Aaaaaay-o! Aaaaaay-o! Why Live Aid was the greatest show of all

I watched a good documentary on Woodstock. The attendance was estimated to be 400,000. It was fraught with many problems as the festival became immensely larger than expected. Preparing the site was taking longer than expected so they greatest priority was building the stage. They had no ability to fence off such a large area so they could not charge for the festival as planned. Food ran out and the local community donated food and it was dropped off by helicopters. The first aid site was inundated, and tents were erected for those who were having bad experience with drugs. Bands were flown in by helicopters. Parking was so acute that many walked miles to the site. Logistically speaking it was a total mess, but 400,000 people soldiered on and helped each other as they listened to apex bands. They became one.

Thank you for the great share shipmate.

Great measure of performance (money raised, music and publicity for Ethiopian famine, etc.), but bad measure of effectiveness (money misused, food aid not properly routed to needy, etc.)