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Live Aid II
By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON
Deputy Political Editor
LIVE Aid is to be held AGAIN ? 20 years on.
(Ed. Note -- Sir Bob Geldof has denied involvement in the proposed "Live Aid II." More information as we find it.)
The mega concert to ease Third World debt ? on the anniversary of the 1985 original ? will be unveiled this week. Tony Blair is backing what promises to be the greatest pop bash in history.
Last night a Whitehall source confirmed: ?It?s going to be bigger and better than before.?
Live Aid II is the brainchild of U2 rocker Bono, 44.
He will officially announce it this week.
Robbie Williams and Oasis are tipped to head a stellar line-up of acts next year that could also include Coldplay and Radiohead. Sir Paul McCartney and Phil Collins, stars of the first Live Aid, may also appear.
The 1985 event, staged simultaneously at Wembley and in Philadelphia, was watched on TV by 1.4billion worldwide.
It was organised by Sir Bob Geldof to aid Ethiopia's starving. The target of the new show - Third World debt - is a cause close to Bono's heart.
The rocker, another veteran of 1985, has got together with Blackadder writer Richard Curtis to organise Live Aid II.
Sir Bob, 52, will be involved with them in a year-long crusade to highlight the debt issue.
It is thought he may be asked to help organise the concert.
The Whitehall insider said: "Everyone is very excited."
The PM next weekend flies to a G8 summit of the world's richest countries where he will urge a ?20billion aid boost for poor nations.
Chancellor Gordon Brown will raise the debt issue in a speech at the Vatican where he will be the Pope's guest next month.
The original Live Aid raised ?60million. More than 70,000 music fans packed Wembley.
Likely venues for Live Aid II are Hyde Park in London or Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004250283,00.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../nm/20040531/en_nm/leisure_britain_liveaid_dc
By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON
Deputy Political Editor
LIVE Aid is to be held AGAIN ? 20 years on.
(Ed. Note -- Sir Bob Geldof has denied involvement in the proposed "Live Aid II." More information as we find it.)
The mega concert to ease Third World debt ? on the anniversary of the 1985 original ? will be unveiled this week. Tony Blair is backing what promises to be the greatest pop bash in history.
Last night a Whitehall source confirmed: ?It?s going to be bigger and better than before.?
Live Aid II is the brainchild of U2 rocker Bono, 44.
He will officially announce it this week.
Robbie Williams and Oasis are tipped to head a stellar line-up of acts next year that could also include Coldplay and Radiohead. Sir Paul McCartney and Phil Collins, stars of the first Live Aid, may also appear.
The 1985 event, staged simultaneously at Wembley and in Philadelphia, was watched on TV by 1.4billion worldwide.
It was organised by Sir Bob Geldof to aid Ethiopia's starving. The target of the new show - Third World debt - is a cause close to Bono's heart.
The rocker, another veteran of 1985, has got together with Blackadder writer Richard Curtis to organise Live Aid II.
Sir Bob, 52, will be involved with them in a year-long crusade to highlight the debt issue.
It is thought he may be asked to help organise the concert.
The Whitehall insider said: "Everyone is very excited."
The PM next weekend flies to a G8 summit of the world's richest countries where he will urge a ?20billion aid boost for poor nations.
Chancellor Gordon Brown will raise the debt issue in a speech at the Vatican where he will be the Pope's guest next month.
The original Live Aid raised ?60million. More than 70,000 music fans packed Wembley.
Likely venues for Live Aid II are Hyde Park in London or Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004250283,00.html
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../nm/20040531/en_nm/leisure_britain_liveaid_dc
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