Our Reagan-era rock retrospective continues with the American portion of the festivities, at the long-since-razed JFK Stadium in South Philadelphia. The old park was on its last legs, as were a number of the performers. We start with a relative newcomer at the time. Madonna. Long before she was adopting new personas, and Third World [...]
Tags: "Holiday", "It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)", "State of Shock", "We Are the World", 1985, adoption, Ethiopia, famine, Harry Belafonte, JFK Stadium, Live Aid, Madonna, Melissa Manchester, Mick Jagger, Patti LaBelle, rebels, Ronald Reagan, skirt, South PhiladelphiaJ, Third World, Tina Turner, USA for Africa
