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Live 8 Lineups for July 2

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Wed Jun 01, 2005 at 08:12:34 AM EST
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Update: Philly bloggers, including the Rittenhouse Review, are less than impressed.

My lineup would begin with: Springsteen, Dylan, Mellencamp, Green Day, Tom Petty, Bon Jovi, Don Henley, the Goo Goo Dolls and the Foo Fighters.

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The lineups and cities have been announced for the new Live Aid concerts, called Live 8, to take place July 2. London, Philadelphia, Berlin, Paris and Rome. The website is here.

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.

The lineups so far (full list here):

  • London : Hyde Park
    Mariah Carey, Coldplay, Dido. Keane,Sir Elton John, Annie Lennox,Madonna, Muse, Razorlight,Scissor Sisters, Sir Paul McCartney, Joss Stone, Stereophonics, Sting, Robbie Williams, U2, REM ,Velvet Revolver, Bob Geldof, The Killers, The Cure, Snow Patrol
  • Museum of Art, 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
  • Berlin: Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
    A-ha
    Crosby
    Stills and Nash
    Brian Wilson
    Lauryn Hill
    Bap
    Die Toten Hosen
    Peter Maffay
  • Circus Maximus, Rome
    Duran Duran
    Faith Hill
    Irene Grandi
    Jovanotti
    Tim McGraw
    Nek
    Laura Pasini
    Vasco Rossi
    Zucchero
  • Eiffel Tower, Paris
    Jamiroquai
    Craig David
    Youssou N'Dour
    Yannick Noah
    Andrea Bocelli
    Calo Gero
    Kyo
    Placebo
    Axelle Red
    Johnny Halliday
    Manu Chao
    Renaud

More from the website:

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.

He also said he had invited Pope Benedict XVI to join the Edinburgh gathering. "I think he should show up. I think it should be his first gig," Geldof said.

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    Re: Live 8 Lineups for July 2 (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:37 PM EST
    I'm afraid I have to point out a couple of defects in your proposed Live 8 Philly roster. 1. It's a free concert, the roster is self-selected by those who choose to play for free. Many acts who might want to be part of the show are already on tour and unable to get out of their commitments, not to mention unwilling to shaft paying fans who stood in line for tickets and moved their lives around to spend upwards of $200 to $2000 for a night out. 2. The roster presented for Philly seems to hew more closely to a personal faves list than to an appropriate bill for the occasion as described by Sir Bob and friends. And most importantly, 3. In an event intended to call attention to problems in Africa, no black acts! This point is already becoming a bone of contention in the British press and the scarcity of black performers was also brought up in criticisms of the original Live Aid show 20 years ago. This is especially egregious when you consider Philly's long history of black r'n'b performers -- remember Philadelphia International Records, the 70s East Coast equivalent of Motown? For that matter, there are a fair number of black Philly acts doing pretty well in today's scene that could draw a crowd to the Ben Franklin Parkway.

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