Live8

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:01 am

http://www.live8live.com/

Hmmm... think this is gonna work?

Post by **rep** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:15 am

How do they manage to put classic mega-artists next to current-pop losers like Ms. Dynamite without looking like total clowns?

Post by **rep** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 1:18 am

You missed my joke. Where's Bono? Isn't he supposed to be saving the world? Oh, that's right... He's wiping his ass with Swedish bank account notes.

Post by **sliver** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:45 am

I still can't decide whether I think London or Philly will be the best show. Coldplay, the Killers, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Snoop, Snow Patrol, U2, and Velvelt Revolver vs Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews, Jay-Z, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, P Diddy and Sarah McLachlan.

Of course, it wouldn't even be close if McCartney, Madonna, U2 and Pink Floyd weren't past their prime.

EDIT: and what's with the concerts being free? If they want to help Africa, they could charge $5 admission, get 99.9999% of the people (who the fuck wouldnt pay a measly five bucks to see artists like those?) and make millions to combat AIDS or poverty or terrorism or George W Bush or whatever it is these days.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:55 am

i was just offered a Free ticket.. ended up turning it down.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:05 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:i was just offered a Free ticket.. ended up turning it down.

sure you did

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:19 am

Errrr, yea, i did.. the ride was set for 8am, then out of there at 9PM.. But i would only enjoy ~2-3 of the bands.. so i would only be a pain in the ass for the rest of them.. nothx.

Post by **Deathshroud** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:25 am

lmao, look at the Russian line up.

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:26 am

The only one out of all those I would be interested in is Pink Floyd. I would have turned it down.

Post by **Deathshroud** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:28 am

rep wrote:You missed my joke. Where's Bono? Isn't he supposed to be saving the world? Oh, that's right... He's wiping his ass with Swedish bank account notes.

The following people and organisations have been involved in making LIVE 8 the greatest show ever:

Bono, Richard Curtis, Sir Bob Geldof, Harvey Goldsmith, John Kennedy, Midge Ure along with the staff of their organisations around the world and many local partners who are making the concerts possible - from venue owners and local authorities to volunteers and police forces.

The concert is being produced by a number of individuals internationally including Richard Curtis, Sir Bob Geldorf, Harvey Goldsmith, John Kennedy and Kevin Wall with Ken Ehrlich, Larry Magid, Tim Sexton, Greg Sills and Russell Simmons.

The beneficiary of excess revenue after the costs of the concerts is the Band Aid Charitable Trust.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:04 am

Its a bag of shit
All a load of wank and a waste of time
The most pointless exercise ever

Post by **Grudge** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:11 am

exactly

fucking sting and bono bullshit

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:21 am

I wne to see U2 play on Wednesday night and he started with all the save the world shit then. Nightmare.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:41 am

Snow Patrol :lol:

Anyway, they should have called it "Benz 8"

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:43 am

Snow Patrol are amazing

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:49 am

Snow Patrol are shit on any sensible empirical basis.

Shit songs? Yes, barring one shameless radiohead ripoff
No charisma? Yes
Boring indie guitars? Yes.

= shit.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:49 am

And i thought we were mates

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:52 am

Don't worry about it, we'll always have QOTSA

p.s. the Killers are also shit. Although their drummer's pretty good.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:56 am

I didnt like the Killers until i saw them live Wednesday night
They were actually....*gulp*...better than U2...
Starsailor were amazing live also...

So so wrong...

Post by **4days** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:07 am

any uk folks going to mad bob's g8 protest? was thinking about heading up to join the regular anti-capitalism lot but edinburgh looks bloody tiny. hope it doesn't all end in tears.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:09 am

Worthless waste of time
First kill all the wankers that control Africa THEN i mgiht be interested

Post by **-Replicant-** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:24 am

i'm going to tape it all. I reaaaaaaaaaally want to see Pink Floyd in concert one last time

too bad I couldn't be there live, but the flights are just too damn expensive

Post by **4days** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:29 am

Don Carlos wrote:Worthless waste of time
First kill all the wankers that control Africa THEN i mgiht be interested

aye. used to know this lad who was getting himself skilled up as a pilot by doing aid deliveries in the drc. had to quit after half a year because he said it was depressing watching 'soldiers' steal everything moments after he dropped it off, that and being shot at occasionally. he was at the arse-end of south africa before that and said big bits of it were just a massive killing floor.

does my head in sometimes because mutual friends will call him a racist for slagging off african countries. that's part of the problem in a way, people that are afraid to look at africa and admit the place is run by even worse shitheads than we've got here - just because they don't want to appear racist, their heads don't let them think far enough to recognise what could be done to start improving things out there.

Post by **mik0rs** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 11:59 am

I'd like to crash Bob Geldof's head in, he's a fucking clown.

Post by **iambowelfish** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:51 pm

4days wrote:any uk folks going to mad bob's g8 protest? was thinking about heading up to join the regular anti-capitalism lot but edinburgh looks bloody tiny. hope it doesn't all end in tears.

I live within 100 miles of Edinburgh, but I couldn't persuade anyone to go with me...

And I didn't fancy going on my own.

Live8

Live8

liar