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09/07/2005
Entry: "Live 8 DVD (with Pink Floyd Rehersals) released November 7 2005"
THE GREATEST SHOWS ON EARTH TO BE RELEASED ON DVD EMI are proud to announce the DVD release of Live 8 on 7th November 2005 (8th November - USA)
On 7th November 2005 (8th November - USA) the biggest live event DVD project of its kind will be released. Live 8 brings together performances from the amazing series of concerts which took place around the world on 2nd July 2005.
Live 8 - One Day One Concert One World The 4-disc set contains three discs of live footage taken from the Live 8 shows staged in London and Philadelphia alongside key highlights from the seven other events staged across the world. Every artist who performed at London’s Hyde Park and Philadelphia’s Museum Of Art appear on the DVD, many of them with their full sets. "It was 20 years ago today": Live 8 opens with U2 and Paul McCartney’s crowd-rousing rendition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and also features Pink Floyd’s historical reunion, Robbie Williams’s show-stopping performance and Madonna’s breathtakingly energetic set. Younger artists such as Snow Patrol, The Killers and Joss Stone comfortably intertwine with rock n’ roll legends such as The Who and Sting. One-off duets come from Paul McCartney and George Michael, Stevie Wonder and Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Elton John and Pete Doherty and Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft. Disc 3 closes as the London concert closed on 2 July with the stars of Live 8 Hyde Park taking to the stage for the stunning ‘Hey Jude’ finale. Along the way the Kaiser Chiefs waved the flag for Britain in Philadelphia and their vigorous performance is captured alongside American superstars Destiny’s Child, Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas and soul legend Stevie Wonder. Also threaded through the UK and US acts are performances from artists who appeared at the Live 8 concerts in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Toronto, Johannesburg and Moscow. Tracks from Green Day, Brian Wilson and Roxy Music in Berlin and Neil Young in Toronto are included along with the Pet Shop Boys in Moscow, Duran Duran in Rome, Vusi Mahlasela in Johannesburg and Placebo and Muse in Paris. Disc 4 features exclusive extras including a never-before-seen backstage documentary filmed at Hyde Park, Pink Floyd’s Live 8 reunion rehearsal, more acts from Live 8’s global concerts including McFly and Bjork in Tokyo, films by The Who and Travis and a contribution from Ricky Gervais. The special features section will offer highlights from Edinburgh’s Final Push concert at Murrayfield on July 6 which will include performances from James Brown, Travis and The Proclaimers. Single disc sets for the French, German, Italian and Canadian Live 8 concerts have also been produced. These will focus further on each country’s concert and will be available globally.
"I hope this will be the biggest selling DVD of all time. It deserves to be. More importantly perhaps, it should be, for it will help us achieve our goal of changing the lives of the extreme poor for the better and making our generation the one that helped end the disgrace of poverty." Says Live 8 organiser Sir Bob Geldof. Money raised from sales of the Live 8 DVD will go to the Band Aid Trust for the relief of hunger and poverty in Africa. Live 8 was held on 2 July 2005. Nine simultaneous, free concerts starring the cream of international rock and pop artists were staged in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo, Moscow, Toronto, Johannesburg and Philadelphia. The concerts acted as a starting point for The Long Walk To Justice in support of the Make Poverty History and Global Call To Action campaigns and was timed to focus attention on the critical decisions made by the G8 summit four days later. "You’re such a lovely audience, we’d like to take you home with us" sang Bono. Now the million-strong live audience and 5 billion viewers around the world can take Live 8 home with them... TRACKLISTING - Disc 1 Paul McCartney & U2 - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band U2 - Beautiful Day U2 - Vertigo U2 - One Coldplay - In My Place Coldplay with Richard Ashcroft - Bittersweet Symphony Coldplay - Fix You Elton John - The Bitch Is Back Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting Elton John with Pete Doherty - Children Of The Revolution Dido & Youssou N’Dour - 7 Seconds Stereophonics - Bartender And The Thief REM - Everybody Hurts REM - Man On The Moon Ms Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love Black Eyed Peas - Let’s Get It Started Black Eyed Peas with Stephen Marley - Get Up Stand Up Duran Duran - Wild Boys (Rome) Bob Geldof - I Don’t Like Mondays Muse - Time Is Running Out (Paris) Travis - Sing Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less And Less UB40 with Hunterz & The Dohl Blasters - Reasons UB40 - Red Red Wine Green Day - American Idiot (Berlin) Snoop Dogg - Signs Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What’s My Name)? Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer Annie Lennox - Why Annie Lennox - Sweet Dreams TRACKLISTING - Disc 2 Destiny’s Child - Survivor Destiny’s Child - Girl Razorlight - Somewhere Else Razorlight - Golden Touch Bryan Adams - All For Love Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone CBC Ethiopian Famine Film Madonna - Like A Prayer Madonna - Ray Of Light Madonna - Music Will Smith - Getting’ Jiggy Wit It Will Smith - Switch Will Smith - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations (Berlin) Snow Patrol - Run Toby Keith - Stays In Mexico The Killers - All These Things That I’ve Done Dave Matthews Band - American Baby Daniel Powter - Bad Day Linkin Park - In The End Linkin Park with Jay-Z - Numb Joss Stone - Super Duper Love Joss Stone - Some Kind Of Wonderful Jars Of Clay - Show You Love Scissor Sisters - Laura Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama Alicia Keys - For All We Know Velvet Revolver - Fall To Pieces Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl? Sarah McLachlan & Josh Groban - Angel Sting - Message In A Bottle Sting - Driven To Tears Sting - Every Breath You Take TRACKLISTING - Disc 3 Mariah Carey - Make It Happen Mariah Carey - Hero Vusi Mahlasela - When You Come Back (Johannesburg) Roxy Music - Do The Strand (Berlin) Maroon 5 - This Love Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved Neil Young - Four Strong Winds (Toronto) Pet Shop Boys - Go West (Moscow) Robbie Williams - We Will Rock You Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You Robbie Williams - Feel Robbie Williams - Angels Keith Urban - Somebody Like You Placebo - Twenty Years (Paris) Rob Thomas - Lonely No More Faithless - We Come 1 (Berlin) Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin’) Stevie Wonder & Rob Thomas - Higher Ground Stevie Wonder & Adam Levine - Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder - So What The Fuss/Superstition The Who - Who Are You? The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again Pink Floyd - Speak To Me Pink Floyd - Breathe Pink Floyd - Money Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Paul McCartney - Get Back Paul McCartney & George Michael - Drive My Car Paul McCartney - Helter Skelter Paul McCartney - The Long And Winding Road Finale - Hey Jude TRACKLISTING - Disc 4 - EXTRAS Edinburgh - The Final Push: Highlights from the Murrayfield concert held on 6 July McFly - All About You (Tokyo) Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous (Tokyo) Dreams Come True - Love Love Love (Tokyo) Bjork - All Is Full Of Love (Tokyo) The Who - ‘Who Are You?’ film Travis - ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me?’ film Ricky Gervais - Enjoy The Day Behind The Scenes At Hyde Park Pink Floyd rehearsal Additional bonus international performances may be added DVD SPECIFICATIONS: Format: 4 Disc PAL DVD (Europe) / NTSC DVD (US) Packaging: Fold-out Digipack in slipcase (12-page booklet) Picture: 16:9 / Colour Audio: DTS 5.1 Surround Sound; Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Stereo Subtitles: English, Dutch, French
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