Among several sold-out shows , the Farm Aid concert sold Commerce_sell over 40,000 tickets .

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985 , and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative .

The impact Influence of Live Aid on famine relief has been debated Communication for years .

He adds Cause_to_be_included , Live Aid `` created Creating something permanent and self-sustaining '' , but also asked Request why Africa is getting poorer .

The organisers of Live Aid tried , without much success , to run Self_motion aid Assistance efforts directly , channelling millions of pounds to NGOs in Ethiopia .

The concert was , at the time , the biggest charity concert in the United Kingdom since Live Aid over 20 years before , and more than 60,000 fans watched Perception_active live , with many millions more from around the world viewing the seven-hour-long concert .