[Merged] Live 8 Concerts

[punky]

Originally Posted by Angua

Best bit was PF and they actually looked like they were enjoying themselves. Wonder how many in the audience wondered who they were?

I didn't know Hitler was in Pink Floyd...

(Sorry, I had to say it. I'll go stand in the corner now...)

[Gareth]

According to this article...

But some of the impact was compromised by limited US television coverage, with the show available only on cable channels MTV and VH-1 and ABC broadcasting just two hours of highlights.

It makes me question whether Bush will be taking any of what Live8 is supposed to be about very seriously.

Originally Posted by Paul

It was planned to end by 2130 and the organisers were told from the start that it had to end by then due to roads being closed, public transport restrictions after a certain time etc. There was no way the concert was going to be ended early and since it wasn't down to Tessa Jowell I can't see what she thought she was going to achieve TBH.

Think she was prob just waving her dummy

[punky]

Originally Posted by Gareth

According to this article... It makes me question whether Bush will be taking any of what Live8 is supposed to be about very seriously.

Just because television coverage was limited on one channel, I don't think that means Bush would take less notice. IT just means that ABC had other prior commitments to keep.

Keyes is well off on her comments about America and Africa. There are 36 million African-Americans in the US (suprising, I thought it was more than that). That is more than any other country in the world, outside Africa. After MLK, Malcolm X, the country is very sensitive about ties to Africa.

At the concert they had facts in the programme of the death rate and so forth. 50,000 people a day die because of extreme poverty so that would mean the whole amount of people in the park yesturday would have died in four days

Originally Posted by punky

Seems funny that such an array of over-pampered celebs are trying to get us to make poverty history. How can you make something that is relative, history? Give everyone $1billion, and then the people who only have $1billion would be in 'extreme poverty'.

Not really, With $1billion you wouldnt die of hunger. This is not feeling sorry that poor people dont have as much money as us. Its because people are dying because they cant afford to live. It not 'all relative' when they are poor on that scale.

The point of live 8 is not to make everyone equal in the sense of wealth so we can all hold hands and sign the night away like some drug-induced hippy fantasy. The point of equality in this sense is the unfair trade restrictions which means that Africa cannot get wealthy because they cannot enter the Global markets due to fees, taxes, and other rules that are applied to African trade. Africa cannot make it by itself when they cannot benefit from trade

At the same time any aid we give is taken back 3 times over due to the debt. For every $1 we give, we take $2. So any aid in reality is just us paying off part of they debt. Thanks to interest payments the debt only increases as well, the unfair trade laws mentioned above prevent Africa from ever paying it back.

Live 8 was simply to help encourage the G8 to make trade fair and cancel the debt. Even without aid those two acts would be a massive step forward in helping Africa. It would enable Africa to start actually making money and then spending it on Health, Education and feeding there people instead of paying us.

Saying that Poverty in africa is simply a matter of relativity sort of misses the point

Anyway, Here are some pics I took from the concert

[marky]

I think that now its over its over but ive tried to listen to the radio today and you guessed live 8 the repeat... every station

[allieyoung666]

I did not mind listening to it again, would have prefered to be there though!

Originally Posted by allieyoung666

I did not mind listening to it again, would have prefered to be there though!

It was long though . I got into the Park at 12 and then left at 12. Excluding the time spent queueing to actually get in. I want to actually see it on TV now, see what it was like for those watching it.

[allieyoung666]

But at least you got to go, I would have done anything to get there!!

Yep it was cool. Robbie Williams was undoubtly the strongest act there. He gave an amazing performance.

[allieyoung666]

I know he was so cool. Annie Lennox as well gave a good perfomance, so did sting, At least you had a good day that was the main thing!!

[Hom3r]

I enjoyed the show, I wonder what the final viewing figures will be, the BBC said that it was transmitting to a possible audiance of 5.5 BILLION, although expect it to be around 3 BILLION.

Making it largest TV event ever.

Live8 as reviewed by my mother-in-law: "Is Stevie Wonder blind?.....and on hip-hop "They don't sing they just shout."

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[Halcyon]

No dobt flocks of people will buy the DVD once its released around November. Will probably make good Christmas presents.