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Millions Poured in for Live Aid as Wives Pawned Wedding Rings and Even Geldof Was ‘Proud to Be Irish’

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During the busiest day of his life – Saturday, July 13, 1985 – Bob Geldof made frequent phone calls to Dublin to gauge the mood back home. Live Aid was in full swing before him at Wembley Stadium, but he wanted to know if ordinary members of the public were being moved by the occasion to donate cash for the starving in Africa.

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Millions poured in for Live Aid as wives pawned wedding rings and even Geldof was ‘proud to be Irish’

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