I enjoyed the day, but I am glad I didn’t pay to go. There were a few things I would not have been happy about if I had paid for it – but when its free you make allowances. The biggest problem was the big screens. They are a great idea for large shows, and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Live 8'
Live 8 – The crowd
July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – The crowd · Life
Perspective is a strange thing. I know there were a lot of people in Hyde Park, its got to be the biggest crowd I have ever been in, but it didn’t seem crowded. We stayed at the back mostly. Jayne does not like crowds much and I’m probably getting too old to spend 10 hours […]
Live 8 – the music
July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – the music · Music
I’ll happily admit that my main interest was in Pink Floyd. We were towards the back of the crowd where there was more space, and for the earlier part of the show I spent some time just stretched out listening rather than watching. In some cases tolerating rather than enjoying. I know it was all […]
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Live 8 – the long queue to justice
July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – the long queue to justice · Music
Yesterday arrived in London at about noon and had a spot of lunch before heading for Hyde Park. We had decided not to travel burdened with packed lunches – just a half dozen bottles of water. Knowing how nasty the buses and tubes can be on normal days we walked to Hyde Park, having decided […]
Live 8 line-up
June 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 line-up · Music
Every time I look at the list of who is playing at Live 8 in Hyde Park there seems to be another name added. As far as I am concerned this is not a good thing – every extra act could mean a couple of minutes off Pink Floyd’s allotted time! I spotted a new […]
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Live 8 tickets “won” in Broadfield Village!
June 15th, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 tickets “won” in Broadfield Village! · Work
I couldn’t believe it. I had sneaked down Lower Marsh to grab a sneaky cooked breakfast, when I got a text message from “LIVE8” saying I had won tickets to the concert on July 2nd. I was gutted when I only heard about Pink Floyd reforming after the text lines had closed, but it looks […]
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Pink Floyd to reform at Live 8
June 12th, 2005 · Comments Off on Pink Floyd to reform at Live 8 · Music
If its on the BBC web site it must be true. I was beginning to think that Pink Floyd would never play again, let alone play with Roger Waters. Truly Bob Geldof has kissed the Blarney Stone to get that lot to play together. Its a shame that its on a packed bill and they […]
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Live 8 whitewash?
June 2nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 whitewash? · Music, Politics
There is an article in today’s Guardian about the forthcoming “Live 8” concerts. Apparently Bob Geldof has been accused of being “deeply patronising” by leaving African musicians out of the shows. It is true that the line-ups of all the shows is predominantly white and almost entirely from G8-type nations. Even the Italian, French and […]
Tags: Live 8·Racism·World music
