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05-31-2005, 09:59 AM
New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
It's back!
BY BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
Do-gooder rocker Bob Geldof is aiming to make history again, 20 years after his Live Aid extravaganza.
This time, there will be concerts in five cities - Philadelphia, London, Rome, Paris and Berlin - with free admission to the July 2 events.
The Daily News has learned the Dave Matthews Band and Stevie Wonder will headline the Philadelphia gig, where acts will perform on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a source involved with the concert said. The Grammy-winning band Maroon 5 also is set to perform in Philly, the source said. Other big-name entertainers have been asked, but have yet to confirm. A Web cast of the simultaneous five-city concert will be available on www.aolmusic.com.
Geldof, the former Boomtown Rats frontman, is calling the six-hour July 2 international music festival Live 8 because it comes just days before the world's richest nations meet for the G-8 summit in Scotland. The purpose of the concerts is to raise awareness of global poverty, he said.
"What started 20 years ago is coming to a political point in a few weeks," the 50-year-old Sir Bob, who was knighted for his original effort, told the BBC. "There's more than a chance that the boys and girls with guitars will finally get to turn the world on its axis.
"It's big. And it's as petrifying as the buildup to Live Aid, if not more so," Geldof said.The London concert will be in Hyde Park and is expected to include Paul McCartney, U2, Sting and a Spice Girls reunion. The original Live Aid, in July 1985, was a 14-hour simultaneous concert in London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium that raised $245 million for famine relief in Africa.
It's back!
BY BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
Do-gooder rocker Bob Geldof is aiming to make history again, 20 years after his Live Aid extravaganza.
This time, there will be concerts in five cities - Philadelphia, London, Rome, Paris and Berlin - with free admission to the July 2 events.
The Daily News has learned the Dave Matthews Band and Stevie Wonder will headline the Philadelphia gig, where acts will perform on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a source involved with the concert said. The Grammy-winning band Maroon 5 also is set to perform in Philly, the source said. Other big-name entertainers have been asked, but have yet to confirm. A Web cast of the simultaneous five-city concert will be available on www.aolmusic.com.
Geldof, the former Boomtown Rats frontman, is calling the six-hour July 2 international music festival Live 8 because it comes just days before the world's richest nations meet for the G-8 summit in Scotland. The purpose of the concerts is to raise awareness of global poverty, he said.
"What started 20 years ago is coming to a political point in a few weeks," the 50-year-old Sir Bob, who was knighted for his original effort, told the BBC. "There's more than a chance that the boys and girls with guitars will finally get to turn the world on its axis.
"It's big. And it's as petrifying as the buildup to Live Aid, if not more so," Geldof said.The London concert will be in Hyde Park and is expected to include Paul McCartney, U2, Sting and a Spice Girls reunion. The original Live Aid, in July 1985, was a 14-hour simultaneous concert in London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium that raised $245 million for famine relief in Africa.