In just a few hours we will be up at Hyde Park. We have just been planning our route and decided that walking from Victoria is probably the best option. We will aim to get there early enough that we can walk up Park Lane and see the Pride march coming the other way. (Note to self: must dig out my old Gay Pride whistle)

Should be a good day, even if it wouldn’t be my choice of bands. On the good side everyone is supposed to have a strict 15 minute time limit so I won’t have to put with Annie Lennox for too long. But that does mean Pink Floyd only get a couple of songs. I’m sure the Guardian today listed The Who as an act – something which is not reflected on the Live 8 web site. If they are there (even just the two survivors) it will be a bonus.

I wish we could pic & mix from all the world events. I would have Pink Floyd, The Killers, REM, U2, Scissor Sisters & Snoop Dogg from London, The Cure, Faudel, Muse & Yannick Noah from Paris, Brian Wilson, Die Toten Hosen, Faithless & Green Day from Berlin, Stevie Wonder & Kaiser Chiefs from Philadelphia, Deep Purple from Barrie, Orchestre Baobab & Oumou Sangare from Jo’burg, Pet Shop Boys from Moscow and Angelique Kidjo, Tinariwen and Daara J from the Eden Project + Youssou N’Dour from wherever he is.

I didn’t fancy any of the Italian acts. But I know next to nothing of Italian music. The only names I know are Zucchero and Jovanotti, but I don’t really like them much. I obviously spent too much time seeking out French, German and Spanish music and neglected the Italians, and now I don’t know where to start.

Looking at the site, I see Manu Chao has disappeared. I wonder what happened there. Maybe he is travelling up to Scotland instead to take part in the protests. He does have a history of being involved in G8 demonstrations.