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HE urged us to Feed The World - but 25 years after Band Aid, Eighties star Marilyn seems only to have fed his FACE.

SEASONS come and go throughout the year and they all mean different things. Winter means snow, Spring means flowers, Summer means sunshine and Autumn means the annual UK tour by Status Quo.

The recently concluded Youth Engagement Summit 2009 conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia brought together an impressive line-up of speakers.

Soul diva Aretha Franklin threatened to pull out of her planned performance at the recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary tribute - if organizers couldn't promise to shut off all ventilation at Madison Square Garden in New York while she was in the building.

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Caption: Aretha Franklin and guest the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors - arrivals at the Kennedy Centre Washington DC, USA .... Soul diva ARETHA FRANKLIN threatened to pull out of her planned performance at the recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary tribute - if organisers couldn't promise to shut off all ventilation at Madison Square ...

No one knows better than Yoko Ono how far celebrity activism has come in the last 40 years.

SOCIALITE Peaches Geldof attended a glitzy Church of Scientology ball where the star-studded guest list is understood to have included Hollywood A-listers Tom Cruise and John Travolta.

An expanded move by EMI into live concert recordings offers a glimpse both at a much needed revenue stream for record labels and an additional income source for many artists.

Its anthemic template, crafted in 1984 with the assistance of co-producer Brian Eno , came three years before a oeThe Joshua Tree,a which took the Irish band a oefrom heroes to superstars,a according to Rolling Stone magazine, and sold 25 million copies.

The event: U2, Metallica , Jeff Beck , Aretha Franklin and a string of sharp guests played Part 2 of the two-night celebration of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's 25th anniversary.

PEACHES Geldof just can't help nodding off - even during an interview for a documentary all about HER.

As you've probably noticed by now, Spandau Ballet are back and we reckon they're 'definitely the best reformed band of the year'. They're also one of the most Londony, as Gary Kemp's just-published biography reveals.

AS a baby seemingly near death she was the face of the Ethopian famine exactly 25 years ago yesterday.

A quarter of a century after Live Aid, despite the fact that there are still many problems, the fight against poverty is working Jamie Drummond Twenty five years ago, like many of my generation, I was called to action by images of drought and starvation a ' and by a couple of shaggy-haired, Irish rock stars with whom I've now been working for a ...

Over 40 years, David Bowie has repeatedly reinvented himself, pursuing the idea that all pop is artifice.

Thirty years ago, The Who's Pete Townshend gave a stark solo gig at the Amnesty International Secret Policeman's Ball benefit show in London.

The first of nine concerts across the globe aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the environment swung into life in Sydney on Saturday with fiery vocals and a distinctive Australian beat.

It's a name that doesn't take up much space. Yet it says a mouthful. Two figures - one alphabetic, one numeric - combine to form an iconic statement, conveying welcome and acceptance.

Bob Geldof is seen at London's Euston station before departing for Edinburgh for the 2005 Long Walk to Justice.