Live 8 concerts: Sir Bob is at it again

June 3, 2005 by Rebecca Hope

Sir Bob unveiled plans yesterday for five free Live 8 concerts in London, Philadelphia, Rome, Paris and Berlin.

Find out all the details at http://www.live8live.com/

The line-up (shown below) including the almost ubiquitous Coldplay, Sir Elton, Lauryn Hill, Madonna and more, is impressive. You can't argue Bob Geldof knows how to attract the attention poverty in Africa certainly needs. This time the campaign wants 'your voice, not your money.'

"Still 20 years on, it strikes me as morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a world of surplus" Bob Geldof

The concerts, on the 2nd July, coincide with the G8 summit in Gleneagles, where the world's richest countries will meet. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are bringing to the table a package of change for Africa, as outlined by the Africa Commission, including debt cancellation and an increase in the aid given by the West.

For tickets to the concerts, you'll have to enter a text message ballot, see the Live 8 website for all the details.

For those of you who've been following the Make Poverty History campaign, you may be asking what about the campaign in Edinburgh on the 2nd July?? You can find all the details here and sign up to a list of people going.

To find out more about the Make Poverty History campaign, read our campaign profile and visit the Make Poverty History site and read their manifesto. There's much more to this than pop stars and trendy white bands, the campaign means serious business for world poverty.

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LIVE 8: THE LINE-UP

Hyde Park, London

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

Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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

Eiffel Tower, Paris

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

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

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

Circus Maximus, Rome

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

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