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Live Aid

Mark Scheerer, Tina Turner
October 17, 2019July 12, 2020 ~ markscheerer ~ 7 Comments

The film “Bohemian Rhapsody” does a great job of re-creating Queen’s performance at Live Aid. I try to re-create my backstage – and onstage – experiences on that weekend.

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Harry Belefonte, Mark Scheerer
October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 ~ markscheerer ~ 7 Comments

If a plane carrying Harry Belafonte and me disappeared in a Western Darfur sandstorm, only one of us would make the headline. How that no-brainer was arrived at.

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