Ian Dury & The Blockheads [Concert for Kampuchea 1979]

Ian Dury & The Blockheads [Concert for Kampuchea 1979]

The Concert for Kampuchea: Ian Dury & the Blockheads [Sweet Gene Vincent + Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 1979] Sweet Gene Vincent + Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick br br Directed by Keith McMillan br Produced by Bob Mercer br Starring Wings br The Clash br Elvis Costello br The Pretenders br Ian Dury br Rockpile feat. Robert Plant br Queen br The Specials br The Who br August, 1980 br The Concert for Kampuchea ("Rock for Kampuchea") is a musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. The film was directed by Keith McMillan and was 4 nights of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved well-established artists such as McCartney, The Who and Queen as well as younger new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders. The film finishes with the presentation of Wings' Rockestra (more of 25 musicians playing together). They get on stage, sing, and get off with intermissions.


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Uploaded: 2009-06-09

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