Which charity event came first Live Aid or We Are The World?

Live Aid came first, taking place on July 13, 1985, as a dual concert held in London and Philadelphia to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. "We Are the World," a charity single written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, was released later, on March 7, 1985, but the song was recorded in January of that year. While the recording of "We Are the World" occurred before Live Aid, the event itself was the first of the two major fundraising efforts.