{"id":263394,"date":"2025-07-20T15:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/40th-anniversary-how-1985-live-aid-concert-saved-philadelphia\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:04:30","slug":"40th-anniversary-how-1985-live-aid-concert-saved-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/40th-anniversary-how-1985-live-aid-concert-saved-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"40th anniversary: How 1985 Live Aid concert &#8216;saved&#8217; Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sc8md50fZeg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"40th anniversary: How 1985 Live Aid concert 'saved' Philadelphia\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sc8md50fZeg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, US promoter Larry Magid sat down to explain why Philadelphia was selected for the 1985 concert that raised tens of billions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia. <\/p>\n<p>Watch CNN Original Series \u201cLive Aid: When Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Took On the World,\u201d celebrating the definitive story of how rockstars inspired change. 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