Live 8 Concerts

[IronMan]

I don't know if you guys caught these on the media, but they're having these concerts all over the world. It's to promote awareness about world poverty before the congregation of the G8 countries in the next month or so. They're having a concert in each of the G8 countries. Some of these facts are probably wrong, just writing this off the top of my head. But anyways, it's a free concert and I was wondering if anybody got some tickets?

I got tickets for the show in Canada... but man, the lineup compared to the other shows in like Philly or England is WEAK.

Hyde Park, London

Coldplay
The Cure
Dido
Sir Elton John
Bob Geldof
Keane
The Killers
Annie Lennox
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Sir Paul McCartney
Ms Dynamite
Muse
Pink Floyd
Razorlight
REM
Robbie Williams
Scissor Sisters
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Stereophonics
Sting
Joss Stone
U2
Velvet Revolver
Youssou N'Dour

Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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

Versailles, Paris

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

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

A-ha
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Brian Wilson
Lauryn Hill
Bap
Die Toten Hosen
Peter Maffay
Roxy Music
Green Day
Tracy Chapman
Chris de Burgh
Katherine Jenkins

Circus Maximus, Rome

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

Park Place, Ontario

Bryan Adams
African Guitar Summit
Jan Arden
Bachman-Cummings Band
The Barenaked Ladies
Blue Rodeo
Bruce Cockburn
Tom Cochrane
Deep Purple
Celine Dion (by satellite)
Great Big Sea
Gordon Lightfoot
Motley Crue
Our Lady Peace
Sam Roberts
Simple Plan
The Tragically Hip
Les Trois Accords

Eden Project, Cornwall

Daara J
Modou Diouf & O Fogum
Akim El Sikameya
Salif Keita
Angelique Kidjo
Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited
Maryam Mursal
Youssou N'Dour
Ayub Ogada
Shikisha
Tinariwen

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Daniel Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield
The Corrs
Jamie Cullum
Dido
Embrace
Beverly Knight
Annie Lennox
McFly
The Proclaimers
Snow Patrol
The Thrills
Wet Wet Wet
Youssou N'Dour
The Zutons

[Jowe]

muse and audioslave have just been added to the paris show.

But the london show blows them all away.

The Philly show is pathetic imo.

[J@3]

Celine Dion (by satellite)

Why don't they piss off all of these shit bands and just have one concert with a lineup of...

Coldplay
Muse
REM
Velvet Revolver
Bon Jovi
Placebo
Green Day
Deep Purple
Motley Crue
The Corrs
Snow Patrol
Audioslave

[Jona]

Celine Dion (by satellite)

Why don't they piss off all of these shit bands and just have one concert with a lineup of...

Coldplay
Muse
REM
Velvet Revolver
Bon Jovi
Placebo
Green Day
Deep Purple
Motley Crue
The Corrs
Snow Patrol
Audioslave

My thoughts exactly...

[LethalWeaponCB4]

what a damn joke its in Barrie ontario

[Indy]

Muse is amaaaaazing.

[LethalWeaponCB4]

Too me Philly has a good line up of singers and bands

[iG®]

Museum of Art, Philadelphia

P Diddy aka Pu$$y

50 Cent

This should be interesting .

[Jowe]

Celine Dion (by satellite)

Why don't they piss off all of these shit bands and just have one concert with a lineup of...

Coldplay
Muse
REM
Velvet Revolver
Bon Jovi
Placebo
Green Day
Deep Purple
Motley Crue
The Corrs
Snow Patrol
Audioslave

Agreed. Sir Bob said no to Black Sabbath.

The original live 8 was all about heavy rock concerts..


When are Queen and their replacement singer gonna get their act together and perform at live 8 .


I just took a closer look at the live 8 lineup and noticed wet wet wet . Thats old school right there.

[J@3]

Muse is amaaaaazing.

Yes, yes they are.

[iKe7in]

what a damn joke its in Barrie ontario

It was because Toronto couldn't organize it in time. Doesn't make a huge difference, there's stioll gonna be about 250,000 people at Molson Park, and its only a 2-3 hour drive.

Even if I could go, I wouldn't want to. The lineup could not be shittier. Why no Rush? Why no CS&N? Why no Green Day? Instead we get these shitty bands that for some reason are eregarded as the reputation for Canadian music.

Simple Plan - worst punk band ever. If that pussy keeps whining through every song, I'm going to go break out the BSB.

Celine Dion - Movie soundtracks and commercials are all she does, yet somehow shes remained "a star" for almost 15 years.

The Barenaked Ladies - well...they show up for every Canadian concert...as long as theres free room and board

Our Lady Peace - cream filled sprinkled donuts of rock

I'm not going to waste a weekend of tavel just to see Deep Purple for 20 minutes.

[IronMan]

Actually, Molson Park can only fit 35,000 people...

The only redeeming factor might be the appearance of the Rolling Stones. And Jet was added recently .

[Indy]

Muse is amaaaaazing.

Yes, yes they are.

A friend of mine just showed them to me two days ago, and I haven't listened to anything else in two days.

Holy Crap they rock.

[IronMan]

Alright, now here's the question... who do I take? My old man or a buddy I've known since I was real young...

See for most, it'd be a no brainer to take their dad, but I'm just worried that it'd be a "waste" of a ticket. Now that's an awful thing to say, but I'm not sure if he knows what this kind of concert is like... he probably just wants to go because of the hype. But I don't know if he'll like most of the music and if he's willing to stand out in the heat for 8 hours. Decisions decisions... now if I had the guts, I'd ask a girl to go with me, but that's a different story...

[COOLmac©]

good to hear many poeple appreciate coldplay

[Filip]

Fix Me = Best song of 2005.
I'm thinking of buying the album.

[J@3]

Muse is amaaaaazing.

Yes, yes they are.

A friend of mine just showed them to me two days ago, and I haven't listened to anything else in two days.

Holy Crap they rock.

I saw them live in England just after "Time Is Running Out" came out. They're amazing live