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The DVDs contain the new German FSK logo print that was used since 1st December 2008 (the cardboard box still shows the old logo) Chalmers, Graham (15 May 2014). "Interview: Ali's battle for heart and soul of UB40". The North Yorkshire News . Retrieved 9 July 2017. Live Aid 30th anniversary: 30 things you never knew about the 1985 concert". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 11 July 2020.

Although a professed admirer of Geldof's generosity and concern, American television commentator Bill O'Reilly was critical of the Live Aid's oversight of the use of the funds raised. O'Reilly believed that charity organizations, operating in aid-receiving countries, should control donations, rather than "chaotic nations." [83] Arguing that Live Aid accomplished good ends while inadvertently causing harm at the same time, David Rieff gave a presentation of similar concerns in The Guardian at the time of Live 8. [84]

When Harvey Met Bob, a 2010 television film dramatising the events leading up to and including the concert Regarding Buerk's landmark BBC News report as a watershed moment in crisis reporting that influenced modern coverage—one that was broadcast in its entirety with Buerk's narration on a major US channel—Suzanne Franks in The Guardian states, "the nexus of politics, media and aid are influenced by the coverage of a famine 30 years ago." [15]Beaumont, Mark. "Aaaaaay-o! Aaaaaay-o! Why Live Aid was the greatest show of all". The Independent . Retrieved 13 July 2020. Fiorillo, Victor (15 June 2012). "The 10 Most Painful Band Reunions". Philadelphia. Philadelphia . Retrieved 4 August 2015. Bad" (w/snippets of " Satellite of Love", " Ruby Tuesday", " Sympathy for the Devil" and " Walk on the Wild Side") Dye, Josh (16 February 2020). "Queen reprises famous 1985 Live Aid set at Fire Fight Australia concert". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 17 February 2020.