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...Ethiopians, was the beginning of a fundraising phenomenon. The song, which brought together everyone from U2 to Wham! (an achievement in itself), went straight to No. 1 in Britain and raised some $18 million. We Are the World, an even schmaltzier American effort, and the accompanying Live Aid rock concert, screened to 1.5 billion people around the globe, raised millions more. Band Aid, the brainchild of scruffy Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof and electropop pioneer Midge Ure, eventually pulled in more than $144 million, most of which bought emergency food for Ethiopia. "I once said that we would be more...
...heads of the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) announced at yesterday’s Undergraduate Council meeting that Sunday’s sold-out Bob Dylan concert was a financial success...
...Chairs Justin H. Haan ’05 and Jack P. McCambridge ’06 said the concert grossed $133,000 in ticket sales and more than $1,500 in merchandise sales...
...event will reimburse at least half of the $30,000 that the council allocated to fund the concert earlier this semester, according to Haan, who is also a Crimson editor, and McCambridge...
These days Charlap's career is getting down deep too. When Jazz at Lincoln Center unveiled its Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola last month, Charlap was the opening act. Lincoln Center has booked him to present a concert in February titled Great American Songwriters. He was also named to take over next year as artistic director of the well-regarded Jazz in July festival at Manhattan's 92nd Street...