Live 8

Didnt know where to post this.

Is anybody going to Live 8?

Did you win/buy your tickets?

Have you planned yuor journey?

Who are yuo looking forward to seeing?

These concerts are the start point for The Long Walk To Justice, the one way we can all make our voices heard in unison.

This is without doubt a moment in history where ordinary people can grasp the chance to achieve something truly monumental and demand from the 8 world leaders at G8 an end to poverty.

The G8 leaders have it within their power to alter history. They will only have the will to do so if tens of thousands of people show them that enough is enough.

By doubling aid, fully cancelling debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa, the G8 could change the future for millions of men, women and children."

Concert time 11am-8pm (BST)

Presenters: Dan Aykroyd and Tom Green

Artists performing include:

* African Guitar Summit
* Barenaked Ladies
* Blue Rodeo
* Bruce Cockburn
* Bryan Adams
* The Bachman Cummings Band
* Deep Purple
* DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an
* Gordon Lightfoot
* Great Big Sea
* Jann Arden
* Jet
* Les Trois Accords
* Motley Crue
* Our Lady Peace
* Sam Roberts
* Simple Plan
* Tegan & Sara
* The Tragically Hip
* Tom Cochrane

Deep Purple aren't older, they're ancient. But still, who wouldn't want to hear "Smoke on the Water" again?

I think they are fooling themselves if they think that cancelling this debt and raising the aid level will improve the lot of the average African one bit... read:

Let Africa Sink
By: Mr. Kim Du Toit


Kim du Toit was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim emigrated to the United States in 1986.

A graduate of St. John's College, he next began a Philosophy degree, but soon abandoned the idea--attending university didn't help him towards his goal of becoming educated.

Kim is the living embodiment of contradictions:
*a White African-American with a girl's first name and a French last name;
*values the sanctity of marriage, but is married to his third wife;
*attended a religious boarding school, but is an atheist;
*trained chorister, but played bass guitar in a rock band;
*conservative gun nut and hunter, but also an animal-lover whose pets are spoiled rotten;
*and finally, a most politically-incorrect story teller who also experienced a brief stint in a South African jail for protesting against apartheid.

I think they are fooling themselves if they think that cancelling this debt and raising the aid level will improve the lot of the average African one bit... read:

Let Africa Sink
By: Mr. Kim Du Toit


Kim du Toit was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kim emigrated to the United States in 1986.

A graduate of St. John's College, he next began a Philosophy degree, but soon abandoned the idea--attending university didn't help him towards his goal of becoming educated.

Kim is the living embodiment of contradictions:
*a White African-American with a girl's first name and a French last name;
*values the sanctity of marriage, but is married to his third wife;
*attended a religious boarding school, but is an atheist;
*trained chorister, but played bass guitar in a rock band;
*conservative gun nut and hunter, but also an animal-lover whose pets are spoiled rotten;
*and finally, a most politically-incorrect story teller who also experienced a brief stint in a South African jail for protesting against apartheid.

Just goes to show......you can take an Afrikaan out of South Africa, but you'll rarely take the Afrikaan out of an Afrikaan.

Loved hearing Gordon Lightfoot perform live again.