Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Geldof announces Live 8
Bob Geldof has announced plans for the biggest free concert he has organised since Live Aid. The concert which is being held to coincide with the G-8 summit in Scotland, to highlight the problems of global poverty, is being held at Hyde Park in London, alongwith concerts in Philadelphia, Berlin and Rome. Here is a full list of artists scheduled to play.
As you can see, the venues are spectacular, the arists are absolutely top-of-the-line and if you can't watch it live, you ought to be able to watch it live on the BBC. It will almost certainly drive an enormous amount of attention to the G-8 summit and the Blair and Brown agenda for Africa. Whether any of this will have any effect at all on poverty in Africa remains to be seen.
Hyde Park, London
Coldplay, Dido, Sir Elton John, Keane, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Muse, Scissor Sisters, Sir Paul McCartney, Joss Ston, Stereophonics, Sting, Robbie Williams, U2, REM, Velvet Revolver, Bob Geldof, The Killers, The Cure, Snow Patrol
Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Will Smith (host), Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, P Diddy, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, The Dave Matthews Band, Sarah McLachlan, Rob Thomas, Keith Urban, 50 Cent, Kaiser Chiefs
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Jamiroquai, Craig David, Youssou N'Dour, Yannick Noah, Andrea Bocelli, Calo Gero, Kyo Placebo, Axelle Red, Johnny Halliday, Manu Chao, Renaud
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
A-ha, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Brian Wilson, Lauryn Hill, Bap Die Toten Hosen, Peter Maffay
Circus Maximus, Rome
Duran Duran, Faith Hill, Irene Grandi, Jovanotti, Tim McGraw, Nek, Laura Pasini, Vasco Rossi, Zucchero
As you can see, the venues are spectacular, the arists are absolutely top-of-the-line and if you can't watch it live, you ought to be able to watch it live on the BBC. It will almost certainly drive an enormous amount of attention to the G-8 summit and the Blair and Brown agenda for Africa. Whether any of this will have any effect at all on poverty in Africa remains to be seen.
