Официально объявлены 5 концертов Live 8

Paul McCartney's Statement On "Live 8":

I will be opening Live 8 in Hyde Park with a little Irish band you may have heard of called U2, singing 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', a song made famous by another little band I used to play with. It was suggested to me by Bob and Bono, the mad Irish boys (God bless 'em) that it would be a good kick off for the whole occasion. "It was twenty years ago today " And it will be twenty years, almost to the day, that we all gathered together for Live Aid, and closed the show with Wembley Stadium singing another Beatles' song, 'Let It Be'. It was a day that had huge impact, a landmark in our history, and I was very proud to be involved.

I seem to recall that at Live Aid I was being referred to as an "elder statesman", so what does that make me now? An even older elder statesman. And there's nothing wrong with that. I feel like an ex-president of rock'n'roll. I will be playing a set with my band and closing the show. Of course, I'm honoured that they would want my songs for such a noble cause but that is the power of The Beatles. Every day I get people of all ages, from all walks of life, coming up to say "Thank you for the music, it's made a difference in my life." What we did in The Beatles really overtook us and our intentions. When it is remembered and loved that way, you can only appreciate that something mighty has happened, way beyond anything we set out to do. I think the same thing is happening with Live 8 now. The idea is overtaking us.

In some ways Live 8 is carrying on the idealism that became part of music in the Sixties. When we started, we all thought that we were just doing it to earn a bob and pull the birds and it turned out to be much more than that. Music and politics began to fuse because, on an idealistic level, we are talking about the same things, peace, love and fairness, extremely good values. In The Beatles, we would speak out because that was our nature. We were thinking people, we had opinions, and we started to realise we weren't the only people who held these opinions. We always used to say "these are not our ideas, these are our generation's ideas." We had the platform. We could give voice to them. And that is a very interesting phenomenon. I look at G8 and I see world leaders but I can also look at the bill of Live 8 and see world leaders, in a completely different sense. Political leaders talk about "hearts and minds" but that is also what music deals with. 'We Shall Overcome' during the civil rights struggle. 'Give Peace A Chance' during the Vietnam war. These anthems become very important. Music can carry simple, powerful ideas but it also allows emotion into the idea. And it helps sometimes to get a bit emotional about things. Politicians may try to remain detached and objective, perhaps they have to be, but the rest of us can look at this and say "imagine a kid being born today into debt that it cannot get out of." Imagine that. Now what are we going to do about it?

I called Bob a few weeks ago because I heard he wanted to speak to me, and I had an idea what it might be about. And I talked to him, as I had the first time, about my worries. In 1985, my big worry had been corruption, aid arriving on the dock side and immediately being trundled off into government Land Rovers and never seen again. But Bob addressed those concerns, he said "We're going down there and we are going to give it out." And he did his utmost to make sure it got there, which was a great thing. So this time I said, "What's the story, Bob? Your own words were 'Charity fatigue'". And he explained it very articulately, very forcefully, as he does anyway, even if he's just asking you out to dinner. He's that kind of guy. I said to him, "Bob, you're mad. But if anyone can pull it off, you can." That's the way I feel. I mean mad in a great way, a fine and fabulous madness.

This is not a fund raiser. It is not about the money. It's a consciousness raiser. It's about speaking out on behalf of African people being born this very moment into eternal debt. There is no way they can get out of it on their own. All we are trying to do is get that debt excused. It's a little amount to us but everything to them. So the musicians are just being spokespeople once again. This is something people have been lobbying for for a long time and we want governments to get behind the idea, moved hopefully by the will of the people. And it does seem to be catching fire.

I am really excited to be doing Live 8. It's a moment that could change the world and here we are, taking a breath, before it happens. This is a great point to be at, just about to walk through the door. This could be the greatest gig of all our lives.

Sir Paul McCartney

Here are the first details of the set list of the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park. Details became known through rehearsals but may change before the gig:

1. Paul McCartney/U2: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. U2: One
3. Coldplay: In My Place, Fix You, Bitter Sweet Symphony (duet with Richard Ashcroft)
4. Elton John: Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, The Bitch Is Back, Children Of The Revolution (duet with Pete Doherty)
5. Dido: Life For Rent, White Flag, Thank You
6. Stereophonics: [TBC]
7. REM: The One I Love, Losing My Religion, Imitation Of Life, Everybody Hurts
8. Ms Dynamite: Dy-namitee, Judgement Day, Redemption Song
9. Keane: Everybody's Changing, Somewhere Only We Know
10. Travis: Sing, Turn, Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
11. Annie Lennox: Walking On Broken Glass, Sweet Dreams
12. UB40: Food For Thought, Red Red Wine
13. Snoop Dogg: [TBC]
14. Razorlight: Somewhere Else, Golden Touch, Vice
15. Madonna: Like A Prayer, Music, Ray Of Light
16. Snow Patrol: Chocolate, Run
17. Joss Stone: I Had A Dream, Super Duper Love
18. Scissor Sisters: Laura, Take Your Mama
19. Velvet Revolver: [TBC]
20. The Killers: [TBC]
21. Sting: Every Breath You Take - to include the lyric "We'll Be Watching You", Message In A Bottle
22. Mariah Carey: Vision Of Love, Make It Happen
23. Robbie Williams: Let Me Entertain You, Rock DJ, Feel, We Will Rock You
24. The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley
25. Pink Floyd: Money, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here
26. Paul McCartney: The Long and Winding Road
27. Grand finale: All the stars will join Sir Paul on stage

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/articles/19642157?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5

Radio Times issues eight covers to celebrate Live 8
28 Jun 2005

LONDON - Radio Times will be published with eight different covers this week to mark the Live 8 concert on July 2, with Bob Geldof, Coldplay, U2 and Sir Paul McCartney as cover stars, along with exclusive interviews with some of the top bands playing.

The landmark issue has been developed with the support of Live 8 and event organisers, who gave the magazine access to people working behind the scenes as well as the talent on the stage.

The TV listings magazine decided it would be impossible to bring everyone together for a single cover, so instead decided to pull in a range of big names.

As well as Coldplay, U2, Geldof and McCartney, other cover stars being featured are Joss Stone, Sting, Annie Lennox and REM. The commemorative cover special is supported inside by a 10-page editorial special.

Gill Hudson, Radio Times' editor, said: "People expect Radio Times to come up with something special to commemorate really big events, and I was always confident we would pull this off.

"We knew it would be something of a logistical challenge, but we have an amazing editorial team that always manages to get the best interviews and pictures with the top stars."

http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/media/article/482236/radio-times-issues-eight-co...

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U.S. band Good Charlotte performs at Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe in Makuhari, east of Tokyo July 2, 2005.

Icelandic Bjork performs at Live 8 Japan at Makuhari Messe in Makuhari, east of Tokyo July 2, 2005.

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Japanese rock band Rize kicked off the Tokyo Live 8 concert at the Makuhari Messe arena.

Tom Fletcher (left) and Danny Jones of British boy band McFly were among the early performers.

Paul McCartney, center, and members of U2, perform at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, Saturday July 2, 2005.

Irish rock star Bono performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005

Britain's Sir Paul McCartney (R) performs with Irish rock star Bono at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005.

Britain's Sir Paul McCartney (R) performs with Irish rock star Bono (L) at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005

Britain's Sir Paul McCartney performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005.

German band 'Die Toten Hosen' performs during the Live 8 Germany concert in front of the Victory column in Berlin, July 2, 2005.

Robert Smith, singer of Bristish band The Cure performs on stage during a sound check before the Live 8 France concert at the Chateau de Versailles near Paris, July 2, 2005.

British rock star Chris Martin of the band Coldplay performs at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005

British rock star Richard Ashcroft (R) performs with Chris Martin (L) of the band Coldplay at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005.

McCartney, U2 Rock London Live 8 Concert

LONDON - Paul McCartney and U2's Bono rocked London's Hyde Park with a rousing performance of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" on Saturday to kick off the main event in the Live 8 extravaganza rolling around the globe from Tokyo to Johannesburg.

A thunderous roar erupted from the crowd of 150,000 as the two performers belted out the first line: "It was 20 years ago today ..." — a nod to the mammoth Live Aid concerts that raised millions for African famine relief two decades ago.

British band Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon performs at the Live 8 Italy concert inside Rome's ancient Circus Maximus July 2, 2005.