LIVE 8 concerts

i know most of you probably couldn't give a rats ass about the artists playing at the live 8 concerts to protest for the upcoming G8 summit in Gleneagles not 30 miles from where i live

but given that the concerts are being billed as the biggest since bob geldof did his last gig... live aid...then i think its only fitting that it get a mention in the music forum

here is the current line ups for the various gigs

London

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

Paris

* Jamiroquai
* Craig David
* Youssou N'Dour
* Yannick Noah
* Andrea Bocelli
* Calo Gero
* Kyo
* Placebo
* Axelle Red
* Johnny Halliday
* Manu Chao
* Renaud

Berlin

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

Rome

* Duran Duran
* Faith Hill
* Irene Grandi
* Jovanotti
* Tim McGraw
* Nek
* Laura Pasini
* Vasco Rossi
* Zucchero

Philadelphia

* Will Smith (host)
* Bon Jovi
* Maroon 5
* P Diddy
* Stevie Wonder
* Jay-Z
* The Dave Matthews Band
* Sarah McLachlan
* Rob Thomas
* Keith Urban
* 50 Cent
* Kaiser Chiefs

and here is a link to the live 8 site

http://www.live8live.com/whatsitabout.shtml

I see absolutely no bands on any of those lists that I would enjoy seeing.

i'm kinda surprised that David Hasslehoff isn't at the Berlin gig...after all...he does think it was him that brought down the wall

* Coldplay
* Madonna
* Muse
* Sir Paul McCartney
* U2
* REM
* The Cure
* Kyo
* Placebo
* Die Toten Hosen
* Sarah McLachlan

Those are the bands I would go see, unfortunately they are all mixed up in different countries... so pointless bla bla. It's getting shown live on television, so that's good enough for me.

Nope, I take back what I said... The Killers and The Cure would be good. Other than that, it all sucks a ballchinian.

There are quite a few skilled bands on there, but none that I am really interested in.

The show in Philadelphia is total crap

i would most likely go to london (if you could go and buy them...and i could get there)

The show in Philadelphia is total crap

Except for Sarah Mclachlan, wonderful voice.

At least there's more black artists this time. At the original live aid (to help famine in Africa remember) I think the only black artists were Stings backing singers! (Or so my father told me!)

Originally posted by jaden101
* The Cure
* The Dave Matthews Band

U2 are the best out of the lot. Better than all. The concerts are for a good cause though so they are worth watching

Even if there are more black musicians, still people are complaining here in the UK that there isn't enough black artists in the concerts this time around.

I don't really know who was in it. I didn't watch the whole thing. Only a few bands. I do remeber watching the Linkin Park/Jay-Z part though...

I watched the whole of the UK concert, recorded the American one to see Sarah Mclachlan.

i was waqtchin eilier and the who played in pairis .. there like 60 years old and still kick ass!

pink floyd was the greatest thing ive ever seen on TV

Watching Bjork was odd. She had her own little "groove" going, which was totally out of sync with the music, and she kept looking down atthe same 8 sheets of paper..like she forgot the words to her own songs or something..?

I didn't watch any of it....only bands I even cared about seeing were Velvet Revolver and the Cure anyway.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Watching Bjork was odd. She had her own little "groove" going, which was totally out of sync with the music, and she kept looking down atthe same 8 sheets of paper..like she forgot the words to her own songs or something..?

Bjork's just odd anyway 😑

😆 @ 50 cent

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