"live 8"concert

[bartender100]

UBC Ch 21,looks like they going to cover it fully for 10 hours.

THE Pink Floyd (Waters, Wright, Gilmore & Mason) Will be performing in Hyde Park London.

Here's a run down of what's on where at the 8 World wide capitals

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504853/2...?headlines=true

[baht&sold]

Thx for the heads-up BT I was wondering about this just recently!

Trying to find a list of confirmed acts and maybe someone can add to or confirm this? -

LONDON:

Mariah Carey

Coldplay

Dido

Pink Floyd

Keane

Elton John

Annie Lennox

Paul McCartney

Razorlight

REM

Robbie Williams

Scissor Sisters

Snoop Dogg

Snow Patrol

Stereophonics

Sting

Joss Stone

U2

Velvet Revolver

Bob Geldof

The Killers

Madonna

Travis

UB40

Ms. Dynamite

BERLIN:

Audioalave

Green Day

Lauryn Hill

Brian Wilson

Die Toten Hosen

a-ha

Chris de Burgh

Bap

Joana Zimmer

Juan Diego Florez

Juli

Katherine Jenkins

Reamonn

Renee Olstead

Roxy Music

Sasha

Silbermond

Soehne Mannheims

Wir Sind Helden

PHILADELPHIA:

Will Smith (host)

Bon Jovi

Maroon 5

Dave Matthews Band

Sarah McLachlan

Rob Thomas

Keith Urban

Jay-Z

Stevie Wonder

Kaiser Chiefs

Destiny's Child

Linkin Park

P. Diddy

PARIS:

Sheryl Crow

Shakira

The Cure

Jamiroquai

Kool Shen

Louis Bertignac

Muse

Disiz La Peste

Dido

Tina Arena

Faudel

Andrea Bocelli

Craig David

Calogero

Florent Pagny

Kyo

Yannick Noah

Youssou N'Dour

Placebo

Axelle Red

Johnny Hallyday

Manu Chao

Renaud

Cerrone / Nile Rogers

David Hallyday

Diam's

ROME:

Tim McGraw

Faith Hill

Duran Duran

Francesco De Gregori

Francesco Renga

Gemelli Diversi

Le Vibrazioni

Max Pezzali

Negramaro

Noa

Tiromancino

Irene Grandi

Articolo 31

Jovanotti

Antonello Venditti

Nek

Laura Pausini

Biagio Antonacci

Vasco Rossi

Zucchero

CANADA:

African Guitar Summit

Barenaked Ladies

Blue Rodeo

Bruce Cockburn

Bryan Adams

Bachman Cummings Band

Deep Purple

DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an

Gordon Lightfoot

Great Big Sea

Jann Arden

Les Trois Accords

Motley Crue

Our Lady Peace

Sam Roberts

Simple Plan

Tegan & Sara

The Tragically Hip

Tom Cochrane

SCOTLAND (July 6):

Travis

Snow Patrol

Garbage

Jamie Cullum

Youssou N'Dour

Zutons

Sugababes

Dido

Embrace

The Thrills

McFly

Ronan Keating

Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield

Texas

Wet Wet Wet

Annie Lennox

The Proclaimers

Edited June 29, 2005 by bahtandsold

[bartender100]

This is going to be the most talked about,political(and musical) event for years,but nobody is interested yet.

Its great UBC is showing it,I thought we were going to miss out,but who really cares about the message Sir B.G. is trying to put across??

I'm trying to get Leo Sayer & The Bay City Rollers to do a concert to cancel my visa card debt

[ProfessorFart]

''This is going to be the most talked about,political(and musical) event for years,but nobody is interested yet.''

I disagree! I think that apart from the return of Pink Floyd this will soon be forgotten. There is no politics here either. Its a bunch of millionaires raising their profiles in the name of the poor.

All it is in real terms is a good chance for the chattering classes to feel that they are saving the planet for another 5 years. Geldof claims its about raising awarness about 3rd World debt. Well if anyone needs Geldof to tell them that the 3rd World is poor then they deserve no place in the Human Race.

Its a nice fluffy 'feel good about yourself' affair which in truth will change nothing just like Live Aid changed nothing.

The real root of the problem is not governments, multi nationals, or the legacy of colonisation but the fact that no one ever challenges the ineptitude of the charitable agencies to whom the trusting public pay millions to blindly each year.

Just what do they do with the money year in year out? Does anyone care?

Answers on a postcard to Professor Fart c/o Thaivisa.com

Best reply gets half a stella, a copy of Razzle magazine from April 2002 (used) and a box of smokes of their choice.

[fallingintoinfinity]

Which concert place will be telecast..??

Will it be London or cover all place simultaneously..?

Looking forward to watch it...

Pink Floyd play together after 24 years...

[taxexile]

mccartney and geldoff have just called me to ask me to let all of you at thai visa know that this is the running order and set list for the london gig.

Sir Paul McCartney and U2: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

U2: One

Coldplay: In My Place, Fix You

Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft: Bitter Sweet Symphony

Sir Elton John (introduced by Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams): Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, The Bitch is Back

Sir Elton John and Pete Doherty: Children of the Revolution

Dido: Life for Rent, White Flag, Thank You

Stereophonics: Songs to be confirmed

REM: The One I Love, Losing My Religion, Imitation of Life, Everybody Hurts

Ms Dynamite: Dy-na-mi-tee, Judgement Day, Redemption Song

Keane: Everybody's Changing, Somewhere Only We Know

Travis: Sing, Turn, Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

Annie Lennox: Walking on Broken Glass, Sisters are Doin' It for Themselves, Sweet Dreams

UB40: Food for Thought, Red Red Wine

Snoop Dogg: Songs to be confirmed

Razorlight: Somewhere Else, Golden Touch, Vice

Madonna: Like a Prayer, Music, Ray of Light

Snow Patrol: Chocolate, Run

Joss Stone: I Had a Dream, Super Duper Love

Scissor Sisters: Laura, Take Your Mama

Velvet Revolver: Songs to be confirmed

The Killers: Songs to be confirmed

Sting: Every Breath You Take, Message in a Bottle, Desert Rose

Mariah Carey: Make It Happen, Vision of Love

Robbie Williams: Let Me Entertain You, Rock DJ, Feel, We Will Rock You

The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley

Pink Floyd: Money, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here

Sir Paul McCartney: The Long and Winding Road

Finale: Sir Paul McCartney joined on stage by George Michael and Sir Mick Jagger

[The Dude]

Thx for the heads-up BT    I was wondering about this just recently!

Trying to find a list of confirmed acts and maybe someone can add to or confirm  this? -

LONDON:

Mariah Carey

Coldplay

Dido

Pink Floyd

Keane

Elton John

Annie Lennox

Paul McCartney

Razorlight

REM

Robbie Williams

Scissor Sisters

Snoop Dogg

Snow Patrol

Stereophonics

Sting

Joss Stone

U2

Velvet Revolver

Bob Geldof

The Killers

Madonna

Travis

UB40

Ms. Dynamite

BERLIN:

Audioalave

Green Day

Lauryn Hill

Brian Wilson

Die Toten Hosen

a-ha

Chris de Burgh

Bap

Joana Zimmer

Juan Diego Florez

Juli

Katherine Jenkins

Reamonn

Renee Olstead

Roxy Music

Sasha

Silbermond

Soehne Mannheims

Wir Sind Helden

PHILADELPHIA:

Will Smith (host)

Bon Jovi

Maroon 5

Dave Matthews Band

Sarah McLachlan

Rob Thomas

Keith Urban

Jay-Z

Stevie Wonder

Kaiser Chiefs

Destiny's Child

Linkin Park

P. Diddy

PARIS:

Sheryl Crow

Shakira

The Cure

Jamiroquai

Kool Shen

Louis Bertignac

Muse

Disiz La Peste

Dido

Tina Arena

Faudel

Andrea Bocelli

Craig David

Calogero

Florent Pagny

Kyo

Yannick Noah

Youssou N'Dour

Placebo

Axelle Red

Johnny Hallyday

Manu Chao

Renaud

Cerrone / Nile Rogers

David Hallyday

Diam's

ROME:

Tim McGraw

Faith Hill

Duran Duran

Francesco De Gregori

Francesco Renga

Gemelli Diversi

Le Vibrazioni

Max Pezzali

Negramaro

Noa

Tiromancino

Irene Grandi

Articolo 31

Jovanotti

Antonello Venditti

Nek

Laura Pausini

Biagio Antonacci

Vasco Rossi

Zucchero

CANADA:

African Guitar Summit

Barenaked Ladies

Blue Rodeo

Bruce Cockburn

Bryan Adams

Bachman Cummings Band

Deep Purple

DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an

Gordon Lightfoot

Great Big Sea

Jann Arden

Les Trois Accords

Motley Crue

Our Lady Peace

Sam Roberts

Simple Plan

Tegan & Sara

The Tragically Hip

Tom Cochrane

SCOTLAND (July 6):

Travis

Snow Patrol

Garbage

Jamie Cullum

Youssou N'Dour

Zutons

Sugababes

Dido

Embrace

The Thrills

McFly

Ronan Keating

Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield

Texas

Wet Wet Wet

Annie Lennox

The Proclaimers

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Edited July 2, 2005 by The Dude

[george]

Wow, this will be a long night. But a fantastic event! Hope UBC will show less red screens than usual

[baht&sold]

Wow, this will be a long night. But a fantastic event! Hope UBC will show less red screens than usual

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Heartily agree George I am looking around for somewhere with a big screen to watch this tonight- anyone know a venue??? it goes till 6a.m. tho...

Ok, now, there's a debate here and no one has really addressed it thus far-

This concert seems to have alot of people wondering if it's a charity event or what exactly? It appears to be an "awareness" event, to hilight the poor in debt laden Africa for example, in advance of the G8 meeting in Edinburgh next week.

The underlying mission appears to get Govts of the G8 developed countries to forgive the debts of 3rd world countries, then encourage the G8 to give billions more, all in the hopes of releasing the burden on the common citizens of 3rd world countries, so they may have an opportunity to advance without crushing debt preventing that advancement.

I'll probably get skewered here but I'll try a BASIC overview;

Ok, so where did this debt come from?

-Largely via Govt and financial institutions of the G8, to 3rd world Govt's, their financial institutions and various 3rd world causes.

Fine, what happened to the money?

-To a large extent, it was funelled thru the various 3rd world govt's agencies and their financial institutions etc, supposedly to enhance very worthy causes which most including myself would fully support- BUT largely was corrupted, siphoned off and ending up in the offshore bank accounts of cronies and insiders of said corrupt 3rd world Govts.

So, why do the common people of 3rd world countries who the money was intended BUT never saw this money now have to repay it in the form of taxes, price increases etc?

-Because the private "connected people" whom actually received the bulk of the siphoned loans/grants/aid etc, actually received it through the original recipient, the 3rd world Govt, or 3rd world financial institutions, thereby making that Govt (therefor it's citizens) responsible for repaying it.

Ok, why not trace which insiders and which Govt officials were involved in collusion in siphoning the funds and hold THEM individually responsible?

-Because THEY control the power in said corrupt 3rd world country and have a vested interest not to change things, why on earth would they- what's in it for them??? (keep yer mitts of MY mercedes pal;)

Well, why isn't this then an awareness concert to bring full pressure on these corrupt 3rd world Govts via a mass external (and hopefully internal) outcry??

-(sigh) I have no idea. I do know these Govts use every means available to keep their citizens focused on hating "the west" , when they should actually despise their own Govts for literally enslaving them...

Hey, it seems to work and the shiny new mercedes, offshore bank accounts, houses and estates all over the world keep on coming for the "connected". Meanwhile, their avg citizens are trying to live on less than a dollar a day, yet are responsible for repaying the cronies "private" debts and it's crushing them...

The other option is to send coalition after coalition in, to down these puppet regimes but we all know what that may bring...

Looking forward to a fantastic concert and hoping the "awareness" created is focused right where it should be-

on 3rd world corruption.

Edited July 2, 2005 by bahtandsold

[baht&sold]

Good thing I deb8ted myself, since nobody seems interested to add their two satang...

[The_Moog]

Giving it to the Governments will just see it stolen again.

I know a 'tycoon' who routinely steals aid money. I guess he's bought me many glasses of red wine with embexzzled funds.

3rd World elites aren't capable of managing their own countries, they never will be in our lifetimes. I almost feel like advocating re-colonization.

[george]

UBC Channel 21 is "having technical problems". The concert has not yet started. They are playing cartoons at the monent..

TiT

[Belfastboy]

not to rub it in...but U2 were excellent with paul mccartney...and rite now coldplay and richard ashcroft are doing a bloody great set....!!!!

[Totster]

Watch the webcast here...

http://music.aol.com/live_8_concert/live_now

totster

[Gazza]

Thx for the heads-up BT    I was wondering about this just recently!

Trying to find a list of confirmed acts and maybe someone can add to or confirm  this? -

LONDON:

Mariah Carey

Coldplay

Dido

Pink Floyd

Keane

Elton John

Annie Lennox

Paul McCartney

Razorlight

REM

Robbie Williams

Scissor Sisters

Snoop Dogg

Snow Patrol

Stereophonics

Sting

Joss Stone

U2

Velvet Revolver

Bob Geldof

The Killers

Madonna

Travis

UB40

Ms. Dynamite

BERLIN:

Audioalave

Green Day

Lauryn Hill

Brian Wilson

Die Toten Hosen

a-ha

Chris de Burgh

Bap

Joana Zimmer

Juan Diego Florez

Juli

Katherine Jenkins

Reamonn

Renee Olstead

Roxy Music

Sasha

Silbermond

Soehne Mannheims

Wir Sind Helden

PHILADELPHIA:

Will Smith (host)

Bon Jovi

Maroon 5

Dave Matthews Band

Sarah McLachlan

Rob Thomas

Keith Urban

Jay-Z

Stevie Wonder

Kaiser Chiefs

Destiny's Child

Linkin Park

P. Diddy

PARIS:

Sheryl Crow

Shakira

The Cure

Jamiroquai

Kool Shen

Louis Bertignac

Muse

Disiz La Peste

Dido

Tina Arena

Faudel

Andrea Bocelli

Craig David

Calogero

Florent Pagny

Kyo

Yannick Noah

Youssou N'Dour

Placebo

Axelle Red

Johnny Hallyday

Manu Chao

Renaud

Cerrone / Nile Rogers

David Hallyday

Diam's

ROME:

Tim McGraw

Faith Hill

Duran Duran

Francesco De Gregori

Francesco Renga

Gemelli Diversi

Le Vibrazioni

Max Pezzali

Negramaro

Noa

Tiromancino

Irene Grandi

Articolo 31

Jovanotti

Antonello Venditti

Nek

Laura Pausini

Biagio Antonacci

Vasco Rossi

Zucchero

CANADA:

African Guitar Summit

Barenaked Ladies

Blue Rodeo

Bruce Cockburn

Bryan Adams

Bachman Cummings Band

Deep Purple

DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an

Gordon Lightfoot

Great Big Sea

Jann Arden

Les Trois Accords

Motley Crue

Our Lady Peace

Sam Roberts

Simple Plan

Tegan & Sara

The Tragically Hip

Tom Cochrane

SCOTLAND (July 6):

Travis

Snow Patrol

Garbage

Jamie Cullum

Youssou N'Dour

Zutons

Sugababes

Dido

Embrace

The Thrills

McFly

Ronan Keating

Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield

Texas

Wet Wet Wet

Annie Lennox

The Proclaimers

The concert is being re-run on CH21 over the nights of 11th - 15th at 2300 - 1am.

Anyone know if there were any surprise appearances? Only saw the first few hours.

Didn't seem the same without a Dylan or a Clapton.