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1. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Live Aid (Warner Music) U2 AND Queen gave the performances of their lives, the peacocks of pop paraded in all their finery and a young Madonna sang Holiday. In capturing one of the greatest musical events in living memory, this four-CD set looks back at the two Live Aid concerts staged in London and Philadelphia in July 1985.
With Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton rubbing shoulders with Wham!, Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran, the 'global jukebox' has dated remarkably well. The clamour for a repeat next summer is going to be hard to resist.See the full content of this document
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Stripped and Busted ; We Pick the Year's Best Music Dvds
2. THE WHITE STRIPES: Under Blackpool Lights (XL) JACK WHITE has transformed himself from a scrawny-looking 'indie kid' into a gym- honed superstar with the obligatory celebrity girlfriend (RenEe Zellweger).
But the boy can still cut it as a rock 'n' roller. This show, recorded in gloriously grainy colour in Blackpool earlier this year, is an outsta...See the full content of this document
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