Celebrity benefit concerts: 59 Photos
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The 10 most famous benefit concerts
- Silver Clef Award Winners Concert - 30th June 1990. ...
- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert - 20th April 1992. ...
- Tibetan Freedom Concert - 15th to 16th June 1996. ...
- America: A Tribute To Heroes - 4th December 2001. ...
- One Love Manchester - 4th June 2017.
Concrete objectives include raising funds (such as Live Aid) and influencing legislation (such as Live 8 or Farm Aid). The two largest benefit concerts of all time, in size, were the Live 8 and the Live Earth events, which both attracted billions of spectators.
What is a benefit concert? A benefit concert is a musical event used to raise money or awareness for a charitable cause through ticket sales and other donations during the event. Benefit concerts are often celebrations of major achievements or a part of a larger fundraising campaign.
In modern times a benefit performance is given by an actor, entertainer, or company of them to benefit a charitable organization, which may sell tickets and keep the proceeds; or, less strictly, it is a performance for which a charitable organization has bought out at a discounted price and raises funds by selling ...
Top Concerts of All Time
- Rod Stewart: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005. The 1994 New Year's Eve Rod Stewart concert at the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, also had over 3.5 million attendees. ...
- Radiohead: Glastonbury, 1997. ...
- Great White: Rhode Island, 2003.