Live Aid
November 29th 2006 02:19
Has anybody here realised just how damn good Live Aid was??
The lineup included Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, U2, The WHo, Dire Straits, Black Sabbath, Style Council, Crosby Stills and Nash, Simple Minds, Judas Priest and about a billion more
I know that's the combined USA and UK lineup, but still.
The concert was a benefit gig to raise money for famine relief in ethiopia, and it raised a total of 150 million pounds, which was only possible as even the most popular bands consented to work for no pay.
Live 8, a much more recent event by the singer and manager Bob Geldorf, and this event is possibly even more impressive.
The focus of this event (or more acurately a series of 10 concerts around the world) was no longer on raising money directly, but on influencing the G8 conference on poverty, which was essentially a meeting of the 8 richest nations in the world, designed to address an issue of which none of them knew a thing about - poverty. It, once more featured an incredible lineup - including Pink Flloyd, reunited after 24 years. It also featured speeches from Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Bill Gates, who donates an incredible portion of his vast income to charity and Nelson Mandela.
Whilst it is impossible to know how great the influence of the Live 8 concert was on the G8 summit, the 8 richest countries took some positive steps, cancelling the dept of the 18 poorest nations, and, byt the end of the concert they have pledged an extra $50 billion US in aid to developing nations by 2010, which was the target set by Bob Geldorf.
man, all the talk about Live Aid, makes me think of another topic, for tomorrow
The lineup included Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, U2, The WHo, Dire Straits, Black Sabbath, Style Council, Crosby Stills and Nash, Simple Minds, Judas Priest and about a billion more
I know that's the combined USA and UK lineup, but still.
The concert was a benefit gig to raise money for famine relief in ethiopia, and it raised a total of 150 million pounds, which was only possible as even the most popular bands consented to work for no pay.
Live 8, a much more recent event by the singer and manager Bob Geldorf, and this event is possibly even more impressive.
The focus of this event (or more acurately a series of 10 concerts around the world) was no longer on raising money directly, but on influencing the G8 conference on poverty, which was essentially a meeting of the 8 richest nations in the world, designed to address an issue of which none of them knew a thing about - poverty. It, once more featured an incredible lineup - including Pink Flloyd, reunited after 24 years. It also featured speeches from Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Bill Gates, who donates an incredible portion of his vast income to charity and Nelson Mandela.
Whilst it is impossible to know how great the influence of the Live 8 concert was on the G8 summit, the 8 richest countries took some positive steps, cancelling the dept of the 18 poorest nations, and, byt the end of the concert they have pledged an extra $50 billion US in aid to developing nations by 2010, which was the target set by Bob Geldorf.
man, all the talk about Live Aid, makes me think of another topic, for tomorrow
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