Concerts and Festivals in History That Stood Against War

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized this dual-venue super-concert at Wembley Stadium and JFK Stadium to combat a catastrophic famine exacerbated by ongoing civil war and military blockades in Ethiopia. Reaching an estimated global television audience of 1.9 billion people, the event proved the unmatched power of mass musical mobilization to force international aid corridors open.