Live 8 – Five concerts around the globe

After many years of refusing to stage anything like Live Aid ever again, Bob Geldof made the official announcement today confirming Live 8. Called this as a nod to the G8 summit, the concert will take place simultaneously in five different cities across the globe: London, Berlin, Paris, Philadelphia, and Rome.

Already rumoured, but now confirmed by Sir Geldof himself: U2 will play at the London concert in Hyde Park.


A text lottery will determine who gets to go to the free concert in Hyde Park, London.

The line up consists of the following (and probably some):

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

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

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

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

Rome
Duran Duran
Faith Hill
Irene Grandi
Jovanotti
Tim McGraw
Nek
Laura Pasini
Vasco Ross
Zucchero

10 thoughts on “Live 8 – Five concerts around the globe

  1. weeks of social isolation pay dividends

    woot! high distintion! yay, you nerd. ok, enough trumpet blowing. here’s some links as i cannot figure out del.icio.us for the frickin’ life of me. – Live Aid II will hence be known as “Live 8”. (please god, don’t…

  2. weeks of social isolation pay dividends

    woot! high distintion! yay, you nerd. ok, enough trumpet blowing. here’s some links as i cannot figure out del.icio.us for the frickin’ life of me. – Live Aid II will hence be known as “Live 8”. (please god, don’t…

  3. Live 8 地球を取り囲む5つのコンサート

    やっと公式発表されたLive Aidならぬ「Live 8」。
    [https://u2log.com/ U2log.com]から、[https://u2log.com/archive/2005/05/live_8_-_five_concerts_around_the_globe.php Live 8 – Five concerts around the globe ]。

    ロンドン:ハイド…

  4. Live 8 地球を取り囲む5つのコンサート

    やっと公式発表されたLive Aidならぬ「Live 8」。
    [https://u2log.com/ U2log.com]から、[https://u2log.com/archive/2005/05/live_8_-_five_concerts_around_the_globe.php Live 8 – Five concerts around the globe ]。

    ロンドン:ハイド…

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