An oral history of Live Aid: The ones who made a brighter day, 40 years ago
(This article originally ran on Yahoo Music for Live Aid’s 30th anniversary, and has been updated.) They were the world. They were the rock ‘n’ roll children. Hard as it may...
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Michael Des Barres on the Power Station’s invitation to play Live Aid: ‘It was like saying Rudolf Nureyev wanted to dance with me’
There are many, many ways that pop-culture fans have discovered shapeshifting rocker/actor Michael Des Barres over the decades. Some may know him from his big-screen debut at age 17 in...
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Midge Ure exclusively reveals Band Aid 40th anniversary ‘megamix’ plans and reflects on a six-decade career as the ‘invisible man of rock’
Midge Ure is currently on his self-contained, two-man Band in a Box tour of America, playing selections from his vast catalog using various loops, samples, and programmed drums. One song...
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