And for those people who can't use this program (like myself), the dude I was talking about earlier on one of the Floyd forums has sent his uploads to yousendit: Breathe - http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20KSK9KOP36FU0VAYM0R2WXDA2 Money - http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=10UM08N7MJ0O819G1J81VOTTIU Wish You Were Here - http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3K5OQMB3FH3Q83N7BTA3SROAYV He hasn't gotten Comfortably Numb up yet (the best one of the 4), but I'll keep checking and post it once he has it up.
word on the street was that celine dion put on a kickass show. http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=24869dcd-bd74-4e16-8c8d-8e844963742e "The only sour note of the day occurred when the crowd booed a satellite performance from Las Vegas by Quebec singer Celine Dion."
First of all it is not only in Africa, there are also countries in South America that need debt relief. Secondly, when will people understand that Africa is not a country. It is a continent with many different countries, cultures languages etc. Not all the countries are in dire straits and not all the countries are corrupt. There are some success stories and countries that are really trying to turn it around after years of bad leadership (e.g Dictators proped up by the west). You are right just cancelling the debt by itself will not help. They need to introduce fairer trade policies and increase aid. Iam not even going to bother with this I'm not going to write a friggin essay on this because there is tons of infomation out there if you bothered to do any research before you posted this nonsense.
Anybody who missed it , or just wants to watch it again: http://music.aol.com/live_8_concert/live_now Rebroadcasts from Paris, Toronto, Philly and the Global feed. Just click on the city and enjoy.
Here's some good Live8 gossip. Doesn't appear Pink Floyd will be getting back together anytime soon. Battle of the backstage egos By Nicole Lampert, Daily Mail, Showbusiness Editor 4 July 2005 While they preached charity and love on stage at Live8, the celebrity backstage area was all about warring egos. Major-league musicians were crammed, along with a host of celebrities major and minor, into an area of only 150 square feet - leading to the inevitable trodden-on toes and bruised feelings. SIR PAUL McCARTNEY, who both opened and closed Live8, made sure every one knew exactly whose show it really was by continually strolling up and down the backstage area with his entourage of six in tow. Wife HEATHER was filming the whole thing, and boasted that she was planning to hawk her fly-on-the-wall programme to networks around the world in six months. 'I will get it syndicated worldwide,' she said. 'I have contacts with all the networks.' Her plans were dealt a blow, however, two hours before the show ended when she was told that she had to stop filming as it was against the Live8 rules for anyone to video any part of the event. Like a royal visitor, Sir Paul went to see all the stars in their dressing rooms. But the uneasiness between his designer daughter STELLA and his wife was obvious to all, particularly when Stella walked off the side of the stage during the performance by her best pal MADONNA after Heather and Sir Paul came to stand next to her. And when the McCartneys came face to face with the BECKHAMS it was always going to be interesting to see the result. After praising Sir Paul on his opening number (which she was not actually there for), VICTORIA managed to infuriate the former Beatle by running off to hug an old friend. There were uncomfortable smiles all round because DAVID did not know how to explain his wife's disappearing act to Sir Paul. When Victoria finally returned, Sir Paul told her through gritted teeth: 'Oh, well, if she's more important than me ...' After a few brief words the power couples parted and Sir Paul was overheard telling a lackey: 'That was nice and natural.' Later on, eyebrows were raised at how quickly an incredibly skinny Victoria, who was wearing a pair of her new own-label jeans, appeared to be necking down the free wine. She has been pictured looking unusually well-refreshed several times over the last few weeks. Ever keen to watch her figure, she did not, however, sample any of the food put out for the celebrities, which included lobster, caviar, doughnuts and Ben & Jerry's ice-cream. The Beckhams, who were there with their manager SIMON FULLER, were the only stars to be surrounded by bodyguards while they were inside the food tent - they had two as well as two lackeys - but their entourage was relatively small compared with that of SNOOP DOGG. He had no fewer than 15 muscly minders. SIR ELTON JOHN, who flew to perform in Dublin after completing his set, had a mere five bodyguards with him, but they took their duties seriously enough to be standing outside as he used the super-plush mahogany portable toilets. A surly ROBBIE WILLIAMS used his two minders to keep away autograph hunters. Everyone was agreed that the singer, charm personified on stage, was the biggest grouch behind the scenes. He paced up and down outside his dressing room to make sure all eyes were on him but snarled as anyone came near him. He turned on the charm, however, while being interviewed by the BBC's FEARNE COTTON. She blushed as he told her: 'My name's Robbie Williams. I'm single. I hear you're newly single. Why don't we get it on?' She replied: 'Can we save this for when the cameras are off?' But he continued: 'Make Poverty History and Get Robbie Laid - they're the two messages we've got today.' Although comic PETER KAY is not known to be a big drinker, barmen credited their cocktails for his stumbling and rather slurred version of (Is This The Way To) Amarillo which he sang three times before introducing The Who. BRAD PITT, on stage for all of two minutes, was furious that he did not have his own dressing room and RICHARD CURTIS, the director who heads the Make Poverty History campaign, had to vacate his for the actor. The room was just one down from that of COLDPLAY and Pitt happily caught up with his former fiancee GWYNETH PALTROW, who is now married to the band's frontman CHRIS MARTIN. He appeared particularly entranced by the couple's baby APPLE, leading to further speculation that he is hoping to start a family with ANGELINA JOLIE, who was at the Cornwall Live8 concert with her adopted son MADDOX. BOB GELDOF was also accompanied by his three daughters FIFI, 21, PEACHES, 16, and PIXIE, 14, who spent the afternoon chatting to their father's famous friends. Sources say Peaches was close to tears when looking at a book of pictures from the first Live Aid when she came across one of her father and mother PAULA YATES. Despite running the event, Geldof managed to offend at least one person. Fellow organiser MIDGE URE was said to be furious that Bob had refused to allow him to perform - but then appeared himself singing the Boomtown Rats song I Don't Like Mondays. Ure was heard muttering furiously: 'Oh God, what a tart he is,' when he saw Geldof singing on the video screens in the VIP room. Those who were at the original Live Aid remembered how Geldof had moved his performance around in the first show meaning that he, and not Ure, would perform in front of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. This time around, the closest the show came to a royal guest was LAURA PARKER BOWLES, daughter of the Duchess of Cornwall. She appeared to be making the most of her VIP status in the Hard Rock Cafe hospitality tent. Most obscure request of the day came from Madonna, who said she would drink only Kabbalah water - which she credits with getting rid of her husband GUY RITCHIE'S verrucas. She still clearly has her finger on the pulse however, and grabbed comic RICKY GERVAIS to beg for a role in his new show. Minutes after her powerful performance, she was practically dragged out of the backstage area by her husband who had a more than firm hold on her hand. But she made sure the other hand was free to pick up her A-list goodie bag, said to be worth £7,000, including jewellery and computer equipment. B-listers such as THE KILLERS and KEANE got a cheaper £1,000 gift bag including a 3G Nokia phone and i-Pod, while dancers got a free Live8 T- shirt. MARIAH CAREY lived up to her reputation as a demanding diva by insisting on candles for her changing room. But despite being booed by much of the audience after her cloying performance, in which she plugged her new single, she astounded everyone by staying on for the grand finale. Despite the wealth of celebrities present, the big topic backstage was the PINK FLOYD reunion. NICK MASON revealed how the band 'eyeballed each other' as they prepared for their first gig in 24 years 'in a slightly alarming way' but compared the reunion to 'riding a bike'. DAVE GILMOUR, meanwhile, said it was 'a bit like sleeping with your ex-wife'. Both ruled out any further reunions. There were plenty of faces backstage who did not appear to have a reason to be there, including JERRY HALL, It girl PARIS HILTON and actress SCARLETT JOHANSSON, who justified the gossip that she is seeing Pearl Harbor star JOSH HARTNETT as the pair spent most of the day kissing. Not to mention KIMBERLEY STEWART, daughter of Rod, JEMIMA KHAN and FAYE DUNAWAY. And there were even more who tried but failed to get in, including Celebrity Love Island 'star' PAUL DANAN and comic JIMMY CARR. Back with the McCartneys, Sir Paul threw an unofficial aftershow party in the marquee adjoining his dressing room, where guests included GEORGE MICHAEL, Bob Geldof and TRAVIS. Other celebs made their way to the Met Bar, right next to the park. Among the party animals were CAT DEELEY, PATRICK KIELTY, SARA COX and BORIS BECKER. But the official party at the bar Elysium - which cost £100 a ticket - proved a damp squib. Only celebrities to show up were JUDE LAW and SIENNA MILLER, who had not even been to Live8. LINK
I read earlier on the Pink Floyd forum I post at, that the classic line-up of Floyd was offered $200 Million to go on tour but Gilmour nixed the idea...supposedly.
Re: Dido She actually plahyed at 3 venues(and sang 7 seconds with Yousou N'dour). Started off at Hyde park in London for the big gig, then went to the Eden Project in Cornwall where there was a gig for African music and played there, then off to Paris. Beat that Phil Collins!
Most may not have read anything from the Daily Mail prior to this, so here -> * that's a grain of salt.
Haha. My wife hates Live Aid too. See thinks it's just rich celebs looking for more spotlight. From what I saw the tv show it was a joke. I heard they tried to get Stevie wonder to do a choreographed dance. How sad. I also heard Madonna tried to dance with a woman they claimed to of saved with the last Live Aid. The African woman didn't know what to do. Very bizarre. I could care less about this stuff.
To those who complain about the lineups, I would go to any of those shows regardless of who was performing.
I was on the vacation with the fam and missed the show. I set up Tivo, but it unfortunately got deleted. Can anyone hook me up? E-mail me: skjhz@juno.com Thanks.
Well I must say that XM radio kicks major booty! Listened to 12 hours of London coverage on Saturday (9AM to 9PM). It was amazing! In between sets they would play highlights of the other cities. We had MTV and VH1 on but just for the visuals as their coverage sucked! Whew! What a great great weekend!
Floyd reunion was awesome. MTV and VH1 screwed up everything as usual. "What did you learn today, young teen?" "Uh, like, people are hungry, and like, we gotta take care of them or something, and like Africa is hot and dusty, and like, uh....SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!!" "That's so true. These kids are really in the spirit. Back to you, MC Light"
