Live 8 - line-up announced
Last updated 31 May 2005
He said he'd never do it, but 20 years after Sir Bob Geldof put on the biggest concert the world's ever seen, it's happening all over again.
On July 2nd London's Hyde Park will be one of the five venues hosting Live 8, some of the bands confirmed on the bill are Coldplay, Elton John, Madonna and Muse. The other cities where Live 8 concerts will take place are Berlin, Paris, Rome and Philadelphia.
Unlike the original Live Aid in 1985, it's not a charity event, but aims to draw attention to world poverty. It's being called Live 8 because the world's richest countries are meeting at the G8 summit a week later.
Bob Geldof said of Live 8:
"Charity will never really solve problems. It is time for justice - and 20 years after Live Aid, people now demand it of these eight men. The G8 leaders have it within their power to alter history."
List of confirmed acts
London
Mariah Carey
Coldplay
Dido
Keane
Elton John
Annie Lennox
Madonna
Paul McCartney
Muse
Razorlight
REM
Madonna
Scissor Sisters
Stereophonics
Snoop
Sting
Joss Stone
Robbie Williams
U2
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Will Smith
Bon Jovi
Maroon 5
Dave Matthews Band
Jay-Z
P Diddy
Rob Thomas
Keith Urban
Stevie Wonder
Il Divo
Berlin
Aha
Crosby Stills & Nash
Brian Wilson
Paris
Jamiroquai
Axel Red
Rome
Faith Hill
Tim McGraw
Duran Duran
Ticket details
Tickets for the London Hyde Park concert will be free and will be available through a special text lottery.
The text number will be announced at 8am on Monday 6 June 2005 via all UK Radio Stations and BBC Television. No ticket entries will be accepted before that time.
The text line will remain open for 7 days, and 75,000 pairs of tickets will be randomly chosen by computer. There are no limits to the amount of times you can text. Each text costs £1.50 plus your usual network text charge.
The BBC and Live 8
Radio 1 will be broadcasting from Hyde Park throughout the day and then crossing to the States to bring you the event live. Plus we'll have news and reports from the other concerts round the world.
On television Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton will also be reporting live from different sides of the Atlantic, with Jonathan in the UK and Graham in the USA.
Big screens will be placed around the UK, to bring the BBC coverage of Live 8 to those unable to attend the concert or watch at home.