Live 8 Concert

Now available for pre-order is the long awaited Live 8 Concert DVD video. Including extensive footage of the US Live 8 Philadelphia concert.

This box set of four DVDs will feature the best selection of music and video footage from each of the concerts. Because of the enormous popularity of the Live 8 concerts, this DVD is expected to go down in history as the largest selling music video of all time.

Live 8 Music

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The G8

Information about the G8 and Live 8

Nelson Mandela Speech

Transcript of the Nelson Mandela Speech at Live 8 South Africa

Live 8 London Concert

Read exclusive reviews of the Live 8 London, UK concert at Hyde Park from actual concert attendees.

Live 8 Canada Toronto
Concert

Read exclusive reviews of the Live 8 Canada concert from actual concert attendees.

USA Live 8: Philadelphia review (cont.)

My trek to Live 8 Philadelphia Begins

Along the way, there are all sorts of venders attempting to persuade you one way or another to buy something Live 8 Philadelphia related. A couple of local radio stations set up booths to advertise their stations and there were other booths like the one that gave away items like Trojan condoms. We passed a ONE booth that was giving out white beach balls emblazoned with the words ONE - MAKE POVERTY HISTORY. I expected that I might see some Live 8 logo beach balls as well, but haven't yet. The people at the ONE booth were trying to give out their educational and information flyers concerning the importance of these Live 8 events, but most people just walked on past. Had they stopped in the press tent, they might have received one of the two books being handed out. A large book was designed to bring us up to date on the issues of poverty and the purpose of the live 8 concerts via news clippings, letters from people like Brad Pitt and essays. The smaller book had black and white photos of celebrities posed with the One armband. It is filled with images of P-Diddy, Kate Hudson, and Cameron Diaz among others. The people that did take a flyer; ending up tossing them on the ground about a block away. What a mess. One guy took a couple and proudly stated that he'd be selling it on e-bay later tonight.

There are a ton of people sporting the AOL press pass. It was not an actual pass to anything, but a great advertising gimmick to get people to go to their website. These passes were designed to look like Live 8 Philadelphia backstage passes and remind you that after the Live 8 US concert, you can go back home onto your computer and watch all the Live 8 events on streaming video. Some people were collecting them in the same way people collect colored necklaces in New Orleans. It had the Live 8 Logo on one side and the AOL web address on the other. I am sure that these things too will be up on e-Bay soon.

Live 8 US, Philadelphia (continue review)

See all Live 8 Concert reiews:
Live 8 London, UK :: Live 8 Philadelphia, USA :: Live 8 Toronto (Barrie),CA