Categories: classic-rock

LIVE 8

http://www.live8live.com/

for everyone who’s not here, and particularly, of course, for Syd.

Live 8, 2 July 2005

When I saw the Boomtown Rats playing at the Apollo Theatre, Oxford back in 1979 I never in my wildest dreams thought Bob Geldorf would end up being knighted and using music as a force for good.

It’s very easy to knock ‘worthy causes’ but if millions (billions?) of people can make enough noise to send a message that extreme poverty can be iradicated and should be iradicated. Then I for one am all for it.

As ‘Sir’ Bob said “It’s not about politics it’s about morality.”

Update 2022:

Good intentions – didn’t make any real difference though – but the music was great.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_8

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