As a follow-up to the Christmas 1984 Band Aid single, Duran Duran performed in front of 90,000 people (and an estimated 1.5 billion TV viewers) at the Live Aid charity concert at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, on 13 July 1985 while their Bond song held the…
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From the earliest days of the band, Vanian had adopted a vampire -like appearance onstage, with chalk-white makeup and formal dress. With Sensible gone, Vanian’s image became more characteristic of the band as a whole. The Damned signed a recording contract with major label MCA Records , and the Phantasmagoria…
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The band performed five songs for the July 1985 Oz for Africa concert, in conjunction with the Live Aid benefit.
In July 1985, the band played their first-ever concerts behind the Iron Curtain , in Budapest and Warsaw .
while Sting recorded and toured in support of his successful debut solo studio album, the jazz -influenced The Dream of the Blue Turtles , released in June 1985;
On 19 May 1985, INXS won seven awards at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards ceremony. They performed ” Burn for You “, dressed in Akubras (hats) and Drizabones (outdoor coats/oilskin jackets).
In April 1985, Garrett, with some 30 other members, walked out of the national conference and resigned from the NDP claiming it had been infiltrated by a Trotskyist group.
On 17 March, they played the Festival Chateau Rock ’85 at the Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras in front of a claimed audience of fifteen thousand. However, Córdoba media outlets claim that, “only half the number of people actually showed up” and that Soda were “hardly noticed because their first record…
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In March 1985, the band returned to Sydney’s Rhinoceros Studios and recorded the Listen Like Thieves album along with producer Chris Thomas (the Sex Pistols , Pink Floyd , the Pretenders , Elton John ). As the band was finishing the recording sessions, Thomas stated that the album was not…
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At the 1985 Brit Awards held at London’s Grosvenor Hotel on 11 February, the band received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.