Live 8

[weather vane]

Why is nobody talking about this? It is going to be amazing if you ask me.

Especially the one in Barrie, Ontario since Motley Crue is playing it. :love:

Discuss.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

London gets Pink Floyd, gotta watch that on TV.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

one man and his ego...

[Bad Company]

whats live 8?

[el fregadero]

It sounded pretty bad until I heard VH1 was gonna show Audioslave. I didn't know London got to see Pink Floyd though. :mad:

[packt up]

I'm going to London WOOOOOO. Should be awesome. The London line up is so much better than the rest IMO.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

whats live 8?

one man and his ego...

Though, somebody who quotes himself...

[Mr. Monday Morning]

The organisers are on crack if they think 5.5 billion people are going to watch this.

[el fregadero]

That means almost 1 billion people aren't going to watch it. What are they doing wrong?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

5.5 billion accounts for like 80% (probably more) of the entire world's population. God only knows how many people in Africa alone won't have any means of watching it (oh the irony) and general apathy/lack of knowledge will push the numbers of how many actually watch way down.

[el fregadero]

You have to aim high.

[DegenerationY]

pinkkkkkkkkk floydddddddddddd

[Gertner]

the line-up for the one in barrie completley BLOWS

[Esoteric]

I feel even worse for the one thats taking place in Russia. It seems as if the Pet Shop Boys are headlining.....I am hoping for the concerts sake I am wrong.

[FakeLaser]

Wait, what

[el fregadero]

Some concert thing from those ONE people, MTV and VH1 are televising it.

[DS]

Word has it they don't play for long. Like 20 minutes at the most or something like that. So like 1 or 2 Floyd songs.

[el fregadero]

That's probably all that will be on tv, but they are in concert in London I guess. MTV will go to all these different concerts and show like about 20 minutes of a bunch of different bands.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Nah the 20 minute thing is for real, supposedly there'll be some sort of rotating platform or something to keep the bands moving along.

Not joking here either :|

[DS]

Yeah, swear to God man.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

What if I'm atheist

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Floyd are only playing 3 songs, what a load of shit. :mad:

[Mike the Metal Ed]

and if they break their set time, they'll just be unplugged and rotated.

[Jonster]

That means almost 1 billion people aren't going to watch it. What are they doing wrong?
I won't be watching, I'll be at work.

And this 10 minute limit is annoying, there's too many bands to have a decent stage time.

[Mayo]

and if they break their set time, they'll just be unplugged and rotated.LOL that's the funniest thing ever.

[Mr. JL]

Why is nobody talking about this? It is going to be amazing if you ask me.

Especially the one in Barrie, Ontario since Motley Crue is playing it. :love:

Discuss.
I am definitely off to go to Live 8 right now!!! Right in my hometown of Barrie, ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll tell ya all about it when I get back.

[Loose Cannon]

Anyone know the whole lineup. I've heard it on the radio so many times, but I only remember Coldplay and U2 for some reason.

[Cactus Sid]

I feel sorry for anyone who paid £60 to watch that Celtic Bollocks

I also know why they wont play Glasto.....its because they suck

Talking about U2 obviously...

[Loose Cannon]

Annie Lennox
Bob Geldof
Coldplay
Dido
Elton John
Joss Stone
Keane
The Killers
Madonna
Mariah Carey
Ms. Dynamite
Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd
Razorlight
REM
Robbie Williams
Scissor Sisters
Snoop Dogg
Snow Patrol
Stereophonics
Sting
Travis
U2
UB40
Velvet Revolver


Andrea Bocelli with the Philarmonie der Nationen
Amel Bent
Axelle Red
Calogero
Cerrone / Nile Rogers
Craig David
The Cure
David Hallyday
Diam's
Dido
Disiz La Peste
Faudel
Florent Pagny
Kool Shen
Kyo
Louis Bertignac
Matt Copora
Muse
Placebo
Raphael Shakira
Sheryl Crow
Tina Arena
Yannick Noah
Youssou N'Dour


A-ha
Audioslave
Bap
Brian Wilson
Chris de Burgh
Crosby Stills & Nash
Die Toten Hosen
Faithless
Green Day
Herbert Groenemeyer
Joana Zimmer
Juan Diego Florez
Juli
Katherine Jenkins
Reamonn
Renee Olstead
Roxy Music
Sasha*
Silbermond
Soehne Mannheims
Wir Sind Helden


Antonello Venditti
Articolo 31
Biagio Antonacci
Claudio Baglioni
Elisa
Faith Hill
Francesco De Gregori
Gemelli Diversi
Irene Grandi
Laura Pausini
Le Vibrazioni
Luciano Ligabue
Max Pezzali
Negramaro
Negrita
Nek
Noa
Piero Pelu
Pino Daniele
Povia
Renato Zero
Tim McGraw
Tiromancino
Velvet


Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band
Destiny's Child
Jay-Z
Kaiser Chiefs
Keith Urban
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
P. Diddy
Rob Thomas
Sarah McLachlan
Stevie Wonder
Will Smith


African Guitar Summit
Barenaked Ladies
Blue Rodeo
Bruce Cockburn
Bryan Adams
The Bachman Cummings Band
Deep Purple
DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an
Gordon Lightfoot
Great Big Sea
Jann Arden
Jet
Les Trois Accords
Motley Crue
Our Lady Peace
Sam Roberts
Simple Plan
Tegan & Sara
The Tragically Hip
Tom Cochrane


Bjork
Def Tech
Dreams Come True
Good Charlotte
McFly
Rize

4 Peace Ensemble
Jabu Khanyile and Bayete
Lindiwe
Lucky Dube
Mahotella Queens
Malaika
Orchestre Baobab
Irene Grandi
Oumou Sengare
Zola

Agata Kristy
Aliona Sviridova
B-2
Delphin - TBC
Garik Sukachev - TBC
Jungo
Linda
Moral Code X
Pet Shop Boys
Red Elvises

There is the list from MTV

VH1 is also airing it today I hear

[Danny Electric]

London's line up is quite bad compared to others.

[Loose Cannon]

hey, VH1 and MTV are putting there reporters together. That's pretty cool.

[Loose Cannon]

Woah, marks out for The Verve and Coldplay doing Bitter Sweet Symphony

[Danny Electric]

Yeah i was watching that live earlier, was sweet.

[Loose Cannon]

they only showed a clip of it here :(

[Loose Cannon]

oh wait, they are doing the whole thing now :)

[blake639raw]

Whoa, is Roger Waters actually playing with Floyd? Damn, I never thought I'd see the day. Here's hoping a world tour follows. :drool:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Yeah complete Pink Floyd reunion. Dunno about anything after today though.

[El Vaquero de Infierno]

Bjork
Def Tech
Dreams Come True
Good Charlotte
McFly
Rize



Poor Bjork, she must be wondering what she had done to be put on a bill with Good Charlotte and McFly.

[el fregadero]

London's line up is quite bad compared to others.
Yeah, because Pink Floyd pales in comparison to Good Charlotte, The Pet Shop Boys and A-Ha.

[el fregadero]

Speaking of which, Floyd hasn't been shown already have they? :(

[The Mask]

i think it wwent off before they were even on

[TheNamelessOne]

Robbie Williams is on in London this very minute, after this its The Who and Pink Floyd.

Most of the day has been pretty crap, I did like UB40, REM and even the Scissor Sisters were entertaining for a change.

But Velvet Revolver were fucking AWESOME in London. Acheiving new levels of awesomeness.

[el fregadero]

I meant have they shown them on tv, because I'm not actually in London you see.

[Arashi Kage]

I turned down going to Live 8 in Barrie, I just didn't feel up to going. My buddy said his tickets were "almost front row", maybe I should have gone, oh well, too late now.

[LK]

The stereophonics were great, killers were good (only one friggin song), velvet revolvler sounded good and green day were very good in Berlin.

[TheNamelessOne]

The Who are currently on stage.

FUCKING AWESOME. SOCKS ROCKED BEYOND REPAIR.

[Loose Cannon]

YEA, DAM RIGHT

[TheNamelessOne]

WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN...NO NO

[Loose Cannon]

I hope they do one more

Baba O' Riley

[Loose Cannon]

darn

[TheNamelessOne]

Bastards! Fuck of Johnathon Ross I don't want to see your face! BRING BACK PETER KAYE

[TheNamelessOne]

Oh well, on the bright side, Floyd next. Bet the BBC decides to interupt that with a highly interesting interview with that bloke from Travis. Yeah that one.

[LK]

Reminds me Travis were good as well. The Who were fucking awesome as well as was the Coldplay/Verve combo.

[Loose Cannon]

Floyd :cool:

[Loose Cannon]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WISH YOU WERE HERE

[McLegend]

Pink Floyd was amazing

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Comfortably Numb :drool:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Oh, yeah believe it or not (I dunno if it got shown over there) but Snoop was on about 5 hours ago and put on a decent show, got the crowd very into it. Madonna was a very good performance also.

[The Miz]

Paul McCartney + George Michael = vomit

[Loose Cannon]

gonna lose it with all this snapping finger shit soon

[TheNamelessOne]

Paul McCartney = Vomit.

His ego dominated this show. He opened it and he closed it.

And he ended in the most predictable way with "Hey Jude"

[RoXer]

:heart: Velvet Revolver & Audioslave

[The Outlaw]

Holy shit

[DegenerationY]

K, what the fuck. I don't wanna see Mariah Carey and George Michael sing Hey Jude.

Can't even find any video clips of Pink Floyd. This sucks.

[FakeLaser]

I MISSED ITTTTTTTTTTT :(

[el fregadero]

I was recording like the last three hours after I went to work just to see Audioslave and Pink Floyd, and it didn't work like usual. Feeling down in the dumps right now.

[DegenerationY]

You can see rebroadcasts of the entire thing on aolmusic.com

Naturally, the London feed is not working.

[el fregadero]

It's working now, but you can't fast forward. And Pink Floyd is the last band on. :(

[The Gooch]

Highlights:

Pink Floyd
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young (especially the "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World" finale)
DMC
Green Day
Deep Purple (you can tell they make their money touring)
REM
Elton John

Surprises:

Robbie Williams (never thought he'd be that good live)
Madonna (same as Robbie)

Disappointments:

Blue Rodeo (not musically, I just didn't care for their set selection)
Bryan Adams (same as Blue Rodeo)
Tom Cochrane (poor opening for the Canadian Show his voice seemed shot)
Paul McCartney (dunno why, I'm just disappointed they didn't end with Floyd. "Hey Jude" is just too overdone nowadays)

Strange:

Canadian fans booing Celine Dion. Funny, but not very appropriate in my opinion considering the event.

[The Miz]

It is never inappropriate to boo Celine Dion

[Boomer]

Canada has apologized for Brian Adams on multiple occasions.

[BlackRavyyn]

Canada has apologized for Brian Adams on multiple occasions.

But yet, we haven't apologized for Celine Dion - why?

:shifty:

[Zen v.W.o.]

Well think of this. Every band made the effort to go to the actual site the gigs were taking place. Celine does the Canadian one, in fucking Vegas. She has such an ego, she records her performance in Vegas, acts over dramatic as usual, and expects that to go over well. Can she not leave Vegas for one moment? No wonder they booed.

[The Gooch]

Well think of this. Every band made the effort to go to the actual site the gigs were taking place. Celine does the Canadian one, in fucking Vegas. She has such an ego, she records her performance in Vegas, acts over dramatic as usual, and expects that to go over well. Can she not leave Vegas for one moment? No wonder they booed.

That's why I found it funny because I found Celine to be in typical Diva form. Then again she is likely under some kind of contract with the Hotel. That will be her excuse anyway.

Given that it was a charity event, I'm thinking the fans were still out of line. It reminds me of when the fans booed Justin Timberlake at the SARS concert. Again, I found it hilarious, but when you stop to think about why you are there, it was probably the wrong thing to do.

[packt up]

I went to the London gig. It was pretty cool - tired after standing all that time. Coldplay, Pink Flloyd and dare I say it Robbie Williams were the best acts wooo.

[Mr. JL]

Yeah, this is a little late but I have been so busy I haven't really had time to think or type up anything.

I must say the finale witrh Neil Young and keep on rocking in the free world was amazing. You just can't describe it. It felt really surreal.

I must say Simple Plan really got the crowd going, not my personal favourite but they sounded pretty good. My favourite performance was Our Lady Peace. I've just been so busy with working full time, summer school, girlfriend, family that I still haven't had any time to really reflect.


I would have really liked to be at the London concert tho with Pink F'N Floyd