re: Generation X people, was Live Aid the greatest day in music for our time?

Tibetan Freedom Concert 1998. Check out the lineup.

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Waylon Jennings played Live Aid? This I did not know.

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People talk about Queen's London Performance, but the US performances were really good as well.

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People talk about Queen’s performance because the movie brought it back front and center.

I don’t remember it being any more special than any of the others at the time.

I remember it being a huge deal but it hasn’t held up over time like Woodstock, obviously. Other than the Queen performance.

This thread reminded me of Band Aid. Sort of all my favorite bands at the time in one song. What a collection of talent.

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The 1992 Faith No More/Guns n Roses/Metallica stadium tour has to be up there. Astrodome hosted it in Houston.

The Montreal stop of that tour was a wild one.

“ The most infamous event during the tour took place during a show on August 8, 1992 at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Metallica frontman James Hetfield suffered second and third degree burns to the left half of his body, both arms and left hand after standing in the way of a pyrotechnics reaction during the opening of "Fade to Black". Hetfield himself has said "There were extra pyro in addition to the original pyro and I got too close the original pyro." Metallica had to prematurely end their performance, but promised to return to the city for another show. After a lengthy delay, during which the audience became increasingly upset and restless, Guns N' Roses took the stage. However, the shortened time between sets did not allow for adequate tuning of stage monitors, resulting in musicians not being able to hear themselves. In addition, Rose claimed that his throat was hurt, causing the band to prematurely leave the stage themselves. The early departure led to a riot by audience members, reminiscent of the rioting that had occurred during a Guns N' Roses show near St. Louis, Missouri one year earlier. The aggrieved audience members took to the streets of Montreal, overturning cars, smashing windows, looting local stores, and setting fires. Local authorities were barely able to bring the riot under control. Footage from the debacle was later included in the 1992 documentary A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica.”

Live Aid took place the day after my 17th birthday. I don’t remember anything special about it at the time. Big MTV thing.

Michael Jackson adding guitar player to pop music like Steve Stevens, Eddie van Halen, and slash.

We had the two US festivals too, I remember them being in the radio