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Well I was reading about it today do you reckon they can do it in time and I also heard that Pink Floyd are rumored to reform to put they're differences aside for the night and play Live Aid II any thoughts on this people?

I've always been baffled why its taken 20 years just to organise a concert :confused:

Bands are always looking for ways to disguise the fact they are money grabbing unprincipled morons - should have been pretty easy to trick them into it

Pink Floyd reforming? No chance. Maybe Axl will join them on stage :hihi:

I have to agree with Izzy on the Pink Floyd reunion, not gonna happen

 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

I think managment of Pink Floyd have already squashed that rumor, no reunion and no touring in the future yet. I hope that changes fast though :)

 Bob Geldof  and Midge Ure , co-founders the 1985 Live Aid charity concert, have confirmed that they are planning a long-rumored benefit concert to fight poverty in Africa.

During Thursday's (5/26) Ivor Novello songwriting awards ceremony in London, Geldof reportedly said that the concert won't be billed as Live Aid 2.

"There's never going to be a Live Aid II, but there's something brewing," Geldof said, according to the Associated Press. "It's big. And it's as petrifying as the build up to Live Aid, if not more so. We'll have all the biggest names we can find. But it's not just about big names, it's about making a point."

Though Geldof wouldn't confirm specifics, the show is rumored to be taking place in early July in London's Hyde Park, shortly before a G8 summit of the world's richest nations takes place in Scotland.

Live Aid was held July 13, 1985 to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief. Satellite links connected the main Live Aid concerts at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium. Performers included U2, Eric Clapton, The Who, Elton John, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Cars, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Madonna, David Bowie, Dire Straits, Sting, Phil Collins and Bob Dylan, among many others.

The Live Aid concerts and related materials, including albums, television specials and videos, raised an estimated $245 million for famine relief, organizers have claimed.

Acts allegedly lined up to play include the Rolling Stones, U2, Keane, Joss Stone and a reformed Spice Girls. :rofl:

Geldof announces Live 8 acts

LONDON (Reuters) - Madonna, U2 and Coldplay will be among the star acts at the Live 8 concert in London to raise awareness about global poverty, organiser Bob Geldof said on Tuesday.

Elton John, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters and Joss Stone were also named in the line up for the July 2nd concert.

Geldof announced plans for Live 8, a global concert, to repeat the success of the 1985 Live Aid event which raised millions of pounds for African famine relief.

Live 8 will be held in Hyde Park to coincide with a summit in Scotland of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations as a way of pressuring world leaders to act on global poverty.

Four other concerts will be held in Philadelphia, Paris, Berlin and Rome on the same day.

The first Live Aid concert was held at Wembley Stadium with a line-up including U2, Queen, Paul McCartney and David Bowie.

The event was organised by former Boomtown Rats singer Geldof, who has become a leading advocate for global poverty relief and is behind the plans for a second concert.

A spokesman for the charity organisers have said they are speaking to Oasis and Irish rockers U2 about appearing at the concert.

Organisers are also in talks with the Spice Girls, who could perform together for the first time since Geri Halliwell walked out of the group in 1998.

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From NME.com:

The confirmed line-up so far runs:

London


Coldplay
The Killers
Velvet Revolver
Bob Geldof
The Cure
Mariah Carey
Dido
Keane
Snow Patrol
Elton John
Annie Lennox
Madonna
Paul McCartney
Razorlight
Snoop Dogg
Sting
U2
Joss Stone
Stereophonics
REM
Scissor Sisters
Muse
Robbie Williams

Philadelphia


Will Smith
Bon Jovi
The Dave Matthews Band
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Puff Daddy
Il Divo
Maroon 5
Rob Thomas
Keith Urban
50 Cent
Kaiser Chiefs

Rome


Faith Hill
Tim McGraw
Duran Duran
Jovan Otti
Nek
Laura Pausini
Vasco Rossi
Zucchero

Berlin


A-Ha
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Lauryn Hill
Brian Wilson
Bap
Die Toten Hosen
Peter Maffay

Paris


Jamiroquai
Placebo
Youssou N'Dour
Andrea Docelli
Craig David
Calo Gero
Kyo
Yannick Noah
Axelle Red
Johnny Halliday



/jarmo

VR added as well dunno if they are playing in London though

I was actually hopin that VR weren't goin to be asked to do it (although I'm a big fan of them) cos it pretty much rules out the chance of Axl acceptin to play. Guess we'll have to wait a little while longer til we see uncle Axl again.

Theys should have like one show in each country or somehting..Like one in Europe,One in American,One in CANADA (so i can see it) and so0meowhere else

Ok, I haven't figured it out yet.... Live "8"?  Why 8??  They are playing in 5 cities?  What does the 8 signify?

 I think more will be added ???

Because the G8 leaders are gonna meet in Scotland?

LIVE 8 is part of a day of action across the world which kick-starts The Long Walk to Justice that calls on the leaders of the world?s richest countries to act when they meet in Gleneagles on 6th-9th July. On July 2nd in London, Edinburgh, Washington, Berlin, Paris and Rome millions will be coming together to call for complete debt cancellation, more and better aid and trade justice for the world?s poorest people.

LIVE 8 is calling for people across the world to unite in one call ? in 2005 it is your voice we are after, not your money.

http://www.live8live.com




/jarmo

it's amusing that most people tend to be concerned with which bands are going to be there and not why they are organising these concerts...a stark contrast to the original Live Aid concert as i recall

I find it amusing that the people trying to find out what the concert is for are looked down on by the good samaritans who are already aware.  At least we both get a laugh.

London's gonna be a pretty good show. :)

Ottawa confirmed as host of Live 8 concert
CTV.ca News Staff

The city of Ottawa is planning to host a Live 8 concert on July 2, CTV News has learned.

The concert will likely be held on Parliament Hill and may include such artists as Bryan Adams, The Barenaked Ladies, Jann Arden, and Our Lady Peace.

At the moment, five other cities are lined up to host a Live 8 concert: London, Paris, Berlin, Philadelphia and Rome.

The aim of the simultaneous concerts, organized by Sir Bob Geldof, is to focus world attention on poverty in Africa. They will take place days before G8 leaders meet in Britain.

There has been talk of holding a concert in each of the G8 countries but so far there are no plans for concerts in Japan and Russia.

The concerts are free and are not intended to raise funds. Instead, they are meant to press the world's wealthiest countries to do more to fight famine in Africa.

"We don't want people's money. We want them,'' Geldof explained at a news conference earlier this week.

Artists participating in the events include Madonna, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Duran Duran, Sting and Sarah McLachlan.

The concerts come 20 years after Live Aid was held on July 13, 1985. Back then, two concerts were held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia and raised tens of millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Those performing in London for Live 8 include Mariah Carey, Coldplay, Dido, Keane, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Muse, the Scissor Sisters, Paul McCartney, Joss Stone, Stereophonics, Sting, Snoop, Robbie Williams, U2 and REM.

Fans will enter a lottery by cell phone text message to obtain a ticket.

In Philadelphia, acts performing will include McLachlan, Will Smith, the Dave Matthews Band, Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Puff Daddy and Jay-Z.

Among artists scheduled for Berlin are A-Ha, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Lauryn Hill and Brian Wilson.

The concert in Rome will feature musicians including Faith Hill and Duran Duran. In Paris, Jamiroquai, Craig David, Youssou N'Dour and Yannick Noah will be among those taking part.



I'm glad that Canada got involved... and also that its a short trip up the street for me to catch the show.

i meant no offence dude, my comments werent really aimed at people here, more to do with the media, newspapers, radio etc...

Thats sweet Canada is in it now..Definetly wanna see that show..How do you get a ticket though?Somethign about cell phone text?

The website says that the text-messaging is only for the London show... there aren't any details about the other shows.

K thanks i understand now..Hopefully they have lots of good people in Ottawa..Is there any other info on this?.A website for the concerts or soemthing?

I cant find any information about the show in Ottawa..I found the official site and theres nothing on there

Nothing has been posted on the official website... I guess we need to wait until they sort out what bands will be playing.

The link that I got that CTV News article from doesn't work anymore for some reason.  I did see another site that had a short video of a woman talking about the Ottawa show.  Maybe a few people are jumping the gun on this story?

I hope not..I wanan go to this show really bad

Hope this shed's a little more light on the subject:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/06/01/1067047-cp.html

I really hope they can pull it together AND that its held in Ottawa, considering its the Canada Day Long Weekend, it should get a lot of attention.

It says the document couldnt be found dude..Anyway you could copy and paste the story?

Oh very dodgy line-ups...to be expected....what did Rome did that was so wrong that meant they were the ones lumbered with Duran Duran...unlucky people...The Pope will be turning in his grave.

Uk only show to be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets

text C to 84599 costs ?1.50 a text

good luck ive got my fingers crossed

What was the question and alternatives?

Edit: It's on the web site:


What city is the forthcoming G8 summit being held near this July?

A) Berlin B) Moscow C) Edinburgh

Text A, B or C to 84599*


 :hihi:


/jarmo

Sent two texts earlier on today!
We shall see....
Not a big fan of any of the bands, apart from VR really.

Will be a good day nevertheless.

Anyone else noticed that apart from about 2 exceptions the only good line up is the London one?

The whole thing is pathetic

The 1.50 charge for the text message - cycnical money spinner

Also - if everyone just gave the money they will waste travelling to (insert approp city) and staying in the aformentioned city - those poor African's would get 10 times the amount

Do urself a favour - boycott this disgrace and give the money u would have wasted directly to charity - don't waste it on text messages and travel costs etc

yea exactly izzy, and bob geldof wanting 1million people to come to edinburgh...1million times ?100 to get there = ?100 million and thats just edinburgh...

the more i look at this the more im seeing it as just another money spinner for some groups...

im with izzy this time

Does anyne have any info on the supposed Ottawa show?

Glad i'm not the only one to see through this


Oh c'mon - we agree on most things, just not in the heavy metal thread - but on all the important things!

England gets the best act going. Velvet Revolver. I BEG ALL POWERS THAT BE TO RECORD THAT SHOW OH PLEASE!!!!!

^ urm, it's going to be screened live?

I thought that's what the whole point was................................................................................................ .................

...Isn't it?

women, beer and rock and roll...good enough for me

also note, how many african artists are appearing at live 8 concerts? it's like, we're doing this concert just for africa but you're not invited lmao

Oh...

...Stop being so cynical.

Yeah, getting attention for the cause is such a bad thing.


How many people would've heard about this if it wasn't for these concerts? Instead of getting to read all the latest news about Beckham, who said what on Big Brother and what "celebrity" from was in jail ten years ago, there's gonna be a few mentions about this.




/jarmo

Yeah man, the whole thing this time round aint about raising money, it's about raising awareness and letting the leaders at the G8 summit know that there are millions of people putting pressure on them to make the right decision and cancel world debt.

It was on the news dat Bob G. didn't want the spice girls to be there coz they weren't famous enough.
(Yeah right) ::) ::) ::)

By CORINNE ABRAMS



POP star Damon Albarn has launched an attack on Live 8, claiming concert organisers are portraying Africa as a "failing" place.

The Blur and Gorillaz star also slammed the lack of black stars on the bill.

And he called on performers to prove they were not in it for themselves by pressuring their record labels to give cash from increased sales to the cause.

Asked on BBC Radio 4?s Today programme if he would be taking part, he said: "No. I am not. I haven?t even been asked.

"I don?t want to take part in an event that is so exclusive. Is this the most effective way to help Africa?"

He said the lack of black artists was "the greatest oversight" and
undermined the whole project.

"This country is incredibly diverse. More than ever, black culture is an
integral part of society, so why is the bill so damn Anglo-Saxon?

"If you are holding a party on behalf of people, then surely you don?t shut the door on them.

"It?s insensitive and it also perpetuates this idea that Africa is separated
in some way.

"In a way Live 8 does that: it doesn?t make you feel closer to Africa, it
treats it like it?s a failing, ill, sick, tired place.

"My personal experience of Africa is that yes, I have witnessed all those things there, but it?s incredibly sophisticated - the society and the structure of people?s lives is as sophisticated, if not more sophisticated in some ways, than in the West."

Asked what more the artists could do, he said: "Surely there should be some kind of tariff on the record companies.

"It is without question that all the artists that play there will enjoy
increased record sales.

"I would feel more comfortable if I felt there was a discussion and that the artists were putting pressure on their record labels to genuinely show that this is an altruistic act and that there is no self-gain in it because surely that negates from the message if there is."

He said he was arranging a performance by African artists in a pod of the London Eye "to explore the diversity and the intelligence of Africa and not just its poverty".

cheer up damon.

PINK FLOYD will indeed play Live 8 at Hyde park

http://www.pinkfloyd.com/home/27.html


And yes with Roger Waters too!!!

I was just about post this

Organizers of the London Live 8 concert said Sunday that British rock band Pink Floyd would re-form for a performance at the July event.

Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason, bass player Roger Waters and keyboard player Richard Wright have not performed on stage together since 1981.

The group, which achieved major success with their 1973 album "Dark Side Of The Moon," will join musical acts including Elton John, Madonna, Paul McCartney and Coldplay at the anti-poverty concert in Hyde Park on July 2.

"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G-8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world," Gilmour said.

"It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations."

Waters, the group's founder, split with the rest of the band after a falling-out in the 1980s

"Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if re-forming for this concert will help focus attention then it's going to be worthwhile," Gilmour said.

Jesus Christ you proved me wrong? :o? I still can't belive Pink Floyd are back together, even if only for one night? ;D

There will be DVD's of their performance?

 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

Im oh so exited, if Floyd can reunite can we ever hope axl and slash do the same?  :-*

The roster of Live 8 shows has risen to six.

Concert organizers have announced that the additional show will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The lineup includes Annie Lennox, The Proclaimers, Travis, Snow Patrol and Dido.

Unlike the other Live 8 shows, set for July 2, the Scotland show will take place July 6 -- as leaders of the G8 group of wealthy nations meet in nearby Gleneagles.

The title of the concert event, "Live 8," alludes to the G8 summit. The shows are free and are not intended to raise money, but rather raise awareness of poverty

Musical acts offer services to Live 8 concert in Canada

TORONTO (CP) - Musicians and others who want to be involved in a possible Canadian Live 8 concert July 2 to promote awareness of world poverty are calling to offer their services, an organizer said Thursday.

"Today the number of incoming calls into the group organizing has increased and the enthusiasm is increasing," said Sharon Marshall of World Vision, which is involved with Canada's Make Poverty History campaign.

She wouldn't confirm a CTV Newsnet report that a concert would take place on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and that artists being approached to perform two or three songs include Bryan Adams, the Barenaked Ladies, Jann Arden and Our Lady Peace.

"We're confident that there's going to be a Canadian voice," Marshall said, adding that "we don't have anything firm to tell anybody."

"The negotiations for these kinds of things have to happen on a number of levels, a number of different areas from production to artists to venues to supporters to - you name it - there's probably 20 different levels on which the negotiations have to take place before there's a concert."

god that gorillaz guy is such a ass. How is that show "racist" just because there are not many black artists, well most of africas poorer people are shown to be black. So this show is indeed for black african people. Hows that racist?

In not including black artists from the black british community, some being from well known streathams and brixtons, i have named household names soul to soul. Just an exemple.

that sentence made no sense, can you explain more clearly please.

Sorry, i had no sleep at all in quite some while, am explaining again, 2nd attempt :

There are many blacks in great britain, a very high percentage of the population is black as a matter of fact.
Black music finds its roots, for a lot, in africa.
There is NO representation of black people, of africans ( like singer Youssou N'Dour) or Black culture in the upcoming event.

It's a pro white concert, with people claiming to be concerned about africa, when there are NO africans represented ( even white ones such as Jimmy Clegg and his forgotten savukas), no black people of african descent, no black people altogether ( apart from slash and rob's girl guitarist) and no black music ( such as soul, such as gospel, such as rap).

It's very sad. It's all very white, very charts orientated and many people ( including rob and madonna) have new albums to promote and will do at this very happening.

Africa is mainly about africans, who happen to be black, who happen to have their own music too, so where are they ?

I actually understand with Damon and kind of...agree.

( although i won't miss the concert in itself like many people who love Hyde Park in the summer... :hihi:)

Looks like Live 8 won't be in Ottawa... so back to my original prediction, Toronto with the Rolling Stones.? The last article I read said they won't have a Canadian Live 8 concert unless they can get enough good bands that match the other cities.? That gives me hope that it really will be the Stones, we could do Downsview Park again!

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http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2005/06/01/1067047-cp.html

TORONTO (CP) - An announcement concerning a Canadian Live 8 concert will be made Thursday, say organizers who've been working furiously to assemble musicians for a Canuck event.

"We are expecting to announce tomorrow, in a big way. That's what we're kind of working towards," said Sharon Marshall of World Vision, which is involved with Canada's Make Poverty History campaign. She said a venue has been secured although she wouldn't reveal which city would host the historic concert.

"It's not Ottawa . . . I can tell you that the lineup is spectacular. I can tell you that. And that Canadians will be really proud of it."

Marshall said concert promoter Michael Cohl will be involved in making the announcement Thursday.

This has prompted speculation that the Rolling Stones, who will be practising in Toronto for their upcoming tour, will be part of the show.

Live Aid mastermind Bob Geldof is behind this summer's concert bashes which will be held in Philadelphia, London, Paris, Rome and Berlin on July 2.

With U2, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Sting and Sarah McLachlan among the performers in those cities, Geldof's banking on the star-studded event raising awareness of poverty before leaders of the wealthy G-8 countries - which include Canada - meet in Britain.

"There are going to be lots and lots of ways for Canadians to be engaged in the purposes behind this concert," said Marshall.

"This concert is designed to put pressure globally on the G-8 leaders to make major changes in the way we're tackling poverty as a world."


Another article:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/06/15/Arts/canadalive8050615.html


Can't wait for the announcement!

Thats awsome..Hopefully its at Downsview again and it has Stones,Guess Who,Rush,Bryan Adams,The hip,OLP and more

Yeah, that seems like the type of lineup to expect... also I would say Matt Good would be a sure thing, Barenaked Ladies too.  If it's not in Toronto then the only other place I could think of would be Molson Park in Barrie.

BOB GELDOF is to announce three more LIVE 8 concerts ? including one in Africa.

Already announced are a series of gigs (July 2) which will take place in Hyde Park in London, as well Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome and Paris.

Now, BBC news reports that more shows are scheduled for Tokyo and Toronto, while Live 8 Africa is to take place in Johannesburg.

Organiser Bob Geldof said: "Three weeks ago Europe agreed, unbelievably, to double aid, throwing the ball back to the Yanks, the Japanese and the Canadians. So that forced me now to do, which I didn't want to do, a concert in Tokyo, Toronto, which we are announcing (on Friday). We will also announce Johannesburg.?

Artists already confirmed for the announced shows include U2, Razorlight , Muse, Scissor Sisters, Robbie Williams, Madonna, Elton John, Coldplay, REM, Dido, Paul McCartney and Keane.

In Philadelphia, confirmed acts include Will Smith, Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z and Brian Wilson.

Ok im still very confused about the whole tickets thing..From what i understand you jsut showd up to the ones except for london and it was free,ya didnt have to win or whatever you just went there..how does it work?

you're all welcome to come and stay in my house for the G8 riots, errm, protests in Edinburgh.

We've got the proclaimers playing at our gig.

Everybody now "If I get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you

But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles
To fall down at your door"

Nothing quite like a drunk scotsman screaming that over and over again.

M?TLEY CR?E and STATUS QUO are among the 65 bands that were reportedly rejected by the the Live 8 organizers after the artists offered to play the flagship concert in London next month, according to The Scotsman. "We simply don't have room for them," Harvey Goldsmith, the promoter, said.
STATUS QUO famously opened the original Live Aid concert in 1985 with their hit "Rockin' All Over The World". Yesterday their lead singer, Francis Rossi, said they were "desperate" to play at Hyde Park. "We're going to be there if they want us to," he said. "We want to make it clear we are desperate for this gig."

here ya go, a bottle of Haigs and a copy of the Proclaimers greatest hits...get practicing.  ill be right behind you :rofl:

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

they dont have room for Motley Crue?? WTF Rome and Paris have like 10 acts barely announced and most of them suck majyor tons of cock!!

It appeared Friday that Toronto may have lost out to Barrie, Ont., as the host of Canada's Live 8 concert, but no official word has been given.

Organizers have put off an announcement about the venue and lineup until Tuesday, and would not reveal on Friday where the concert would take place.

The Canadian Press reported that no decision had been made about the venue ? there is apparently still a debate behind the scenes about the best location for the concert, which is expected to draw a massive crowd.

That uncertainty didn't stop the Mayor of Barrie, Rob Hamilton, from saying his city would love to host the event.

"We're very positive about this," CP quoted Hamilton as saying. "Barrie is a great town and [the concert] will allow us to join a national, international stage and promote ourselves."

Barrie, an hour's drive north of Toronto along Highway 400, is home to Park Place ? the outdoor venue formerly known as Molson Park.

Concert promoter Michael Cohl confirmed that Barrie could be chosen.

"At this time, Park Place in Barrie is one of the sites under consideration for the Live 8 venue," he said. "Many factors have to come together before this is confirmed. When we have final confirmation, we will make an announcement."

Live 8 is a series of concerts being staged July 2 in eight cities around the world with the aim of putting pressure on the leaders of the G8 nations to help the world's poorest countries.

There has been much speculation and few firm details about the Canadian edition of Live 8. Originally, Parliament Hill was rumoured to be the site of the concert. But musician Bob Geldof, the driving force behind Live 8, said this week that Toronto had been selected instead.

   Even the assistant to Barrie's Mayor, Jill Taylor, was cautious about saying Toronto had lost out.

"We haven't received any official notification," she said.

All Toronto's Mayor, David Miller, would say Friday was that he was "disappointed" at the thought of losing out to his neighbour to the north.

It has also been rumoured that the concert would be held at Downsview Park, the Air Canada Centre and the Rogers Centre (the former SkyDome).

I read another article saying that Downsview Park and the Skydome are both booked on the 2nd.  I really hoped it would be at Downsview...  What is the capacity at Molson Park?  I really don't want it to be ticketed.

What is booked at downsview?

(June 14, 2005 - New York, NY) 100,000,000 Bon Jovi fans ... will be only a fraction of the worldwide audience who will see the Island recording group, when they appear at the Museum Of Art in Philadelphia on July 2nd as part of the American lineup of "Live 8: The Long Walk To Justice." The once-in-a-lifetime all-star event, organized by Sir Bob Geldof on the 20th anniversary of the "Live Aid" concerts, will present concerts in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Philadelphia on the eve of the international G8 Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Further information is available at www.live8live.com.

"We're excited to be part of such a great lineup of artists for these shows," said Jon Bon Jovi. "And we're honored to help fulfill Bob's vision. The impact he made in Africa twenty years ago is still the benchmark by which all charitable music events are measured."

Bon Jovi get to play for 20 minutes

I wonder if that is what all the bands get?

 U.K.'s News of the World reports that the SEX PISTOLS will be reuniting to perform at Live 8 after frontman Johnny Rotten finally agreed to do the show his bandmates immediately gave the green light to to. "The others said 'Yes' straight away but Johnny took his time," a source said. "He knew the rest of the band had given the reunion the green light so in the end he agreed."

It has been officially reported that Barrie, Ontario is getting this concert.  Some acts that have been confirmed are our local Canadians Bryan Adams, Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace, Bare-naked Ladies, Celine Dion (satelite) also Deep Purple and Motley Crue.

I can't wait, Barrie's my hometown, and Park Place (Molson Park) is within walking distance of my house.  If anybody has ticket info, p.m. or post it here.
Tickets are going to be impossible to get as the place normally only holds 35,000, but they should be able to cram 50,000 in there.  But with 2-3 million people within an hour of Barrie, plus it's a long weekend there are going to be tons of people here anyways.

M?TLEY CR?E and DEEP PURPLE will be taking part in Canada's Live 8 concert, which will be held July 2 near Barrie, Ontario, according to The Globe and Mail.

The anti-poverty concert will coincide with other gigs around the world.

The event is being staged to bring attention to the problem of world poverty and pressure leaders of industrialized countries to take action.

The Barrie site can hold 35,000 people. Concert goers will be limited to two tickets each. Tickets are free and will be available starting at 10 a.m. EDT from Ticketmaster. Those seeking tickets, however, will have to answer a quiz.

The show will run 11 a.m. EDT to 8 p.m. CTV will broadcast the performance.

The list of performers also includes BRYAN ADAMS, CELINE DION, BLUE RODEO, GREAT BIG SEA, OUR LADY PEACE, AFRICAN GUITAR SUMMIT, BARENAKED LADIES, JANN ARDEN, BRUCE COCKBURN, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, TRAGICALLY HIP, TOM COCHRANE, and SAM ROBERTS. Ms. Dion will appear by satellite.

Dan Ackroyd and Tom Green will host.

The Live 8 series is timed to coincide with a summit of the world's biggest industrialized countries in Scotland. Concert organizer Bob Geldof said Canada is in a unique position to lead the fight against world poverty, noting that it is the only G7 nation boasting a surplus.

 Despite erroneous media reports to the contrary, M?TLEY CR?E has officially joined the star-studded line-up of artists that will perform as part of the "Live 8: The Long Walk To Justice" concerts on July 2, at the Toronto portion of the worldwide music event at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario.

Fresh off their sold-out, acclaimed tour of Europe, the band will preview portions of their upcoming "Carnival of Sins" North American tour, which gets underway July 26 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA. They will join an international roster that includes some of the biggest artists in music to support the campaign created to pressure world leaders at the upcoming G8 Conference to "Make Poverty History."

And while Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith told the press about the London show, "There are artists whom I'd loved to have been on, like M?TLEY CR?E, who came too late," the reality is the band weren't even scheduled to be in the U.K. at the time. Instead, they will be in Canada, where they'll participate in the Toronto segment of the global concert.

CR?E's Nikki Sixx said, "We are honored to be invited to perform at Live 8 in Toronto. M?TLEY CR?E is excited to participate in Bob Geldof's global effort to end poverty around the world." Added the band's Mick Mars: "We are proud to make history as a small part of this momentous event."

M?TLEY CR?E will join forces with an incredible line-up of artists, including BRYAN ADAMS, BARENAKED LADIES, DEEP PURPLE, BRUCE COCKBURN, SIMPLE PLAN, THE TRAGICALLY HIP and GORDON LIGHTFOOT for the Canadian arm of Live 8.

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Axl was approached to do this show according to that site rare GNR download site.  The link to it was posted in dead horse for someone who wanted breakdown live.

JET ADDED TO LIVE 8 IN BARRIE
On Wednesday afternoon, Live 8 organizers announced that Australian rockers Jet have been added to the line-up in Barrie on July 2nd. Tickets to the event will be available free beginning Thursday at 10 am. Jet is currently working on the follow-up to the hit album, ?Get Born?.

Damnit Barrie lineup sucks IM going regardless but fuck. It would kick ass if Guns N Roses did it. And they would so get to close the show, if axl was like yeah album dropping blah heres our first single, but  yeah that wont be happening fucking eh... come on foo fighters or red hot chili peppers for barrie!

Where's K-os?? Matt Good?

And if you're going to have older acts, where's the Guess Who? Rush?

Someone did a bad job of rounding up artists for Barrie.


Edit - And Billy Talent?  I'm not a fan, but these guys are making some noise right now.

I'm surprised that the Eagles arent involved in Live 8. They would seem like a band that is pro environmental, anti government, anti war and shit. They seem just like a band who would do live 8

I think the Lineup is amazing..Aviasly compared to London it slacks but tis amazing..The hip,Motley,Deep Puple,Bryan Adams and by the way The Bachman/Cummings Band IS the Guess Who

Net Music Countdown is reporting that AUDIOSLAVE are among the newest additions to the Live 8 list of performers.

According to www.live8live.com, AUDIOSLAVE is slated to play the Live 8 Berlin show, along with already confirmed acts GREEN DAY, LAURYN HILL, BRIAN WILSON and A-HA. ROXY MUSIC will also perform at the Berlin concert, which takes place July 2 at the Brandenburg Gate.

Live 8 shows are scheduled for July 2 in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Canada. Activist and BOOMTOWN RATS frontman Bob Geldof has led the way to organize the shows to raise public awareness and urge world leaders attending the G8 summit in Scotland to eliminate poverty. Tokyo, Japan and Johannesburg, South Africa will also host Live 8 shows (though details have not yet been announced), and a July 6 concert will take place in Edinburgh.

Live 8 will be webcast by America Online and televised around the world.

Live 8 in Barrie was sould out in about 10 minutes

Ya the promotion code fuck us it was working at all.

So when we finally got it , it was to fucking late!

If anyone has extra barrie tickets if you mind sending me a couple it would be awesome!

Any one think that there would be a top band like in 1985 when Queen did that excelent show?

Maybe VR? Did bob geldof write knocking in heavens door, cause if he did, Vr could play that and he sings or something.

Bob Dylan wrote Knocking on Heavens Door.

Bob Geldof was in a band called Boomtown Rats

that bands biggest song is "I dont like Mondays"

Bon Jovi covered it on their live greatest hits album.

I know it's a long shot, but if anyone's 2 extra tickets for the show in Barrie, P.M. me or e-mail, I really want to go, I'd be willing to negotiate for any costs incurred, wink, wink

I think the coolest thing would be if Heart got up there and belted out 'Crazy On You'

LONDON  ? Producers of the upcoming Live 8 concerts said Saturday the shows will be shown around the world in what they billed as the largest-ever broadcast of a live event.

Broadcasts on television, radio, the Internet and even mobile phones will be accessible to a potential audience of 5.5 billion people, or 85 percent of the world's population, the producers said.

"This monumental live broadcast is without doubt the largest global live transmission in history, spanning the entire world, and importantly will be the first to truly embrace the powerful broadband Internet," Live 8 executive producer Kevin Wall said.

The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens captured a global audience of 3.9 billion people and 2.5 billion people watched or heard Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.

The eight July 2 concerts, in cities including London, Paris, Tokyo, Rome and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will be broadcast in more than 140 countries. Artists scheduled to perform include Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney and Coldplay.

The shows are meant to pressure leaders gathering for the July 6roup of Eight summit of the G-8 group of wealthy nations to take action to reduce poverty in Africa.

At another concert in England on Saturday, the Glastonbury Festival, an audience of 100,000 people urged the G-8 summit to raise the money needed to one day end poverty.

Led by Bob Geldof, an organizer of Live 8 and its predecessor, the Live Aid concerts 20 years ago, the crowd joined hands and yelled the slogan, "Make poverty history."

DEF LEPPARD have been confirmed to play at the Live 8 festival, taking place around the world on July 2. Live 8 is organized by Bob Geldof, with eight free concerts that are held with the cream of international rock and pop artists performing in London (U.K.), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Rome (Italy), Philadelphia (USA), Barrie (Canada), Tokyo (Japan) and Johannesburg (South Africa). Hundreds of thousands will attend with billions more watching the international broadcasts, seeing artists such as U2, ELTON JOHN, MADONNA, PINK FLOYD, DIDO, BRYAN ADAMS, M?TLEY CR?E and many, many more.

DEF LEPPARD are performing at the Philadelphia show, where they will be joined by artists such as BON JOVI, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, STEVIE WONDER and many more. No further details about DEF LEPPARD's performance are available at this moment. Fans will not need tickets for the show, but details of how to attend have not yet been released by the organization.

dude you just show up...I live in cc philly and the only thing our mayor is seeing is free publicity and an estimated 3 million people showing up for that weekend...Between Live8 and the Elton John show...that's what they are counting on...all the hotels are already booked...you can get special public trans passes
(for 8 bucks) for that will get you anywhere you want to go...they're closing down the art museum area-street wise (just an open area really there is no way to control that area...it's widdddeee open) I really pity the folks that live up that way though, they are going to get trashed...literally

EMI has inked a deal to release the the worldwide Live 8 concerts on DVD in November. The company will tailor the content of the releases to each market. Artists who will perform at the concerts include DEEP PURPLE, M?TLEY CR?E, LINKIN PARK, VELVET REVOLVER, DEF LEPPARD, PINK FLOYD, and BON JOVI.

Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof said: "I hope this will be the biggest selling DVD of all time. It deserves to be. More importantly perhaps, it should be, for it will help us achieve our goal of changing the lives of the extreme poor for the better and making our generation the one that helped end the disgrace of poverty. We are very grateful to EMI for their financial contribution which helped to make the July 2nd concerts happen everywhere on the planet and thus nudge the world a little closer towards our shared aim."

The concerts are being held ahead of the G8 summit in Scotland on July 6 where eight world leaders will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop debt and make trade laws fair to stop 30,000 children dying needlessly of extreme poverty every single day.

When is VR going to play? Early or late? I must be ready with my video recorder.

I?ve always has a bad image of Bob Geldof, he looks really mean...but maybe he isn?t since he?s doing all this huge benefit show.

I live close to barrie..so it's gonna be hell..theres gonna be no point in goin anywhere around barrie that day...gonna have to stay home.

I don't think that VR would be the Queen of this live 8, Maybe U2 or pink floyd but VR still doesn't make a hit song around the world just like queen did at 1985.  :peace:

Rocker Neil Young added to Live 8 lineup

CTV.ca News Staff

Fans at Live 8 will be rocking in the free world with music icon Neil Young.

Young is the latest act added to the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ont. which will be held on July 2nd.

Known for classics such as "Cinnamon Girl," "Heart of Gold" and "Harvest Moon," Young will bring an electric presence to the concert in Park Place, formerly known as Molson Park.

Like many of the artists involved with Live 8, Young was one of original performers in "Live Aid" 20 years ago, and shared the stage with Crosby, Stills and Nash.

The last year has been difficult for Young; he lost his father Scott Young, a well-respected journalist and author, earlier this month.

Young himself also suffered a brain aneurysm that forced him to cancel his appearance at the Juno awards, held in his hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba last March.

However, the "Godfather of Grunge" has been busy.

In early May, Young began recording a follow-up to his 2003 album Greendale in Nashville, Tennessee.

This year's Live 8 concerts are taking place in eight major venues around the world, and are orchestrated to put pressure on the G-8 nations' leaders to come up with more aid for Africa.

The July 2 concert in Barrie will be held at the city's 35,000-capacity Park Place venue, and will broadcast live on CTV.

Live 8 organizers want Canadians to urge Prime Minister Paul Martin to think about his legacy and continue the initiative Lester B. Pearson started to end world poverty.

Singer Tom Cochrane, who will be performing at Saturday's concert in Barrie, Ont. says he wants Martin to commit to a target for aid spending of 0.7 per cent of gross national income.

"I think that Paul Martin has been a wonderful finance minister, but history will tell whether he's a great prime minister," Cochrane told CTV's Canada AM.

"If he goes to these G-8 meetings and tables a plan to meet the 0.7 per cent world relief contribution figure, then indeed I think he'll be on his way to becoming a great prime minister."

"We once had a very, very proud position through the late '50s and into the '60s of being a country that had fairly strong diplomatic position in the world," Cochrane later told a news conference in Ottawa.

"I'm very proud of Lester B. Pearson? and I'm proud of the fact that he introduced the idea of 0.7 per cent. If all the developing nations reach that figure for relief contributions by 2015, we can eradicate poverty."

Commons calls for hike in aid

It appears some Canadian politicians are listening.

On Tuesday, the House of Commons unanimously called for an immediate hike to annual aid to the 0.7 per cent level. But the motion is non-binding and there is no guarantee Ottawa will act on it.

Reaching that target would mean more than tripling the $3 billion a year Canada now spends on foreign aid. Martin has said that Canada's tight fiscal situation makes such an investment impossible.

Instead, Martin has pledged to raise foreign aid by 8 per cent a year until 2010.

But New Democrat MP Alexa McDonough, who tabled the motion Tuesday, dismisses Martin's assertions.

"Canada can afford it,'' she said. "That's not even the question.

"It's very clear that the money is there."

'An issue of justice'

Organizers of Make Poverty History say that 45,000 people have already signed an online petition calling on the prime minister to take action to eliminate Third World debt and increase foreign aid.

Musician and poet K'naan, who spent the first half of his life living in Somalia, believes that forgiving the debt of developing nations, many of which are in Africa, will do more good than simply sending relief money.

"These are issues of justice, they're not charity. And that's why I'm particularly excited about this situation to change things politically and economically in Africa from the root up, rather than try to quench a simple thirst for a moment."

"It's not complicated science. It's very simple. We have a surplus here in Canada. It's an issue of justice."

Concert organizer Denise Donlon says that she's particularly proud that so many of the musicians on Saturday's lineup are committed to global poverty issues.

"These are artists, by and large, who have been to Africa, who have worked there, who have seen the poverty that exists there and want to do something about it," she told reporters.

"From Jann Arden, to Jim Cuddy, Bruce Cockburn, Tom Cochrane -- Jim (Creegan) from the Barenaked Ladies actually left for Tanzania yesterday. Many of these artists have already been involved in world poverty issues and will continue to be."

As if the big guy doesn?t have enough on his plate these days ? He?s out on the Big Throwdown II Tour, he?s just opened his first ?I Love This Bar & Grill? in Oklahoma and now he?s off to Philadelphia to perform at Live 8. TOBY KEITH has been added to the list of stars who will perform at the Live 8 concerts on July 2nd. The concerts are taking place in cities across the world in hopes to encourage world economic leaders to forgive debts and increase aid to impoverished countries. Other country acts who are performing include TIM McGRAW and FAITH HILL who will be in Rome and KEITH URBAN, who will also be in Philadelphia. It?s gonna be huge, so throw that one down!

 Thousands are queuing in the U.K. Wednesday, after Live 8 organizers made an additional 55,000 free tickets available for the anti-poverty concerts in Hyde Park. The extra tickets will allow holders to watch the international event on giant screens at the London park, organizers announced Tuesday. The new batch is being distributed in pairs on a first-come-first-serve basis Wednesday at locations in Manchester, Southampton, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, London and Oxford.

The additional tickets for the London event, one of 10 concerts being staged on July 2, are being offered on top of the 150,000 already dispersed through a lottery system earlier in the month.

"This is going to be the biggest event in Hyde Park's history and the biggest ticketed event ever in the U.K.," Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof said in a statement.

"The park will be filled to the brim. In other cities around the country and around the world millions of people will be joining in to make poverty history," said the singer-turned-activist.

"It will be one of those defining moments that come around once in a generation."

British Live 8 organizers had already arranged for more than a dozen viewing screens to be set up in other major U.K. cities to broadcast the show, which will feature performances from the likes of U2, Joss Stone, Coldplay, a reunited Pink Floyd, the Scissor Sisters and Geldof himself.

The goal of the multi-nation concert event is to pressure the leaders of the G8 industrialized nations ? meeting just days later for their annual summit ? to erase the debt of poor African nations, boost foreign aid and pursue more equitable trade.

More than a million people are expected at concerts in London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Philadelphia, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Moscow, Cornwall, England and Barrie, Ont. Millions more are expected to listen to the concerts on the radio or watch them on TV or the internet.

Does anyone know how to watch this thing on the internet?  I know most of you fools have your TVs to watch it, but I have no other choice but to try and catch an online broadcast.

BTW, what is the time difference between London and Toronto? 7 hours?

Add or subtract the given number of hours to/from London time to get the time in these cities:


Amsterdam * +1 hour
Athens * +2 hours
Helsinki * +2 hours 
Los Angeles * -8 hours
Miami * -5 hours
Moscow * +3 hours
New York * -5 hours
Rio de Janeiro -4 hours
Sydney +9 hours
Tokyo +8 hours 
Toronto * -5 hours



/jarmo

I wish VR was at the Philly show, Def Leppard and VR on the same bill would be a dream come true.

Thanks... Now I just have to hope AOL can handle the traffic....

Bands on the run for biggest show in town

Huge operation starts in Hyde Park
? Artists will play 15-minute sets
? More than 200,000 fans expected

Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Thursday June 30, 2005
The Guardian

As the last beats of Kasabian's headlining set ring out around Hyde Park at 10.15pm tonight, a team of 2,000 already exhausted staff will descend in an effort to rip the arena apart and rebuild it before midday on Saturday when the gates for Live 8 open.

Forty hours later, it will have been transformed from a festival site for 20,000 people to a space crowded with 205,000 watching Sir Paul McCartney, U2's Bono and Coldplay's Chris Martin open the show with Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band.

The race against time is consistent with the last-minute feel of many of the preparations for Sir Bob Geldof's magnum opus - nine linked concerts in venues around the world designed to highlight the aims of the Make Poverty History coalition ahead of the G8 summit in Gleneagles.
The man responsible for ensuring everyone can see and hear either the stage or one of 12 giant screens in the park is Stuart Galbraith, the festivals director of Clear Channel Entertainment.

The concert promoter, an arm of the US media giant, has been charged by Geldof with staging the biggest ticketed event in UK history, as well as those in Philadelphia and Berlin. Aside from Live 8, the company is already promoting several other big concerts in Hyde Park, as it has for the last six years, featuring bands such as REM and Queen.

As such, bringing plans for Live 8 together has been a huge logistical challenge. Mr Galbraith said they only received confirmation that the event would take place 10 days before Geldof announced it to the world's media on June 1.

The stage, the same one used for the Wireless Festival that concludes tonight, will remain but much of the rest of the site will have to be completely reconfigured.

"The Wireless site was built inside the Live 8 site. The stage and backstage infrastructure will stay and be added to. But the mixing desks, disabled viewing platforms, the two other stages - they will all have to be stripped out," said Mr Galbraith.

The backstage area will have to be greatly added to in order to accommodate the 25 acts, who will play for a strict 15 minutes each.

The sound system, three mixing desks and giant screens will also have to be erected. The screens will be split between the stage area and the 55,000 fans who queued yesterday for tickets to watch the event in an area next to the Serpentine.

But the artists will have to compromise on the luxurious backstage treatment that they are used to. Despite the presence of renowned divas such as Mariah Carey on the bill, organisers say the artists have so far mucked in.

"The artists have all been as good as gold. Everyone is checking their egos in at the gate and won't be collecting them until well afterwards," said Mr Galbraith.

Meticulous planning will also be required to ensure that artists can arrive and leave quickly - U2, Coldplay and others will have to fly off immediately after their performance to appear at other gigs.

"Some will stay and revel in the atmosphere. Some will come, play and go. U2 have a show in Austria and I for one will be making sure they leave the park as fast as possible," said Mr Galbraith, whose company is also overseeing the Irish group's world tour.

The entire park will be sealed off to those without tickets, with no access from Park Lane. Ticket holders will be given instructions on where to queue, with those heading for the arena and those watching on the big screens entering from different gates on the west side of the park.

The Metropolitan police and Westminster city council have been liaising with the Royal Parks and Clear Channel over transport arrangements. With the Gay Pride march and the Wimbledon women's final in London on the same day, patience is likely to be tested.

Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch tube stations will be shut but Mr Galbraith was confident that the crowds would funnel away relatively quickly after the 9.30pm finale.

Most of the 150,000 main crowd, it is predicted, will end up watching the event on the big screens. The area in front of the stage has been reserved for 15,000 "gold circle" ticket holders. While some of these will be drawn from those who entered the text message lottery for tickets, most will be taken up by corporate hospitality. Companies have paid up to ?799 per person, plus VAT, to impress clients at the event, with the proceeds going towards the estimated ?20m cost of staging the global event.

The BBC, which will devote hours of its television and radio schedules to the event, has faced controversy over the fact that its big-name presenters will be paid to appear. Jonathan Ross, who will present from Hyde Park in a glass pod over the stage, is believed to be getting ?50,000, forcing his agent to announce that he was giving the money to Comic Relief.

Thirty cameras will follow proceedings in Hyde Park but the BBC, which paid around ?2m for the broadcast rights, has admitted that it too will have to "wing it a bit on the day". Because it is not staging the event itself, co-director Richard Valentine and his team will be at the mercy of the concert organisers for prior information on the set list and running order.

http://www.guardian.co.uk



/jarmo

live 8........who is broadcasting in usa???

So when are VR gonna be shown and which day is it on TV in the UK?

 According to CTV.ca, AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer and bassist Tom Hamilton, along with BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd, are among the artists that will be joining DMC (part of the iconic rap group RUN-DMC) on stage at Live 8 Canada on Saturday.

A veteran of Live Aid, the rapper said he is pleased he can add his voice to the fight to stamp out poverty in Africa. "I was happy to support Bob Geldof at the original Live Aid in 1985 with RUN-DMC and it's really amazing to have the opportunity to make another contribution nearly 20 years later for such a worthy cause," he said in a release.

The show takes place July 2 in Barrie, Ont., joining concerts in London, Moscow, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo, Philadelphia and Johannesburg.

M?TLEY CR?E bassist Nikki Sixx spoke to the Toronto Sun earlier this week about the group's participation in the Live 8 Canada concert in Barrie, Ontario this weekend.

"It's funny because my sobriety (anniversary) date is July 2," Sixx said. "So that will be great to be doing something like being up on stage, playing a few songs and having a blast. It's going to be a great day."

Sixx said Barrie was the only Live 8 location the band was asked to play.

"I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that M?TLEY CR?E had just toured Canada a few months ago," Sixx said. "We are not a Canadian band, but we manage to draw a lot of eyeballs and ears to us. So I think that was one of the main reasons."

Sixx says the band will hit the stage around 6 p.m. They'll play about three songs without the eye candy displayed on their headlining tour.

"Everybody is just doing a few songs so we're not bringing the freak show with us," Sixx said.

Regarding the success of the band's reunion tour, Sixx said, "I'm very grateful. When we were putting the band back together, we were hoping that it would be what it is now, that the band was focused on putting on the best show. And also that we were getting on with each other, putting on the best show and getting on with rock and roll without all the drama of the past.

"We always knew we were high energy and exciting to watch, but it was sort of like watching a car crash. You would watch and go, 'Wow that's really cool!' and then go back home. Meanwhile the guy that is in the car is in the hospital. None of us was really excited about that concept. We're excited about it being a kick-ass experience, but not at our expense."

The group recently earned a plaque on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

"We like that fact that it wasn't something that we bought and paid for," Sixx said. "You see a lot of actors and actresses get one right around the time of their big premieres. It was something that happened because people voted for us."

M?TLEY CR?E's two-CD "greatest hits" collection, "Red, White & Cr?e", has sold 383,306 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Canada's good rep at stake: Live 8 musicians

Canadian Press

TORONTO ? Top Canadian musicians set to play at Saturday's mammoth Live 8 show say the country's reputation as a global Good Samaritan is at stake.

The star-studded shows are designed to pressure leaders of rich countries -- including Prime Minister Paul Martin -- to do a better job of helping the poor in Africa.

And while the PM has expressed skepticism about making promises that are hard to keep, singer Bruce Cockburn and Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida -- who will both take the stage in Barrie, Ont. -- say he has an obligation to maintain Canada's humanitarian legacy.

"The history has a lot of resonance but unfortunately right now it's just history," said Maida during a break in rehearsals with his band.

"We're not prolonging that tradition that we've had."

Thanks, in part, to former prime minister Lester Pearson, who developed the idea of putting 0.7 per cent GDP toward foreign aid, Canadians have long prided themselves as keepers of peace, equality and justice, said the Ottawa-born Cockburn.

"He put the whole notion of development aid on the political map . . . but we never made it to 0.7,'' he said.

Canada's aid rate is hovering between only 0.2 and 0.3 per cent of the GDP.

"Historically we can be proud of a lot of what we've done internationally. But we have to be vigilant at the same time to make sure that the image that we have of ourselves is still being kept alive by the people who are acting in our name,'' Cockburn said.

Also on the bill for the Canadian event, which will entertain roughly 35,000 concertgoers and a massive TV audience, are Neil Young, Bryan Adams, Celine Dion in a hook-up from Las Vegas, the Barenaked Ladies, Gordon Lightfoot, Great Big Sea and many others.

Shows will also be held in London, Philadelphia, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscow and Johannesburg.

Cockburn believes that the images of millions of the world's citizens taking part in concerts for a single cause will evoke a strong emotional response to make a tangible change.

"The sense I have is that the leaders of the G8 countries are teetering on the brink of something meaningful to address the problem of poverty in the world,'' said Cockburn, who has championed social causes since the late 1970s, and often travels to Third World countries like Cambodia and Mozambique.

"The hope is that the massive public outcry of concerts will convince them to take the step in terms of debt reduction and better trade rules.''

Spearheaded by musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof, the concerts are a public call to the leaders of the G8 countries to double aid, cancel the debt of poor countries and rework unfair trade laws.

Already, a number of European countries have promised to spend 0.7 per cent of their GDP on foreign aid by 2015.

But Martin has lashed out at these commitments, calling them weak because the leaders who made them won't be in power when it comes time to make good on the promises.

Martin's not the only one criticizing the notion that throwing money at Africa will solve poverty.

Pointing to Sudan, where rebels and Arab-dominated governments violently clash over resources like oil, Maida says a hefty cash infusion won't help those caught in between who live without any shelter and are forced to drink contaminated water.

"Obviously just giving them money is not the right answer. There's specific problems within each country in Africa,'' he said.

"I can't stand it when people just say `We need to save Africa.' It's like saying we need to save the Middle East.''

But while conceding that there are no simple solutions, both Cockburn and Maida note that Live 8 has prompted the world to sit up and take notice.

"Whether it's criticizing the event or trying to help the cause, it's in the news and it's taking time away from some idiot like Paris Hilton talking about a diamond ring,'' said Maida, who got a first-hand look at the troubles in Africa on a trip to war-torn Sudan last year.

He recalled how as a 17-year-old four Irish rockers pushed him to become environmentally savvy.

"I remember when U2 got on the Greenpeace boat in those white suits,'' he said. "I knew nothing about Greenpeace but I loved U2. Automatically I went out and found information and joined.''

And that's the strength of Live 8, say pop culture experts.

"The power (these celebrities have) is to get the media to devote a lot of air time or ink talking about it. Presumably even the least interested person will come away a little more educated than they went,'' said Rob Bowman, a music professor at York University, who's studied large-scale concerts like Live Aid and Woodstock.

And thanks to international groups like Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas and Pink Floyd who've committed to performing on the various concert stages Saturday, a few more people know what "0.7 per cent GDP'' means than did last month, adds Alan Cross, program director at 102.1 The Edge, a popular rock radio station in Toronto.

"It's not a very easy message to grasp,'' says Cross, who as host of the syndicated radio show Ongoing History of New Music has frequently examined the power of celebrity.

"We're dealing with things like fair trade, debts, debt repayments and a variety of unsexy technical issues. It's really hard to soundbite this whole thing. These are things that people write books on.''

"They may not be more schooled in the intricacies of international debt repayment or trade agreements than the rest of us, but celebrities are useful in creating a spectacle that draws attention. If we can get everybody to focus over here for just a second, maybe some of the message will get through.''

And even if Geldof's plan to bully politicians into forking over more money for Africans doesn't succeed, it's still a worthwhile event, says Cockburn.

"Events like this don't automatically stop bad things from happening,'' said Cockburn, who often sings about inequities around the globe through songs like Call It Democracy and Waiting For A Miracle.

"The fallback point for me is always 'Can we keep it from getting worse? If we can't make it better can we at least keep it from deteriorating. If nobody ever does anything like this then the world will go to hell in a hand basket.''

RHCP won't be there for sure, they are already playing a free show in Vegas the very same day! :peace:

DEEP PURPLE lead singer Ian Gillan has told the Edmonton Sun that didn't hesitate to join the Live 8 lineup after he had sorted out the logistics of appearing. He does, however, tend to differ slightly from the views of Live Aid and Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof.

"It's not so much the overall thing, but just actually how to go about it," Gillan said.

"I agree with him totally in the basic concept of raising consciousness. This is a front-on assault at a time when an awful lot can be done. I think if you can put massive pipelines across Siberia and Alaska to extract oil then it wouldn't be too difficult to build a few pipes to get some water into places (in Africa)."

Gillan said staging several concerts on one day will not be lost on elected officials.

"No matter what the reactions of the politicians are, they must be aware that it's going to become an issue as much as green issues and social issues have become," he said.

"I think they have to stop underestimating the intelligence of the people in the countries where these concerts are taking place."

anyone going to the philly show? (or any other shows?)

i wasn't planning on it, but since it's in my hometown and the weather is absolutely perfect, i figured i'd go check it out.

Anyone signed the live8 list?

http://www.live8live.com/list/

yep! :peace:

Yeah....



U2 was great!  8)

Waiting for VR now. Wonder how many/what songs they'll do.......




/jarmo

ah. good to see jarmo say something nice bout VR, anyone catch Pink Floyd ?

nope they arent on yet

VR were fuckin excellent...fall to pieces was class

OK cool, Post a review of floyd if you catch em.
And how were the scissor sisters ?? I kinda like them

yea the scissor sisters were good but not fantastic, and not as over the top as i expected them to be...

overall this has been a fantastic event...i wish i was there...god im even think robbie williams is good

U2 singing "One" was the best performance ive ever seen them play...

of course mariah carey was pish but i dont hold that against her since its for a good cause

Lol - i watched about an hour then switched it off

I have never seen such boring performances from band after band. Absolutely no energy whatsoever. Aren't they supposed to care about Africa - well that didn't come through on stage....

thats cos youre a cynical fart :hihi:

Fuck u

I was disappointed they showed so little enthusiam - i'd have thought a genuine chance to do some good would have pushed to put on a far better show

i must be seing a different concert...almost everyone i saw was either concerned or humbled by the event

so what artists were not enthusiastic??

Floyd is on, Money/Wish You Were Here/Comfortably Numb

They rock.

Floyd were fantastic, emotional night for them it felt...maybe a bit too esoteric for the headliner band but they certainly are in a class of their own...and it shows you why bands today of that genre just dont compare to floyd

they all seemed to be having a great time together on stage. roger really seemed into it and having a great time. i hope this leads to more than this performance.

pink floyd was beautiful, great show...

Live 8 was brilliant. A bit disappointed only London and some of Philly were shown over here. I wanted to see the Crue, Deep Purple. Highlights for me were VR, The Who, U2, McCartney and of course Pink Floyd, an amazing band live and an amazing band altogether. Glad they re-united for the show and hope they will remain together to record and tour.

all shows will be on demand soon at aolmusic so you'll be able to see what you missed.

Highlights of the day (from what I have seen):

Pink Floyd - not just for the spectacle of a full reunion, but also because it was a very good performance.

Madonna - I'm not usually a fan of hers, but her setlist was very well judged - the 'music makes the people come toghether' refrain really worked for an event like this. She even sang quite well too.

Robbie Williams - Again, I'm not usually a fan of his. But I must (very grudgingly) take my hat off to him. He can really get a crowd going.

Mariah's skirt.

Stereophonics - Another act whom I am not too fond of most of the time. Yet they surprised, even shocked, me by how tight they were.

Brian Wilson - He and his band really do a stunning job of playing songs from 'Pet Sounds' and 'Smile' live.

Velvet Revolver - to be honest, they seemed to bemuse a lot of casual watchers. But they were as good as any other time I've seen them, and that is good enough for me.

The Who - Impossible to fault their performance. Really rocked.

Richard Ashcroft - A nice surprise, if nothing else.


Lowlights:

Pete Doherty - Flailing around the satge and slurring and mumbling your words may be really, like, Rock n' Roll man, nut I thought he was rubbish. The Nathan Barley's of the world will still go wild for him, though

Ms Dynamit-ee-eee and her student Trot rantings (blah blah the west has raped and tortured the third world for centuries blah blah equality now blah blah zzzzzzzzz)

Peter Kay's 'Amarillo' sing-along - come on, its getting really old now.

People aplauding the 'Drive' famine film - I know they meant no harm, but what were they thinking?


Chris Martin's 'Rocking all over the world' ad libs - I guess some people just aren't cut out for being genuinely charismatic and entertaining(it is however very worrying when such people can become the one of the biggest stars in the world. Anyway, that's enough Coldplay bashing for now).

Maroon 5 - as banal as they come. And thier lead singers duet with Stevie Wonder on 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' actually made me pine for Blue's version.

Pink Floyd were fantastic.

I had to say the Philly lineup was pathetic.  MTV featured it more heavily so I tuned into AOL and caught most of the London show.  Great performances by VR, Coldplay and Ashcroft, The Who and Floyd.  They really stole the show at the end and the crowd was going absolutely haywire.  I kinda frowned on seeing Sir Paul with Mariah but eh, it's Paul McFuckingCartney and he can do whatever the hell he wants because he's earned that rite

Fucking Right on !!!!!

ROCK ON JARMO!!!!
 
U2 = amazing!

Does anyone know how many songs Coldplay did?

and Bittersweet symphony was sooooooooo awesome for me!

Pink Floyd fucking did it for me, I had been drinking heavily by that point but i went silent for their set.  Awesome.

Pink Floyd kicked major ass!  :yes:

As for Barrie we just got home and it was fucking amazing..Better then the sars concert with the excpetion of AC/DC..Deep Purple,Randy Bachman,The Crue,The Hip and Neil Young killed big time..Amazing show

Sir Paul McCartney closed the London leg of the day?s momentous Live8 concerts with a storming set of Beatles hits.

And the legend was joined onstage during a show closing ?Hey Jude? by many of those who had performed during the day ? including The Who, The Killers, Pink Floyd, Snow Patrol, Mariah Carey and Annie Lennox. Event organisersBob Geldof and Midge Ure took to the stage too.

"You had a great day ? I had a great day," said McCartney after ?Get Back?. "We hope the heads of G8 are listening hard ? they can?t avoid this," he added. Following ?Baby You Can Drive My Car? he said: "Let?s rock and stroll all the way to Edinburgh." He was joined on the track by George Michael.

McCartney also played an incredible version of ?Helter Skelter? and ?The Long And Winding Road?. The London show over-ran by two hours.

neil young? i didn't know he was scheduled to perform.

 :hihi:Pete Doherty- fucking wanker. What the hell was he on????
VR kicked ass of course!
The Who, Pink Floyd, and U2 were the only bands worth watching.
u2 and Sir.Paul McCartney were great. Fucking Sergeant Pepper stuck in my head all day!
Did ANYBODY think Richard Ashcroft was good, or am i the only person who even saw him?

He wasnt added until late..He came out and did a song with his wife and then one on the piano then everyone came out and they did Keep On Rockin In The Free World and it fuckin rocked majoerly

am i the only one who thought sgt peppers was poor? bono looked less than enthusiastic singing it and mccartney was losing his voice as always

anyone know where i can get a video of the pink floyd performance?

thanks,
ed

Pink Floyd was.. amazing. Just. Wow.

I didn't think the opening was as good as it could have been it sounded... too bland compared to the rest of the stuff going on.

I thought VR opening with Do it For the Kids.. wasn't that great and it sounded just a mess, but they seemed to pull it together.. Set me Free would have been a better choice than Slither though.

The show didn't close very well... it was a bit of a disappointment.

Each performance from each concert will be on available on demand the through AOL website for the next few weeks.

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/video?query=bon+jovi+video+live+8

click on "Have A Nice Day"

watch bon jovi's new song, this is one of their best songs in years

I think even the haters will like this

give it a shot.

besides pink floyd and VR does anyone have any DVD or AVI files of the other rocking bands? Im mostly looking for U2, The Who, Deep Purple, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Audioslave, The Cure.

 LONDON (Reuters) - They came out of charity. They left with booming record sales.

The galaxy of rock stars who took part in Live 8 concerts on Saturday to help beat the curse of poverty have seen their discs fly off the shelves in music stores -- a case of bank balances as well as consciences winning out.

Pete Doherty
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Live 8's main cause, making poverty history, also benefitted though, after the London performance of Beatles classic "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released over the Internet with all proceeds going to the campaign.

According to HMV, one of the country's main record retailers with 200 stores nationwide, Pink Floyd's "Echoes" album posted a staggering 1,343 percent increase in sales on Sunday compared with the same day a week ago.

Pink Floyd
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The band re-formed for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, where they joined pop legends Paul McCartney, Madonna, U2 and Elton John among others in front of 200,000 people.

"Even allowing for the relative nature of this exercise ... this snapshot still shows that the Live 8 concert is having a marked effect on sales of featured artist recordings," said Gennaro Castaldo, spokesman for the HMV chain.

Annie Lennox
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He stressed that the increase for Pink Floyd and other acts appearing in Hyde Park was partly due to the low number of records sold on Sunday, June 26. Total sales of "Echoes" on Sunday, July 3, the day after Live 8, were approaching 1,000.

Next came The Who's "Then & Now", with an increase of 863 percent, Annie Lennox's "Eurythmics Greatest Hits" (500 percent) and Dido's "Life For Rent" (412 percent).

Pete Townshend
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ONLINE RELEASE

Coldplay's "X&Y", which has stormed the charts in Britain and the United States, registered one of the smallest increases out of the London Live 8 acts at just three percent.

But according to HMV, the band still sold the highest number of records at more than 2,800.

The only Live 8 performer to have clocked a drop in sales was Pete Doherty. His former group the Libertines saw sales of their "Up the Bracket" album drop by 35 percent.

Doherty's performance was singled out by the media as one of the worst of the nine-hour Hyde Park music marathon.

The Mirror tabloid called his duet with Elton John "shambolic", and people at the gig said he struggled with the words of "Children of the Revolution" and looked unsteady on his feet.

Record label Universal Music Group released online "Sgt. Pepper", sung by McCartney and U2 at the opening of the Hyde Park gig, within minutes of the performance.

A spokesman for Universal said it was already the number one track on the iTunes online music service in Britain, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. No outright sales figures were available on Monday. Proceeds go to Live 8.

The closing London Live 8 song, another Beatles classic "Hey Jude", has also been put online.

U2  was great, Coldplay was ok, their duet with Ashcroft annoyed the hell out of me. Pink Floyd was a delight to see and listen. As for Velvet Revolver, man has Slash lost his edge? I mean, He still has this great Rock N?Roll attitude and image but his playing wasn?t all that exciting.

Seen Motley on AOL music finally. They were excellent but my highlight of the whole day is still Pink Floyd.

Seeing Tommy Lee with M?tley was so cool!. The guys in Pink Floyd were really enjoying themselves, specially Roger Waters, But I doubt it will lead to other things like an album or something. Audioslave: I only saw Like A Stone and Chris?voice was awful, did he have a cold or something..he was having a really tough time singing. Joss Stone:  :drool:

Motley Crue kicked huge ass..They were the only band that got an Encore chant lol..Dr.Feelgood hit home big time..so many crowd surfers..it was sweet all thge dirt started flying up and it was cool...Hopefully Plyd reunion will at least lead to a new tour and I really wanan see Audioslaves performance..They opened with Dosent Remind Me and i love that song

READ WHAT PINK FLOYD SAY..THIS IS FUCKING COOL MAN

Less than a day after the worldwide Live 8 shows, bootleg DVDs of the concerts were already being offered on eBay. By Tuesday (July 5), the auction company had begun removing the illegal discs from the site following complaints from the British Phonographic Industry, according to a Reuters report. "The unauthorized copies of Live 8 DVDs we have been told about have been taken down, because the sale of fake items is not permitted on eBay.co.uk," the site said in a statement. A spokesman for Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof said called the people who posted the sales "cretins and scum."

The auction site had already run afoul of Geldof before the shows, when he labeled eBay an "electronic pimp" after users offered tickets to the free London show for sale for hundreds of dollars The discs, some of which appeared on the site within 24 hours of the end of Saturday's 10 free concerts, drew bids of up to $31 each and featured footage from both the Philadelphia and London shows, according to Reuters. Especially angered by the sales was record company EMI, which paid millions for the rights to release the official event DVD.

"There are too many people out there who believe music is for stealing, regardless of the wishes of artists and the people who invest in them," said David Martin, director of anti-piracy at the British Phonographic Industry. "Sadly we are not at all surprised by this incident."
A number of the major acts who performed at the shows have seen their album sales spike in England in the days following the event. According to one of Britain's main music retailers, HMV, the sales of Pink Floyd's album Echoes shot up 1,343 percent on Sunday compared to the week before. The group, which re-formed with bass player Roger Waters for the event has agreed to give all profits from sales in the wake of Live 8 over to charity and have encouraged other artists and record labels to do the same.

"Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the G8 leaders, I will not profit from the concert," guitarist David Gilmour said. "If other artists feel like donating their extra royalties to charity, perhaps then the record companies could be persuaded to make a similar gesture and that would be a bonus. This is money that should be used to save lives." Though the spike was partly accounted for by the previous week's low numbers, an HMV spokesperson told Reuters that the sales of nearly 1,000 copies of Echoes was still impressive.

Other albums that had robust bumps included the Who's Then & Now (up 863 percent), the Annie Lennox-fronted Eurythmics Greatest Hits (500 percent) and Dido's Life For Rent (412 percent). Coldplay notched one of the smallest sales increases of the London acts (3%), but still sold the most records with more than 2,800 copies.

Another brisk seller was the London show's opening number, the collaboration between U2 and Paul McCartney on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The song was released to legal download services within minutes of its performance and quickly hit #1 on the iTunes charts in Britain, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Belgium, according to a report by The Associated Press. The proceeds from the sales will benefit Live 8.

On Monday, the London show's finale ? an all-star sing-along to "Hey Jude" led by McCartney ? was also offered for download. No sales figures were available at press time.

According to Nikki Sixx they are writing an album as they take their show on the road. A new M?tley album!!! Can?t wait.

People are gonna say that I'm just another obsessed Axl fan, but pleeeease, Weiland made VR suck, as allways. His voice, stage presence and charisma are completly mediocre!!!

Slash, on the other hand, made his magic again...the man is incredible in every way

yeah, I've just watched Comfortably Numb three times in a row now  :)   Try this link:

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/video?invocationType=topsearchbox.video&aolplayable=&sort=&view=&query=pink+floyd+video+live+8&category=&duration=

Not a huge Jovi fan, but certainly not a hater either.

I give them credit playing a new song rather than digging into the more well known catalog for all 3 songs (ex. Motley Crue)

I was suprised motley played Home Sweet Home..I excopected Shout or Girls

I am an enormous Motley fan as most of u know but reading some fan reviews I got to wondering what Performance u all were watching?

I was embarrassed watching the Crue, Vince was absolutely horrible in my opinion, he looks fat and bloated again, he skipped and mumbled the lyrics, his voice was too high and squeaky.

Just didnt think they sounded good at all.

I cant agree with you totally man..I give you one point on tv he did look a little bigger..but man live..I was 5 rows back dead centre..He looked and sounded awsome..thewya ll did..As a matter of a fact all the tv performances were horrible but amazing live

So what kind of impact do you think this will have?  The Live 8 website claims an estimated 3 billion people watched the concerts... That has to be more than half of the world that was actually capable of watching the show.

Will it make a big difference?  Or will there be a bunch of promises that never get followed up on?

anyone know of a direct link to see the crue's performance?

by the way, the philly show was absolutely awful. boring as hell.

Here ya go

http://www.miwebhelp.com/crue05.htm

The Kaiser Chiefs ruled. Best comnmercial band I've heard in years.

The Proclaimers ruled too.

The rest was awful.

thanks alot!  : ok:   awesome!

D - you're right. that performance is weak. and they're using background music too, which sucks.

i'm not kidding though, everyone i talked to said their live show on this tour was one of the best concerts they ever saw. it's been a few months since i saw them in philly and i can honestly say that it may have been the best concert of my life. they were THAT good. hopefully, they keep it up on the second leg of the tour, and this was just an exception.

 

Pink FLoyd rokt

He sounded very high and squeaky I agree, as for the bloating...well that?s what age does to some people. The Cr?e is great, each of its members it?s extremely cool-looking.

I got great seats for September 11th

thing about Motley  is

Their show probably makes them more entertaining

if it were a concert with no theatrics or explosions im not sure they could pull it off as well.

I guess Vince was just havin an offday cause on his remake concert he sounded amazing.

I think Motley should add a rhythm guitarist to play in the background just to make their music sound fuller.

I heard mostly Tommy's drums and Vince singing, not alot of bass or Micks guitar.

As far as Bob Geldof is concerned, his Live 8 concerts were a smashing success.

On Friday, the leaders of the world's eight largest nations made a global commitment to increase aid to Africa from $25 billion to $50 billion (see

as well as forgive the debts of 18 of the continent's poorest countries. Hours after the 31st annual gathering of the G8 culminated with this agreement in Gleneagles, Scotland, Bono and the Live 8 mastermind both lauded the move, saying it would, in due course, save hundreds of thousands of people from grave indigence and disease, according to The Associated Press.

"A mountain has been climbed here," Bono said. "But it's worth just stopping for a second and looking back down the valley at where we've all come. Doubling aid for Africa has not been easy, and it's been a very hard sell for us salesmen. And I'm very proud to report that these figures are very meaningful."

Both rockers applauded the work of the G8 members (see "What Is The G8, Anyway?"), but were quick to credit both the Live 8 concerts and the subsequent pro-Africa protest marches in Edinburgh, Scotland, as being persuasive engines that helped drive the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations to step up and adopt the mission of ending endemic poverty in Africa (see "Over 50,000 Turn Out For Music, Mandela At Live 8 Finale").

"We've pulled this off," Bono told reporters. "The world spoke, and the politicians listened."

Geldof ? who heralded the outcome in Gleneagles as "a qualified triumph" and declared "a great justice has been done" ? and Bono both cautioned the G8 leaders to make good on the promises they've outlined: "If these people let us down ... they will feel it when they go to the ballot," Bono stated, according to the AP.

"Now we must make sure it happens," added Geldof. "Three billion people will be watching."

im proud of Bob Geldof. he's a tru hero

And he's Irish! And so is Bono!

dont forget all the other people involved, especially Midge Ure, theyve been together on this for 20+ years

do you get the feeling that many people have already forgotten the Live 8 concerts?

They do, it's called a click track.

Definetly not..I think everyone is still thinking about them..The Londom bombing kind of took away from them but still are very strong

That week must've been very weird for Londoners.

I was there visiting and definitely was weird going from a positive event like Live 8 on July 2nd and something great as London getting the olympics on July 6th, to the blasts the next day (July 7th).





/jarmo

yea, thats what i mean...the bombs took the focus off of both Live 8 and the London success with the Olympic bid...all i heard on the news was about how they will make the London Olympics a success, and little or nothing about Live 8 because they assumed the bombers were trying to put the success of the Olympic bid in the shade (when in reality they probably planned it over at least several months)...i find it strange that people think that the Olympics which is basically just a money making event is more important than the starving people in Africa...if you saw the media in the UK you will see how little Live 8 gets mentioned now and how much the Olympics is mentioned despite it being 7 years away...

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse has posted a two-part letter at his web site offering a recap of his recent activities. A few excerpts from the letter follow:

"We ended up being able to play on 'Live 8' by virtue of some excellent planning. Our managers got together with Ryan Aviation in Rockford, Illinois, and got us a big enough jet to bring us to Canada, then back to the U.S. for our next scheduled date... the same day."

"Musical highlights for me were just being able to hear some great artists play. I knew Randy Bachman's music from his hits with BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE, but I wasn't prepared for how well he sang and played. I'm a big BRYAN ADAMS fan, so I watched his set and said hello with a big smile on my face. He always sounds fantastic.

"Perhaps the biggest deal for me personally was a conversation I had with Mick Mars from M?TLEY CR?E. I got a chance to talk to Mick and tell him that he was an inspiration to my son.

Am I the only one in the board who couldnt sleep through 2 days after seeing David Gilmore`s face??
Aside from the  bad joke, I think Live 8 was awsome,It was a very hard thing to do and Bob Geldof pulled it off.
Clearly, the bigest musci event ever.





Baby Slash//

A host of extras and exclusive material included.

"It was 20 years ago today..." sang Paul McCartney. And so opened one of the greatest music spectacles the world has ever seen

Now, four months on, EMI Records have revealed full details of a four disc DVD chronicling July 2nd's Live 8 event.

Described as the biggest live event of its kind ever to be released on DVD, the package will attempt to encompass footage from the Live 8 shows staged in London and Philadelphia alongside key highlights from the seven other events staged across the world. Every artist who performed at London's Hyde Park and Philadelphia's Museum Of Art appear on the DVD, many of them with their full sets.

Hitting shops November 7 (and a day later in the US), the package will focus primarily on the London and Philadelphia concerts, while also highlighting performances from artists who appeared at the Live 8 concerts in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Toronto, Johannesburg and Moscow. A large portion of profits will be donated to the Live Aid foundation.

"I hope this will be the biggest selling DVD of all time. It deserves to be," says organiser Sir Bob Geldof. "More importantly perhaps, it should be, for it will help us achieve our goal of changing the lives of the extreme poor for the better and making our generation the one that helped end the disgrace of poverty."

Pink Floyd's historical reunion appears in its entirety, as do other performances by U2, Coldplay, Joss Stone, Madonna, Kaiser Chiefs, Destiny's Child, Bon Jovi, the Black Eyed Peas and many more from London's Hyde Park and Philadelphia's Art Museum.

Also featured are Green Day, Brian Wilson and Roxy Music in Berlin and Neil Young in Toronto, the Pet Shop Boys in Moscow, Duran Duran in Rome, Vusi Mahlasela in Johannesburg and Placebo and Muse in Paris.

Disc 4 will include a bundle of extra features, including a never-before-seen backstage documentary filmed at Hyde Park, Pink Floyd's Live 8 reunion rehearsal, more acts from Live 8's global concerts including McFly and Bjork in Tokyo, films by The Who and Travis and highlights from Edinburgh's Final Push concert at Murrayfield on July 6.

Single disc sets for the Paris, Berlin, Rome and Toronto Live 8 concerts will also be made available.

Live 8 took place on 2 July 2005, with nine simultaneous, free concerts rocking the globe, and forcing governments to look at their current aid packages.

Read Sound Generator's take on the day with our backstage blog from Hyde Park here; [Live 8: Live blog from London, Berlin & Paris!].


The Live 8 DVD tracklisting is as follows:

DISC 1

Paul McCartney & U2 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
U2 - Beautiful Day
U2 - Vertigo
U2 - One
Coldplay - In My Place
Coldplay with Richard Ashcroft - Bittersweet Symphony
Coldplay - Fix You
Elton John - The Bitch Is Back
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Elton John with Pete Doherty - Children Of The Revolution
Dido & Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds
Stereophonics - Bartender And The Thief
REM - Everybody Hurts
REM - Man On The Moon
Ms Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Black Eyed Peas with Stephen Marley - Get Up Stand Up
Duran Duran - Wild Boys (Rome)
Bob Geldof - I Don't Like Mondays
Muse - Time Is Running Out (Paris)
Travis - Sing
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less And Less
UB40 with Hunterz & The Dohl Blasters - Reasons
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Green Day - American Idiot (Berlin)
Snoop Dogg - Signs
Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)?
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Annie Lennox - Why
Annie Lennox - Sweet Dreams


DISC 2

Destiny's Child - Survivor
Destiny's Child - Girl
Razorlight - Somewhere Else
Razorlight - Golden Touch
Bryan Adams - All For Love (Toronto)
Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
CBC Ethiopian Famine Film
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Madonna - Music
Will Smith - Getting' Jiggy Wit It
Will Smith - Switch
Will Smith - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations (Berlin)
Snow Patrol - Run
Toby Keith - Stays In Mexico
The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
Dave Matthews Band - American Baby
Daniel Powter - Bad Day (Berlin)
Linkin Park - In The End
Linkin Park with Jay-Z - Numb
Joss Stone - Super Duper Love
Joss Stone - Some Kind Of Wonderful
Jars Of Clay - Show You Love
Scissor Sisters - Laura
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
Alicia Keys - For All We Know
Velvet Revolver - Fall To Pieces
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl? (Toronto)
Sarah McLachlan & Josh Groban - Angel
Sting - Message In A Bottle
Sting - Driven To Tears
Sting - Every Breath You Take


DISC 3

Mariah Carey - Make It Happen
Mariah Carey - Hero
Vusi Mahlasela - When You Come Back (Johannesburg)
Roxy Music - Do The Strand (Berlin)
Maroon 5 - This Love
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Neil Young - Four Strong Winds (Toronto)
Pet Shop Boys - Go West (Moscow)
Robbie Williams - We Will Rock You
Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
Robbie Williams - Feel
Robbie Williams - Angels
Keith Urban - Somebody Like You
Placebo - Twenty Years (Paris)
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Faithless - We Come 1 (Berlin)
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder & Rob Thomas - Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder & Adam Levine - Signed Sealed Delivered
Stevie Wonder - So What The Fuss/Superstition
The Who - Who Are You?
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Pink Floyd - Speak To Me
Pink Floyd - Breathe
Pink Floyd - Money
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Paul McCartney - Get Back
Paul McCartney & George Michael - Drive My Car
Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter
Paul McCartney - The Long And Winding Road
Finale - Hey Jude


Extras (Disc 4)

Edinburgh - The Final Push
Highlights from the Murrayfield concert held on 6 July

McFly - All About You (Tokyo)
Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous (Tokyo)
Dreams Come True - Love Love Love (Tokyo)
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love (Tokyo)
The Who - 'Who Are You?' film
Travis - 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' film
Ricky Gervais - Enjoy The Day
Behind The Scenes At Hyde Park
Pink Floyd rehearsal
Additional bonus international performances may be added

What does it mean when they say single disc sets will be avalible for the Toronto concert and others..Does that mean a seperate DVD will be sold with the Barrie/Toronto concert on it?

I may be wrong but I think so, they will sell those other shows separately. They didnt include any big rock acts from Barrie like Motley Crue or Deep Purple so I sure hope they do.

Do you remember where you were one year ago this Sunday? Chances are good you were one of the millions who watched the Live 8 concerts that took place in ten cities across the world. Organizer Bob Geldof marked the upcoming anniversary by releasing a report card on the G8's progress and pledging to continue his anti-poverty work.

i was in a caravan on a really hot summers day. watching it on a mega mini small TV  LOL!

I was in Philly watching at the Art Museum. Only caught 4 acts, Black Eyed Peas - Awful, Bon Jovi - what do you expect it's Bon Jovi, Will Smith - Decent, Kanye West - Actually pretty good. I had never heard of him.

I had to work that night so I missed alot especially Linkin Park w/Jay-Z.