POP/ROCK - Aug. 23, 1988

The legacy of Live Aid lives on. Two quite different rock benefits were announced over the weekend, one taking place in Los Angeles and the other simultaneously happening in 11 cities around the world, thanks to the wonders of satellite feeds. Charlie Sexton, Bonnie Bramlett, Human Drama and members of Oingo Boingo playing as Food for Feet headline the L.A. benefit, for “Native American rights,” at noon in the John Anson Ford Theater on Sept. 3. Tickets are $15 and proceeds will go to aid three Northern California tribes who are trying to halt construction of a freeway through sacred burial grounds in the Siskiyou Mountains. The global benefit--actually it’s the 10th annual “24 Hour Television Children’s Aid”--goes down Saturday and features performances from the likes of INXS, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Cheap Trick and Ireland’s Hothouse Flowers. Japanese Nippon television, the event’s sponsor, announced that concerts will be held in Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul, Hong Kong, Belgrade, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brisbane, Moscow, London and New York. The event is to raise money for the relief of children in the Third World.