A Beatle who organized the first great benefit concert in weeks. A punk singer moved by a news report. Two parents who built a school for their son.

The real charity and activist work of ten rock stars: Annie Lennox's SING campaign, Sting's Rainforest Foundation, Peter Gabriel's WOMAD and WITNESS, Neil Young's Bridge School, Bruce Springsteen's food banks and veterans, Willie Nelson's Farm Aid, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Bono's debt and AIDS campaigns, George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh and Bob Geldof's Band Aid and Live Aid.

⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:51 10. Annie Lennox
7:18 9. Sting
12:11 8. Peter Gabriel
16:58 7. Neil Young
21:34 6. Bruce Springsteen
27:42 5. Willie Nelson
32:22 4. Elton John
37:07 3. Bono
42:09 2. George Harrison
46:50 1. Bob Geldof
51:39 Final thoughts

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