No ticket for me, but then it’ll be better on the TV anyway.
Andy Kershaw, writing in today’s Independent, is very angry. When Bob Geldof first announced the line-up for the Live 8 concerts, African artists were notable by their absence. And this whole thing is about Africa after all.
But a week or so down the road it turns out that we do get some African performances. At the Eden Project in Cornwall. Kershaw sees this as almost a form of apartheid, where the popular Western artists get to play Hyde Park while African’s are shunted down to the West Country.
And I agree. It’s ludicrous to think that people who’ve shown up to see Coldplay and U2, will get fed up or turn off if Youssou N’Dour or Salif Keita play. They’re international superstars after all.