So who here is going to a Live8 concert?

[Prelude2Tragedy]

Im thinking about going to the one in Philly, but it's going to be so ridiculously crowded. I wish philadelphia's line-up was as sweet as london's but it is not that bad. Dave Matthews, Linkin Park, Jay-z, Bon Jovi, Will Smith, Destiny's Child, Maroon 5, Sarah Maclachlan, Stevie Wonder. Its a shame 50 cent dropped out. There's also rumor Michael Jackson may be playing Philly's show. That would be interesting.

[robbieduncan]

Didn't win tickets to the London one so no go for me :(

[edesignuk]

Didn't win tickets to the London one so no go for me :(Me neither, my cousin did though....lucky !%$#!!!

[iGav]

I did... heheheheh :D

[robbieduncan]

I did... heheheheh :D

Lucky sod. Enjoy it. I'll have to make do with seeing REM in Hyde Park during the summer :)

[Wes]

I didn't win but I thankfully have some friends in radio. ;)

[UberMac]

I did... heheheheh :D

I hate you ;) obviously only because you won tickets. Of course if you have a spare ticket...

Have fun! (I'm sure you will, it's the concert of the century)

[Applespider]

Nor me... although there are benefits to watching it at home with mates. Colder better beer, BBQ food, cleaner toilets and the ability to change channels when they start the political posturing or David Beckham comes onstage. ;)

[iGav]

Lucky sod.

Only on the one text message as well :) obviously they must have felt sorry for me considering everyone else sent tons. heheheh

[macOSX-tastic]

my parents won live 8 tickets. its not fair! im stuck looking after my sisters......i will have to just watch nit on tv, i may get a better view but its nothing compared to ebing there really

tastic

[nw43]

Lucky sod. Enjoy it. I'll have to make do with seeing REM in Hyde Park during the summer :)

Poor you! Not only do you not win live8 tickets but then this........
;)

[EGT]

Didn't win either ... wanted to though (obviously)

Might just try and crash the place anyway, or would that be a bad idea?

[mrzeve]

Im going to the one in Philly.

Looking forward to it.

As to Jacko performing, I highly doubt that. Besides, who wants to see another white chick dance around on stage?

Anyway, have any idea what time the festivities will be starting?

[Prelude2Tragedy]

As to Jacko performing, I highly doubt that. Besides, who wants to see another white chick dance around on stage?

Anyway, have any idea what time the festivities will be starting?

I'm not a Jacko fan either but I still think it would be cool if he played. It would probably be a good set as long as crowd reaction isn't too bad. Im sure the concert director and whatnot will make the call about that since its still close to the court hearing and all.

As for when it starts, I dont have a clue in the world. I'd imagine there will be more news on it in the upcoming days, but to get anywhere close to the stage you would most likely have to show up a day early and camp. lol.

[Peterkro]

Arrgh!! Bill Bloody Gates has just been on stage in London introducing Dido and polishing his PR image. :mad:

[Dagless]

yup, my mum shouted me down "Bill gates is on BBC2"... gotta say for the worlds richest man hes quite realistic. if i was a near trillionaire id fly on stage using some alien technology (an iMac?) wearing nothing but solid gold clothes encrusted with his trusted Pentium M chips.

just glad nothing crashed whilst he was up on stage :eek:

[hob]

Arrgh!! Bill Bloody Gates has just been on stage in London introducing Dido and polishing his PR image. :mad:
I was thinking if I was standing infront of him I'd have pulled my ipod out of my pocket, and chucked it at his head!! Can see the headlines tomorrow... "Gates struck by iPod"...

Jonathon Ross (on BBC TV) just said "...but he didn't explain why windows keeps crashing..." :D

[.:*Robot Boy*:.]

Arrgh!! Bill Bloody Gates has just been on stage in London introducing Dido and polishing his PR image. :mad:

For some reason, during his 'speech', I kept getting flashbacks to The Muppets. Was it just me, or did he bear an uncanny resemblance, in both voice and appearance, to Kermit The Frog?

Crazy.

[hob]

For some reason, during his 'speech', I kept getting flashbacks to The Muppets. Was it just me, or did he bear an uncanny resemblance, in both voice and appearance, to Kermit The Frog?

Crazy.

I thought the *exact* same thing - I half expected him to come on stage and say hey-ho...

[BakedBeans]

For some reason, during his 'speech', I kept getting flashbacks to The Muppets. Was it just me, or did he bear an uncanny resemblance, in both voice and appearance, to Kermit The Frog?

Crazy.

its ok though because jonathan ross just said live on air "we will have a chat with him later and ask him why windows always crashes"

:D

[MacRy]

Stop the 'Gates bashing' you morons he has done a fantastic amount for Africa and you guys reducing it to petty remarks because he owns a different IT company is just sad and pathetic and denigrates and devalues the good work that he has done. Grow up and get a life, this event is about so much more than Apple versus Microsoft.

He really did remind me of Kermit though :)

[Peterkro]

Stop the 'Gates bashing' you morons he has done a fantastic amount for Africa and you guys reducing it to petty remarks because he owns a different IT company is just sad and pathetic and denigrates and devalues the good work that he has done. Grow up and get a life, this event is about so much more than Apple versus Microsoft.

He really did remind me of Kermit though :)
The money Gates gives(tax deductible) is a drop in the ocean.Capitalists have been stealing from Africa for 300 years(including people) Gates is part of the problem not part of the solution.

[.:*Robot Boy*:.]

Stop the 'Gates bashing' you morons he has done a fantastic amount for Africa and you guys reducing it to petty remarks because he owns a different IT company is just sad and pathetic and denigrates and devalues the good work that he has done. Grow up and get a life, this event is about so much more than Apple versus Microsoft.

He really did remind me of Kermit though :)

Exactly. I can't believe a man of such high philanthropic stature received such a lukewarm response from that crowd.

... I'm sure he'd have gotten a much better reception had he sung a couple of verses of 'Rainbow Connection' :p

[Nickygoat]

Stop the 'Gates bashing' you morons he has done a fantastic amount for Africa and you guys reducing it to petty remarks because he owns a different IT company is just sad and pathetic and denigrates and devalues the good work that he has done. Grow up and get a life, this event is about so much more than Apple versus Microsoft.

He really did remind me of Kermit though :)
No, the Gates bashing is happening because Microsoft try to sell overpriced software to people who can't afford it, and then goes after them when they pirate it. Microsoft also censors users (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4088702.stm) at the behest of dictatorial governments. Not to mention the anticompetitive trade practices, if you want to keep in the vein of Live8 - trade being one of the links to "Make Poverty History".
I'm not going, nor do I want to. My g/f is watching but the sight of all these middle aged millionaires telling us to relieve poverty is faintly nauseating :(
And is it me or were Travis awful?

[.:*Robot Boy*:.]

The money Gates gives(tax deductible) is a drop in the ocean.Capitalists have been stealing from Africa for 300 years(including people) Gates is part of the problem not part of the solution.

Without getting too political, I think that the amount of money Bill Gates contributes is irrelevant. The fact that he is actually doing something is what really counts. Wealth has brought him fame, and people will always follow in the footsteps of the people to whom they look up to (and let's face it, most people believe that he invented computers - they're going to look up to the guy because he's rich, how he made his money is inconsequential to anyone who doesn't know better). So, whether his motives are selfish or not, he's still showing average people that this is a cause that's worth contributing to.

But, on to more important matters, can anyone else believe how atrocious Elton John's rendition of Children Of The Revolution was!?!? :mad:

[Peterkro]

Without getting too political, I think that the amount of money Bill Gates contributes is irrelevant. The fact that he is actually doing something is what really counts. Wealth has brought him fame, and people will always follow in the footsteps of the people to whom they look up to. So, whether his motives are selfish or not, he's still showing average people that this is a cause that's worth contributing to.

But, on to more important matters, can anyone else believe how atrocious Elton John's rendition of Children Of The Revolution was!?!? :mad:
Africa doesn't want or need charity it wants and deserves Justice.
Generally speaking I agree with the comment about aging millionaires,pretty much a big media wankfest.Though Annie Lennox just knocked them dead.

[.:*Robot Boy*:.]

Africa doesn't want or need charity it wants and deserves Justice.

Oh, believe me, I totally agree - I think the whole concept behind this Make Poverty History campaign is ingenious. All I'm saying is that everyday people need figureheads to show them what to do, and, when a guy who's name is synonymous with fortune is flashed on to 2 billion peoples' TV screens as an example of someone who's trying to make a difference, it's sure to encourage a significant percentage of those viewers to go to www.live8live.com and sign their name... and surely that can only be a good thing?

[MacRy]

Yeah you're so right....what was I thinking.....his donations are only directly responsible so far for the vaccinations of more than 10 million children, preventing more than 100,000 premature deaths....god i'm such a tool for thinking that he does good work. I was forgetting all of the great charity work that you guys do and the countless trips that you take to developing nations to try and make a difference. Gates is such a selfish tool for only donating such a small chunk of his fortune and trying to make the world a better place to live in!

[MacRy]

Oh, believe me, I totally agree - I think the whole concept behind this Make Poverty History campaign is ingenious. All I'm saying is that everyday people need figureheads to show them what to do, and, when a guy who's name is synonymous with fortune is flashed on to 2 billion peoples' TV screens as an example of someone who's trying to make a difference, it's sure to encourage a significant percentage of those viewers to go to www.live8live.com and sign their name... and surely that can only be a good thing?

Absolutely spot on!

[Peterkro]

The Gates foundation is a major investor in three large Pharmaceutical companies, the holders of the rights to produce the vaccinations, they are doing everything in their power to prevent African countries producing thier own versions,Gates is a big supporter of this.Same with HIV drugs,40% of Natal is dying because they are being stopped from accessing these life saving drugs.The western(and some other)companies are spending billions trying to extend "intellectual property rights" for profit,whilst Africans and others die for want of basic medicine.I don't know how Gates sleeps,as to my charitable works I don't have any but then again I haven't stolen billions to be able to trickle a little bit back to salve my conscience,even more important I do very little damage to the exploited people of the world.
PS a lot of these "inventions" were stolen see Windows Asprin et al as Newton said "we are dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants" an incremental advance in science should not enable the people responsible to rake in money through to 3 or 4 generations the wise writers othe U.S. constitution said 14 years I believe.The even wiser French revolutionists merely abolished any intellectual property rights.

[Wai_TungLeung]

Sadly couldn't go, don't have a mobile and don't know how to use one anyway so the universe was obviously telling me to enjoy it from the comfort of my bedroom. I've loved the whole event! Busy enjoying The Who rocking out on stage, Pete Townend is soooooo cool when he plays guitar. I've enjoyed the majority of the acts, Travis, Keane, Coldplay, Stereophonics, U2 all my highlights. Can't wait for Pink Floyd and Paul MaCartney!!! :cool:

[EGT]

Just watched Pink Floyd rock Hyde Park. Is anyone else as stunned as I am?

There was me thinking, "Nah, they must have lost their touch after all this time"

FAR FROM IT! :eek:

:eek: :eek:

[ham_man]

Just watched Pink Floyd rock Hyde Park. Is anyone else as stunned as I am?

There was me thinking, "Nah, they must have lost their touch after all this time"

FAR FROM IT! :eek:

:eek: :eek:
That Pink Floyd performance was one for the ages. Too bad MTV cut out while they were still playing "Comfortably Numb"...:mad:

[nw43]

Just watched Pink Floyd rock Hyde Park. Is anyone else as stunned as I am?

There was me thinking, "Nah, they must have lost their touch after all this time"

FAR FROM IT! :eek:

:eek: :eek:

Yeah, Pink Floyd were amazing!!!!!

Only slightly spoiled by my Dad saying "when I saw them 30 years ago........" ;)

[EGT]

The haunting Comfortably numb guitar solo was spot on. You have to listen to it.

Again, :eek:

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Pink Floyd RULES! I'm totally blown away!!!

[nw43]

The haunting Comfortably numb guitar solo was spot on. You have to listen to it.

Again, :eek:

Yep. I'm hoping they might put it up on iTunes - Sgt. Pepper's was available shortly after they'd played it.

[EGT]

Yeah, that'd be great to have! I'm sure there were a few bootleggers there today. Hopefully we'll be able to download it from somewhere.

Jimmy carr mentioned that the first performance with Paul and U2 was available like 2 minutes after on iTunes. Thought that was pretty cool :cool:

(Still in shock :eek:)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Sgt. Pepper's is still the only one I can find...

But... d*mn! That was quickly added... :eek:

[nw43]

You can watch the whole thing again right now on music.aol.com

Gonna be a bit of a wait though til we get to Pink Floyd! :)

It does say though to come back soon and see it song by song

[garybUK]

Pink floyd were absolutely amazing, i was well anoyed when they didn't play the wall.... oh well The Pigs have flown over Battersea! they came back together!

[EGT]

It was great to see Roger huddling the rest of the band together after so many years of being apart.

When I saw the female singer on stage, I thought they were going to play Eclipse. It's a good thing they didn't because it would have had me in tears.

[Music_Producer]

Anyone here think that the TV report was horrible? I mean, I sat all day, waiting for some bands to show up on tv, but nothing. They kept repeating a few acts again and again, and most of the acts shown were from philadelphia and london. I didn't see Annie Lennox play..did any of you? (If she did, I must have gone for a quick break but I didn't see her) and I wanted to see bryan adams, a-ha,etc. Was annoying to see simple plan and good charlotte being given so much importance!!

[Wes]

I watched about half of the day off and on and for me the highlight was Velvet Revolver, which as Jonathan commented, was missed by many of the those who attended...

[hob]

I watched about half of the day off and on and for me the highlight was Velvet Revolver, which as Jonathan commented, was missed by many of the those who attended...
I've realised today how much like the average british 40-year old dad i am... (I'm 19)

Thoughts like "oh, the scissor sisters are gay now?" come to mind along with "Velvet Revolver?"... also, "Wow, Pink Floyd are one of my favourate bands..."

I'm just gutted I went to mo-foing IKEA instead of sitting home to see The Who and Pink Floyd... Luckily caught Pink Floyd on the radio driving home, but sitting up late to watch the re-run!!

[dotdotdot]

Ahhh!!!

I wish I went to the one in London, actually I wish I went to ANY!

But London = R.E.M.

R.E.M. = Greatest Band Ever

Therefore, London = R.E.M. = Greatest Band Ever

London = Greatest Band Ever

Answer = London.

EXACTLY.

[hob]

Ahhh!!!

I wish I went to the one in London, actually I wish I went to ANY!

But London = R.E.M.

R.E.M. = Greatest Band Ever

Therefore, London = R.E.M. = Greatest Band Ever

London = Greatest Band Ever

Answer = London.

EXACTLY.

Not that I've ever seen them live before today, but what's with the big blue stripe accross R.E.M-man's face?

Has anyone else noticed mariah carey? she'll be hot when's she's 60 I swear...

[ham_man]

They could raise alot of money for this cause if they produced the concerts on DVD or CD or both...

[treysmay]

I had tickets but didnt bother.
I live 3 hours from barrie and after gas, parking and food and intoxicating substances i would be out 200.
I'll wait for live 9 lol

[MacRy]

I didn't see Annie Lennox play..did any of you? (If she did, I must have gone for a quick break but I didn't see her)

The tv coverage here in the uk was great (sorry). Annie Lennox was outstanding I thought. She did a really moving solo performance on the piano to a film of africans that had AIDS. I swear I was this close to crying <->

[garybUK]

They could raise alot of money for this cause if they produced the concerts on DVD or CD or both...


It's out on the 31st October this year... aparantly. So Johnathan Ross said anyways.

[Music_Producer]

I'm so envious of all you people in the UK..in the US the coverage sucked..but thats in another thread. Nothing but commercials and mtv vjs talking like nitwits and re-runs of the same performances. I waited all day to see a-ha, bryan adams, def leppard, the cure, pet shop boys, salif keita..f@@@ mtv!!!!!!!! :mad:

[EGT]

The tv coverage here in the uk was great (sorry). Annie Lennox was outstanding I thought. She did a really moving solo performance on the piano to a film of africans that had AIDS. I swear I was this close to crying <->

There were a few tear jerking moments. The whole thing was VERY well done. I though the TV coverage was outstanding. We got to see a good few performances from the other countries while waiting for new bands at Hyde park.

Looking forward to a CD or DVD version of it!

[iGav]

Has anyone else noticed mariah carey?

... and how she dances like Tina Turner :eek: keep those legs together dear :p

[cc bcc]

Pink Floyd is simply the greatest band ever (IMnotsoHO). And their performance was great! Can't believe the subtlety David Gilmour puts in his guitar play, and how much of a genious Roger Waters is. Those 2 are the perfect combination, I hope they'll do another album. I'd really pay 1000 euros to see them perform live for a full multimedia filled quadraphonic show.
I saw them about 10 years ago (of course without Roger Waters), I thought it was Pulse, best thing I've ever seen/heard.

[hob]

Pink Floyd is simply the greatest band ever (IMnotsoHO). And their performance was great! Can't believe the subtlety David Gilmour puts in his guitar play, and how much of a genious Roger Waters is. Those 2 are the perfect combination, I hope they'll do another album. I'd really pay 1000 euros to see them perform live for a full multimedia filled quadraphonic show.
I saw them about 10 years ago (of course without Roger Waters), I thought it was Pulse, best thing I've ever seen/heard.
I heard them in the car, on Radio 1 as they were performing and found myself singing along! When I saw the repeat on TV later I realised they were really showing their age, but also fantastic. I would love them to do more - but I gather there are personal problems within the band...

“Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world. It’s crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if re-forming for this concert will help focus attention then it’s got to be worthwhile.”

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I waited all day to see a-ha, ... Just be glad you didn't see a-ha... Morten Harket had MAJOR monitor problems their whole performance was consequently ruined... I guess that's the reason why BBC just showed "Take on Me", which was torture to watch (or rather listen to...) :(