Is Anyone Watching Live 8?

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I actually caught Randy Bachman's set. He did "Hey You," "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," and "Takin' Care Of Business." I was surprised, though, as it was originally billed as the Bachman-Cummings band, but there was no Burton.

He's sick. Was holed up in his hotel room.

I actually had no intention of watching, but I was working today. I work in TV, so I basically sat and watched the London feed of their show, and the Philly feed of their show, and the Canadian show. I haven't read this entire thread, so sorry if I repeat anything.

There were some AMAZING performances. Standouts:

#1 - Madonna doing Music. Unbelievable. There's a reason why this woman is still as huge as she is. Stunning performance - she had 135,000 people in Hyde Park singing and dancing and going nuts!

Pink Floyd - may have been a cheesy concept, but man, they rocked.

George Michael surprise at the end of London.

Robbie Williams doing my two fave songs of his: Feel (I nearly died) and Angels. He was amazing. Sooooo hottt!

I love Will Smith doing Prince of BelAir. Hilarious. The entire audience knew every word!!

U2 - Beautiful Day. Doves released. Enough said.

Black Eyed Peas - Let's get it star-r-r-ted.... LOVE this song.

Oh.... too many more to remember - going to go back and read this thread now... But I was really pleasantly surprised by how much it drew me in through the day.

But, sadly, I still don't think anything will change in terms of global poverty.