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  Live 8 - WikiColdplay
Live 8 (A similar but separate event to Live Aid) was a series of concurrent benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa.
Although the concerts were free, 66,500 pairs of tickets for the Hyde Park concert were allocated from the 13 June 2005 to 15 June 2005, to winners of a mobile phone text message competition that began on Monday, 6 June 2005.
A Live 8 spokesman said that a number of fl performers had been approached to participate and that the event would feature a "large urban element", and pointed to the number of artists of African descent like Ms.
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  Live 8 concert, Paris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Palais de Versailles, Paris, France.
The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Paris" or "Live 8 France"
Jamiroquai and Sheryl Crow were originally scheduled to perform, but both acts cancelled due to scheduling conflicts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Live_8_concert,_Paris   (238 words)

  
 Live 8 concert, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, England on 2 July 2005, in front of over 200,000 people.
People who were watching the event in Cardiff were able to watch the event in HDTV on a 17ft wide screen; this is believed to be the first ever live public relay of HD in Europe.
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin were rumoured to be reuniting with John Bonham's son Jason Bonham on drums for London's Live 8 concert, but they didn't appear.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Live_8_concert,_London   (1486 words)

  
 Live 8 Concert
Speaking via satellite from a London news conference, Live 8 creator, singer-songwriter Bob Geldof, emphasized the concerts are not simply a sequel to the July 1985 Live Aid shows in London and at the old JFK Stadium in South Philadelphia.
He said the Live 8 campaign has three goals: 100 percent cancellation of what he called unpayable debts, the doubling of international aid to African nations to $50 billion a year, and "trade justice" that will allow the continent's countries to support themselves via the global marketplace.
But Live 8 Executive Producer Kevin Wall told reporters at City Hall that Philadelphia was always the organizers' first choice, primarily because of its role as a host city of Live Aid, and because of the experience and expertise of local concert promoter Larry Magid of Electric Factory Concerts, who co-promoted Live Aid.
www.camdennewjersey.org /live_8_concert.htm   (682 words)

  
 Live 8 Concerts with G8 target to have Nokia sponsor; Mobiles, music & digital communications
The concerts, which are organised by Sir Bob Geldof will exhort leaders of the globe's eight wealthiest nations to act for cancelling debt, greater financial aid and more trade justice for the poorest people on Earth at the G8 summit which will start on July 8.
Live 8 is part of a day of action across the world which starts The Long Walk to Justice that calls on the eight leaders of the world's richest countries to cancel debt, increase aid and bring about trade justice when they meet for the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland on 6th-9th July.
LIVE 8 is calling for people across the world to unite in one call - in 2005 it is your voice we are after, not your money.
www.dancewithshadows.com /tech/live-8-concert-nokia.asp   (466 words)

  
 The Rock Radio: Sixth Live 8 concert in Edinburgh
The concert will be held four days after the other five Live 8 shows in London, Philadelphia, Berlin, Paris and Rome.
The anti-poverty concert takes place on the same day as the G8 summit, which is being held in Gleneagles which is very close to Edinburgh.
The Live 8 concerts are being staged to raise awareness and press G8 leaders to increase aid, cancel debts and make trade fair for the world's poorest countries.
www.therockradio.com /2005/06/sixth-live-8-concert-in-edinburgh.html   (225 words)

  
 Live 8 concert. Buy Live 8 music video and DVDs online.
Because of the enormous popularity of the Live 8 concerts, this DVD is expected to go down in history as the largest selling music video of all time.
November 8, 2005 is the official day that the Live 8 concert DVD box set will go on sale with exclusive rehearsal and unseen footage included.
Live 8 was a series of concerts that were held on July 2, 2005 in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, and Canada.
thelive8concert.com   (810 words)

  
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 Fisk Jubilee Singers Perform with Neil Young at Live 8   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Live 8 organizers say that by changing trade laws and doubling aid, the top 8 industrialized nations can act to end poverty in Africa.
The Live 8 concept is the brainchild of rock star and producer Bob Geldof.
Live 8 representatives have publicly stated that a large part of their effort has been to focus attention on the upcoming global trade summit in Scotland on July 6th.
www.fisk.edu /fisk_headlines/june/live_8.htm   (397 words)

  
 Live 8 concert in Berlin draws 100,000
The concert was part of 10 being held around the world aimed at highlighting poverty and starvation in the run-up to the annual Group of Eight (G8) summit of industrial nations which is being July 6 to 8 at the luxury Gleneagles resort in Scotland.
It is hoped that the Live 8 concert will prompt leaders of the G8 to offer the world's poorest countries greater support in alleviating poverty.
Artists performing at the Live 8 concerts are expected to call for more aid for Africa, debt cancellation and fairer trade.
www.monstersandcritics.com /music/news/printer_1028708.php   (377 words)

  
 Live 8 Shows Add More Performers - Q97.9 Hit Music
The Paris concert has also changed venues from the Eiffel Tower to the Versailles Palace.
Live 8 shows are scheduled for July 2 in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Canada.
Live 8 will be Webcast by America Online and televised around the world.
www.wjbq.com /rftp/nmc/news/8352.html   (258 words)

  
 hcgtv.com / Live 8 Concert   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Live 8 event will be broadcast entirely online at aolmusic.com, with special programming set to air on MTV, and on radio at XM Satellite Radio and on Premiere Radio Networks.
Live 8 will feature concerts in Philadelphia, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Cornwall, Toronto, South Africa and Tokyo to raise awareness about poverty in Africa and encourage the leaders of the G8 nations to eliminate third world debt, increase aid to Africa and adopt fair trade practices.
Live 8 is sure to be one of the greatest musical events in history and we are thrilled to make it available to people around the world online," said Jim Bankoff, Executive Vice President, Programming and Productions, America Online.
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 USATODAY.com - Live 8 concert to be held at Versailles
Live 8 concert to be held at Versailles
PARIS (AP) — Versailles Palace will be the backdrop for the Live 8 concert in Paris, one of eight concerts scheduled July 2 worldwide to raise awareness of poverty in Africa.
The goal of the free concerts, also to be held in Berlin, London, Philadelphia, Rome, Tokyo, Toronto and Johannesburg, South Africa, is to push for a political solution for African poverty ahead of a summit of Group of Eight industrialized countries next month.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2005-06-17-live-8-versailles_x.htm   (334 words)

  
 Pope's Invitation to Live 8 Concert Stirs Protest
He said: "Inviting the Pope to Live 8 would be a slap in the face for all those currently working to stem the spread of Aids in Africa.
In an open letter to Geldof, Mr Porteous Wood said: "We are horrified to hear that the organisers of Live 8 have invited the Pope to attend this event.
At the launch of Live 8, singer Elton John raised his concerns about the invitation, saying: "When you take into consideration their (the Catholic Church's) views of contraception, and how this affects the spread of Aids...
www.sacredchoices.org /News_Tracker/popes_invitation_to_Live_8_concert_stirs_protest.htm   (363 words)

  
 Live 8 — the concerts
Hyde Park was the focus of a series of Live 8 concerts held around the world to raise awareness of the issue of extreme poverty, to apply pressure on the G8 who were meeting in a few days time.
Paul McCartney opened Live 8, and he was the final act, with a series of classic Beatles numbers, ending with 'The Long and Winding Road,' an appropriate number symbolising the Long March to Justice which will end with a million people on the streets of Edinburgh for the G8 Summit.
Live 8 was due to finish some time after 9pm.
www.heureka.clara.net /music/live8-concerts.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Scotland To Host Live 8 Concert - Moutain FM 102.5
Dido, Annie Lennox, Travis, Snow Patrol and the Proclaimers are confirmed to play Scotland's Live 8 show on July 6, four days after the other five Live 8 shows in London, Philadelphia, Berlin, Paris and Rome.
At least 60,000 people are expected to attend the Edinburgh Live 8 concert at Murrayfield stadium.
The anti-poverty concert takes place on the same day as the G8 summit, which is being held in Gleneagles -- an hour's drive from Edinburgh.
www.kmso.com /nmc/news/8253.html   (201 words)

  
 About live 8, live 8 concert, live 8 aid
Now the stars of the Live 8 extravaganza are looking to leaders to respond by doing more to help the poor when they meet later in the week.
In Britain, newspapers were unanimous in their praise for Live 8 and Geldof, who also pulled off the Live Aid sensation 20 years ago that raised more than $100 million for famine relief.
The concerts brought an unprecedented lineup of talent to 10 stages from Tokyo in the east to near Toronto in the west.
hollywoodauditions.com /news/events/2005/live_8.htm   (3437 words)

  
 WCBC: Archive Council News - Wrexham to Host Live 8 Concert
Organisers of the Live 8 event in Queen's Square Wrexham have released further details about arrangements for the screening on Queen's Square.
The Wrexham event will coincide with the start of the Hyde Park London concert at 2pm with a scheduled end time of 8pm, although some flexibility to the end time is expected.
This will be non-ticketed event and we very much hope that those wishing to see the concert will be able to combine their shopping and leisure activities with watching the concert on Queen's Square.
www.wrexham.gov.uk /english/council/news/live8concert.htm   (624 words)

  
 The Rock Radio: Frenzy for Live 8 concert tickets
Mobile cellphone companies in the UK have reported a massive surge in text messages following the start of the Live 8 ticket lottery on Monday June 6.
To win Live 8 tickets, entrants have to text the answer A, B or C to a question to telephone number 84599 by midnight on June 12.
There are just 150,000 tickets available for the UK-leg of Live 8 where winners will get the chance to see the likes of Paul McCartney, U2, Sting, Velvet Revolver and Coldplay - all expected to perform at the Hyde Park show.
www.therockradio.com /2005/06/frenzy-for-live-8-concert-tickets.html   (211 words)

  
 Live 8: 'Greatest concert ever' | The San Diego Union-Tribune
The concerts, held in South Africa as well as in each of the eight countries whose leaders will attend the Group of 8 summit this week, were a triumph of logistical flexibility, extravagant idealism and strange juxtapositions.
But the ultimate success of the Live 8 extravaganza will be judged by whether the G-8 leaders listen to Geldof's demands for debt forgiveness, trade concessions and $25 billion in aid for Africa.
Despite Bjork making her first live performance in two years, the crowd of 10,000 people was only half the capacity of the hall in the Tokyo suburb of Makuhari.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050703/news_1n3concert.html   (1015 words)

  
 Nazret.com EthioBlog - Live 8 Concert
LIVE 8 is part of a day of action across the world which kick-starts The Long Walk to Justice that calls on the leaders of the world’s richest countries to act when they meet in Gleneagles on 6th-9th July.
On July 2nd in London, Edinburgh, Washington, Berlin, Paris and Rome millions will be coming together to call for complete debt cancellation, more and better aid and trade justice for the world’s poorest people.
LIVE 8 is calling for people across the world to unite in one call – in 2005 it is your voice we are after, not your money.
www.nazret.com /blog/index.php?title=live_8_concert&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1   (122 words)

  
 Live 8 France Concert: Buy the Live 8 Paris, France DVD music video online. - Versailles Concert
The French Live 8 concerts were hosted in the Versailles, a historical city near Paris.
Initially, the Live 8 concert was to be set in the Tuileries Park in Paris.
The details of the Live 8 Paris DVD are yet to be announced but highlights of the Live 8 France event can be found on the official Live 8 DVD set available here.
www.thelive8concert.com /Live8France.htm   (497 words)

  
 Live 8 - LIVE on XM Satellite Radio
XM Live brought you the best of the concerts around the world and kept you in touch with what was happening around the globe.
XM was inside the event and brough it live to the XM Nation.
You can also watch the Live 8 concerts on-demand throughout the summer at our partner, aolmusic.com.
www.xmradio.com /live8/index.jsp   (422 words)

  
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The 1985 Live Aid concerts, held in London and Philadelphia on the same day, sold out both venues, drew a TV audience of millions around the globe and raised $40 million for poverty relief in Africa.
The aim of the concerts was to create attention and "political heat" ahead of the G8 meeting to persuade the leaders to agree to cancel Africa's unpayable debts, double aid for the continent and make trade fair, Geldof said.
Geldof said after the concerts, people would be encouraged to get to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he expects a million people to gather for a mass protest as the leaders meet in nearby Gleneagles.
www.11alive.com /news/usnews_article.aspx?storyid=63849   (721 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | French officials shrug off Geldof's plan for a Live 8 concert at the Eiffel Tower
Bob geldof's plan for a Live 8 concert in Paris was in disarray last night after the French authorities refused permission for it to be staged at the Eiffel Tower.
Miss Lombard, who has organised concerts with the Rolling Stones, said: "Bob Geldof seems to think the key to solving problems is to telephone his friend Tony Blair or to appear on television.
Organisers of Live 8 last night revealed the text question which holds the key to the 150,000 tickets available for next month's concert in Hyde Park.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/06/wpov106.xml   (502 words)

  
 One more Live 8 concert to go
Live 8 organizers are preparing for their final concert, scheduled to take place at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on Wednesday.
Live 8 is a series of concerts that took place around the world on Saturday.
The concerts, as well as the rally, were designed to put pressure on the leaders of the G-8 nations to modify their Africa policies so that poverty can be ended on that continent.
www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/07/05/Arts/wrap050705.html   (965 words)

  
 Neil Young to Close Show at Canada's Live 8 Concert -- CHANNEL CANADA
The Canadian concert, along with 9 concerts happening concurrently around the world, is a call for justice for Africa and the world's poor.
ET on July 2 with the first note from the first Live 8 concert in Tokyo and continuing with coverage from Johannesburg, Berlin, London, Rome, Paris and Philadelphia.
Live 8 is part of a day of action across the world, which kick-starts The Long Walk to Justice that calls on the leaders of the world's richest countries to act when they meet in Gleneagles, Scotland, July 6-8.
www.channelcanada.com /Article904.html   (557 words)

  
 Geldof slates Live 8 in concert with G8 - The Boston Globe
Twenty years after the Live Aid sensation, the man dubbed ''Saint Bob" for organizing the 1985 concert to save the starving in Ethiopia wants to influence the G8 group of industrialized nations, which meets in Scotland in July.
Live 8 organizers are hoping for 1 million spectators at the July 8 gigs and up to 2 billion viewers around the world.
Philadelphia officials said Live 8 and a separate Elton John AIDS concert on July 4 could attract up to 3 million people.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2005/06/01/geldof_slates_live_8_in_concert_with_g8?mode=PF   (506 words)

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