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David Bowie performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 19:22 BST/14:22 EDT; during Live Aid) — David Bowie (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) performed tonight at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Bowie’s set included “TVC 15,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Modern Love” and “Heroes.”

Queen performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 18:41 BST/13:41 EDT; during Live Aid) — Queen performed tonight at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Queen’s set included “Bohemian Rhapsody”/”Radio Ga Ga,” “Hammer to Fall,” “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and “We Will Rock You”/”We Are the Champions.”

Dire Straits performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 18:00 BST/13:00 EDT; during Live Aid) — Dire Straits performed tonight at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Dire Straits’s set included “Money for Nothing” (with Sting) and “Sultans of Swing.”

U2 performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 17:20 BST/12:20 EDT; during Live Aid) — U2 performed today at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. U2’s set included “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Bad” (with snippets of “Satellite of Love”, “Ruby Tuesday”, “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Walk on the Wild Side”).

Howard Jones performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 15:50 BST/10:50 EDT; during Live Aid) — Howard Jones performed today at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Jones’ set included “Hide and Seek.”

Ultravox performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


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(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 13:16 BST/8:41 EDT; during Live Aid) — Ultravox performed tooday at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Ultravox’s set included “Reap the Wild Wind,” “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes,” “One Small Day,” and “Vienna.” Continue reading Ultravox performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985) →

‘Spamalot’ and ‘Doubt’ win top Tony Awards 10 years ago this hour (June 5 2005)


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(Sunday, June 5, 2005, 8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT) — Monty Python’s Spamalot won three Tony Awards tonight at at Radio City Music Hall in New York, including best musical; the musical play The Light in the Piazza won six prizes, while Doubt was named best drama.

‘One Wonderful Day’ episode airs on Desperate Housewives’ 10 years ago this hour (May 22 2005)


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(Sunday, May 22, 2005, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Bree and Rex make amends, but tragedy hits the Van de Kamp family again on tonight’s episode of the ABC television comedy-drama-mystery series Desperate Housewives.

In 2009, the “One Wonderful Day” episode was ranked #55 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ big winners at Emmy Awards 40 years ago this hour (May 19 1975)


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(Monday, May 19, 1975, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Mary Tyler Moore dominated the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards tonight, winning five awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series (for the first of three consecutive years). Continue reading ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ big winners at Emmy Awards 40 years ago this hour (May 19 1975) →