WXPN Relives Live Aid @ 40
WXPN will play back highlights and sets of music in chronological order matching the event that changed pop forever. Performers include Queen, U2, David Bowie, Hall & Oates, Madonna, Sting, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, The Pretenders, The Hooters, Phil Collins (who famously flew across the Atlantic on the Concorde to play both events) and many more.
RAMP caught up with Jim McGuinn, Acting PD of WXPN, who said, “I’m so psyched… I’ve been listening to the performances, and putting it all in order for the day. Plus, we’re interviewing Rob from The Hooters — they were the first band onstage in Philly that day, and are still going strong. AND we’re gonna do what used to be unheard of in radio — and invite WMMR’s Pierre Robert to be on the air with us and share his memories.”
McGuinn added, “Both our hosts Robert Drake and Bruce Warren were there that day as fans, but having Pierre on brings it all together – and this also helps promote an event on Sunday night where an All-Star band will play a bunch of the Live Aid tunes and benefit the local Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.” [Live Aid, Philadelphia, 1985 | photo by Vinnie Zuffante / Getty Images]