of 70,000 turned out, or at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium, where 100,000 watched. Thirteen satellites beamed a live television broadcast of the event to more than one billion viewers in 110 countries. More than 40 of these nations held telethons for African famine relief during the broadcast.
A memorable moment of the concert was Phil Collins' performance in Philadelphia after flying by Concorde from London, where he performed at Wembley earlier in the day. He later played drums in a reunion of the surviving members of Led Zeppelin. Beatle Paul McCartney and the Who's Pete Townsend held Bob Geldof aloft on their shoulders during the London finale, which featured a collective performance of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Six hours later, the U.S. concert ended with "We Are the World."
Live Aid eventually raised $127 million in famine relief for African nations, and the publicity it generated encouraged Western nations to make available enough surplus grain to end the hunger crisis in Africa. Geldof was later knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his efforts
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