We’re Stars! Funny in a Spinal Tap way that they’re serious and not self-aware. Entertaining and far better than that β€œWe Are The World” dreck. #HearNAid #Dio

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WENDY DIO Says Reissue Of Eighties Metal All-Star Project HEAR 'N AID Will Finally Arrive 'Next Year'

On the red carpet of this year's Metal Hall Of Fame on January 21, 2026 in West Hollywood, California, Ronnie James Dio's widow and longtime manager Wendy Dio confirmed to Reality Check TV that the reissue of "Stars", the 1985 charity single for famine relief released under the HEAR 'N AID banner, w...

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So I'm continuing my deep dive music listening, and I came across a charity recording from the mid-80's that I hadn't known about before. We all know about Band Aid and USA For Africa, but in the mid-80's, there was Hear N' Aid... a supergroup of hard rock and heavy metal musicians that recorded a song called "Stars," which raised money for famine relief in Africa.

This project was organized by Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain, and Vivian Campell, and it brought together a number of rock and metal stars of the era: Dio, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Queensryche, Yngwie Malmsteen, Journey, and Night Ranger, among others.

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Hear N' Aid - Stars [The Record] (LD MASTER) [BEST QUALITY] (1986)

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Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES On Why He Didn't Play Guitar On HEAR 'N AID's 'Stars': 'It's Because Of One Man's Jealousy'

In a recent interview with RPM Online, former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes looked back on his involvement with "Stars", the 1985 charity single for famine relief released under the HEAR 'N AID banner. On May 20 and May 21, 1985, 40 artists from the metal community gathered at A&M Records Stud...

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