Wembley Stadium (1923)
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The first Wembley Stadium, originally known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, London, England. It opened in 1923 and was demolished in 2002 to make room for the new Wembley Sta
The Twin Towers of Wembley Stadium (2002)
Postcard depicting the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 Twin Towers
Aerial view of Wembley Stadium, 1991
The Royal Box in April 1986. Trophy presentations took place here.
Live Aid
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Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief o
Wembley Stadium (1923)
…league's Challenge Cup final, and the 1992 and 1995 Rugby League World Cup finals. It was also the venue for numerous music events, including the 1985 Live Aid charity concert, as well as SummerSlam 1992, the first major professional wrestling pay-per-view to take place outside of North America. The stadium's…
Official Live Aid poster featuring artwork by Peter Blake
The reports of Michael Buerk (pictured in 2012) on the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia for BBC World Service helped spark the aid relief movement.
Bob Geldof (pictured in 1987) successfully pitched the idea of the Live Aid concert to promoter Harvey Goldsmith