Live 8 (2005) (TV)

Directors:

Bruce Gowers
Nick Hopkin

Writers:

Bob Geldof (idea)
David Wild (writer)

Release Date:

2 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Tagline:

One day. One concert. One world.

Plot Keywords:

Concert | Supergroup | Earth | Peace | Live Event

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bob Geldof	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Articolo 31	...	Themselves
4Peace Ensemble	...	Themselves - Johannesburg
Bryan Adams	...	Himself
Bjorn Agren	...	Himself (as Razorlight)
A-Ha	...	Themselves
Andi	...	Himself - Berlin (as Die Toten Hosen)
Romeo Antonio	...	Himself
Apl.de.Ap	...	Himself (as Black Eyed Peas)
Ainhoa Arbizu	...	Herself
Jann Arden	...	Herself
Tina Arena	...	Herself
Billie Joe Armstrong	...	Himself - Berlin (as Green Day)
Richard Ashcroft	...	Himself
Astro	...	Himself (as UB40)
Audioslave	...	Themselves - Berlin
Dan Aykroyd	...	Himself
Babydaddy	...	Himself (as Scissor Sisters)
Nick Baines	...	Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs)
Perry Bamonte	...	Himself (as The Cure)
Bap	...	Themselves - Berlin
Carter Beauford	...	Himself (as Dave Matthews Band)
Matthew Bellamy	...	Himself (as Muse)
Chester Bennington	...	Himself (as Linkin Park)
Amel Bent	...	Himself
Louis Bertignac	...	Himself
Björk	...	Herself - Tokio
The Black Eyed Peas	...	Themselves
Andrea Bocelli	...	Himself
Bon Jovi	...	Themselves
Jon Bon Jovi	...	Himself (as Bon Jovi)
Bono	...	Himself (as U2)
Paddy Boom	...	Himself (as Scissor Sisters)
Johnny Borrell	...	Himself (as Razorlight)
Rob Bourdon	...	Himself (as Linkin Park)
Jim Brown	...	Himself (as UB40)
David Bryan	...	Himself (as Bon Jovi)
Jon Buckland	...	Himself (as Coldplay)
Peter Buck	...	Himself (as R.E.M.)
John Bundrick	...	Himself (as The Who)
Calogero	...	Himself
Ali Campbell	...	Himself (as UB40)
Robin Campbell	...	Himself (as UB40)
Campino	...	Himself - Berlin (as Die Toten Hosen)
Mariah Carey	...	Herself
Jesse Carmichael	...	Himself (as Maroon 5)
Marc Cerrone	...	Himself (as Cerrone)
Chris Cester	...	Himself (as Jet)
Nic Cester	...	Himself (as Jet)
Will Champion	...	Himself (as Coldplay)
Manu Chao	...	Himself
Tom Chaplin	...	Himself (as Keane)
Tom Cochrane	...	Himself - Barrie
Bruce Cockburn	...	Himself
Coldplay	...	Themselves
Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs	...	Himself
Tim Commerford	...	Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave)
Jennifer Connelly	...	Herself
Nathan Connolly	...	Himself (as Snow Patrol)
Tre Cool	...	Himself - Berlin (as Green Day)
Jason Cooper	...	Himself (as The Cure)
Chris Cornell	...	Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave)
The Cure	...	Themselves
Carl Dalemo	...	Himself (as Razorlight)
Roger Daltrey	...	Himself (as The Who)
Pino Daniele	...	Himself
Dave Matthews Band	...	Themselves
Craig David	...	Himself - Paris
Chris De Burgh	...	Himself - Berlin
Deep Purple	...	Themselves
Francesco De Gregori	...	Himself
Brad Delson	...	Himself (as Linkin Park)
Floortje Dessing	...	Herself
Destiny's Child	...	Themselves
Diam's	...	Herself
Dido	...	Herself
Mike Dirnt	...	Himself - Berlin (as Green Day)
Snoop Dogg	...	Himself
Lucky Dube	...	Herself
Duran Duran	...	Themselves
Ryan Dusick	...	Himself (as Maroon 5)
Ms. Dynamite	...	Herself
Elisa	...	Herself
Damien Fahey	...	Himself
Earl Falconer	...	Himself (as UB40)
Phoenix Farrell	...	Himself (as Linkin Park)
Faudel	...	Himself
Stacy Ferguson	...	Herself (as Fergie)
Bryan Ferry	...	Themselves - Berlin (as Roxy Music)
Tom Fletcher	...	Himself (as McFly)
Juan Diego Flórez	...	Himself - Berlin
Brandon Flowers	...	Himself (as The Killers)
Pink Floyd	...	Themselves
Magne Furuholmen	...	Himself - Berlin (as A-ha)
Peter Gabriel	...	Himself
Simon Gallup	...	Himself (as The Cure)
Ricky Gervais	...	Himself
David Giammarco	...	Backstage Host - Canada
David Gilmour	...	Himself (as Pink Floyd)
Good Charlotte	...	Themselves
Jo Good	...	Herself - Presenter
Irene Grandi	...	Herself
Great Big Sea	...	Themselves
Green Day	...	Themselves - Berlin
Tom Green	...	Himself
Herbert Grönemeyer	...	Himself - Berlin
Joseph Hahn	...	Himself (as Linkin Park)
David Hallyday	...	Himself
Johnny Hallyday	...	Himself
Morten Harket	...	Himself - Berlin (as A-ha)
Norman Hassan	...	Himself (as UB40)
Salma Hayek	...	Herself
Faith Hill	...	Herself
Lauryn Hill	...	Herself
Nick Hodgson	...	Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs)
Dominic Howard	...	Himself (as Muse)
Richard Hughes	...	Himself (as Keane)
Jay-Z	...	Himself
Katherine Jenkins	...	Herself - Berlin
Elton John	...	Himself - London
Danny Jones	...	Himself (as McFly)
Kelly Jones	...	Himself (as Stereophonics)
Richard Jones	...	Himself (as Stereophonics)
Jovanotti	...	Himself
Harry Judd	...	Himself (as McFly)
Juli	...	Themselves - Berlin
Jay Kay	...	Himself (as Jamiroquai)
Peter Kay	...	Himself
Salif Keita	...	Himself
Toby Keith	...	Himself
Dave Keuning	...	Himself (as The Killers)
Alicia Keys	...	Herself
Angélique Kidjo	...	Herself
The Killers	...	Themselves
Beyoncé Knowles	...	Herself (as Destiny's Child)
Dave Kushner	...	Himself (as Velvet Revolver)
Kyo	...	Themselves
Disiz La Peste	...	Himself
Simon Le Bon	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Annie Lennox	...	Herself
Stefan Lessard	...	Himself (as Dave Matthews Band)
Adam Levine	...	Himself (as Maroon 5)
Luciano Ligabue	...	Himself
Gary Lightbody	...	Himself (as Snow Patrol)
Gordon Lightfoot	...	Himself
Lindiwe	...	Herself
Linkin Park	...	Themselves
Chris Lowe	...	Himself (as Pet Shop Boys)
MC Lyte	...	Herself
Benji Madden	...	Himself (as Good Charlotte)
Joel Madden	...	Himself (as Good Charlotte)
Mickey Madden	...	Himself (as Maroon 5)
Madonna	...	Herself
Peter Maffay	...	Himself
Vusi Mahlasela	...	Himself
The Mahotella Queens	...	Themselves
Nelson Mandela	...	Himself
Soehne Mannheims	...	Themselves - Berlin
Mariza	...	Herself
Maroon 5	...	Themselves
Del Marquis	...	Himself (as Scissor Sisters)
Chris Martin	...	Himself (as Coldplay)
Nick Mason	...	Himself (as Pink Floyd)
Ana Matronic	...	Herself (as Scissor Sisters)
Dave Matthews	...	Himself (as Dave Matthews Band)
Paul McCartney	...	Himself
Mark McClelland	...	Himself (as Snow Patrol)
Tim McGraw	...	Himself - Rom
Duff McKagan	...	Himself (as Velvet Revolver)
Sarah McLachlan	...	Herself
Freddie Mercury	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mike Mills	...	Himself (as R.E.M.)
Damon Minchella	...	Himself
Vanessa Minnillo	...	Herself
Kylie Minogue	...	Herself
Brian Molko	...	Himself (as Placebo)
LeRoi Moore	...	Himself (as Dave Matthews Band)
Tom Morello	...	Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave)
Larry Mullen Jr.	...	Himself (as U2)
Cameron Muncey	...	Himself (as Jet)
Muse	...	Themselves
Xavier Naidoo	...	Himself - Berlin (as Soehne Mannheims)
Youssou N'Dour	...	Himself
Negramaro	...	Themselves
Negrita	...	Themselves
Nek	...	Himself
Yannick Noah	...	Himself
Noa	...	Herself
Roger O'Donnell	...	Himself (as The Cure)
Ayub Ogada	...	Himself
Renee Olstead	...	Herself - Berlin
Geoffrey Oryema	...	Himself
Our Lady Peace	...	Themselves
Florent Pagny	...	Himself
Laura Pausini	...	Herself
Pet Shop Boys	...	Themselves
Max Pezzali	...	Himself
Brad Pitt	...	Himself
Natalie Portman	...	Herself
Dougie Poynter	...	Himself (as McFly)
Bob Pridden	...	Himself (sound, The Who)
Johnny Quinn	...	Himself (as Snow Patrol)
Sara Quin	...	Herself (as Tegan & Sara)
Tegan Quin	...	Herself (as Tegan & Sara)
Reamonn	...	Themselves - Berlin
Axelle Red	...	Herself
The Red Elvises	...	Themselves
R.E.M.	...	Themselves
Renaud	...	Himself
Nick Rhodes	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Tim Rice-Oxley	...	Himself (as Keane)
Simon Rix	...	Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs)
Rize	...	Themselves
Sam Roberts	...	Himself
Vasco Rossi	...	Himself
Kelly Rowland	...	Herself (as Destiny's Child)
Richie Sambora	...	Himself (as Bon Jovi)
Oumou Sangare	...	Herself
Sasha	...	Himself - Berlin
Shakira	...	Herself-Paris
Jake Shears	...	Himself (as Scissor Sisters)
Kool Shen	...	Himself
Mike Shinoda	...	Himself (as Linkin Park)
Silbermond	...	Themselves - Berlin
Slash	...	Himself (as Velvet Revolver)
Christian Smith	...	Himself (as Razorlight)
Robert Smith	...	Himself (as The Cure)
Will Smith	...	Himself - Philadelphia
Jimmy Smits	...	Himself
Neil Solé	...	Himself
Matt Sorum	...	Himself (as Velvet Revolver)
Stereophonics	...	Themselves
Sting	...	Himself
Michael Stipe	...	Himself (as R.E.M.)
Mark Stoermer	...	Himself (as The Killers)
Joss Stone	...	Herself
Sway	...	Himself
Valeri Syutkin	...	Himself
Taboo	...	Himself (as Black Eyed Peas)
Andy Taylor	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Butch Taylor	...	Himself (as Dave Matthews Band)
John Taylor	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Roger Taylor	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Tegan and Sara	...	Themselves
Neil Tennant	...	Himself (as Pet Shop Boys)
The Edge	...	Himself (as U2)
Rob Thomas	...	Himself
Boyd Tinsley	...	Himself (as Dave Matthews Band)
Tiromancino	...	Themselves
Tico Torres	...	Himself (as Bon Jovi)
Die Toten Hosen
Pete Townshend	...	Himself (as The Who)
Simon Townshend	...	Himself (The Who)
Josh Trager	...	Himself (Sam Roberts)
The Tragically Hip	...	Themselves
Brian Travers	...	Himself (as UB40)
Chris Tucker	...	Himself
U2	...	Themselves
UB40	...	Themselves
Keith Urban	...	Himself
James Valentine	...	Himself (as Maroon 5)
Ronnie Vannucci	...	Himself (as The Killers)
Velvet Revolver	...	Themselves
Antonello Venditti	...	Himself
Michael Virtue	...	Himself (as UB40)
Pål Waaktaar	...	Himself - Berlin (as A-ha)
David Walliams	...	Lou Todd
Roger Waters	...	Himself (as Pink Floyd)
Scott Weiland	...	Himself (as Velvet Revolver)
Javier Weyler	...	Himself (as Stereophonics)
Andrew White	...	Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs)
Steve White	...	Himself (drums, The Who)
The Who	...	Themselves
Brad Wilk	...	Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave)
Anne Will	...	Herself
Will i Am	...	Himself (as Black Eyed Peas)
Michelle Williams	...	Herself (as Destiny's Child)
Robbie Williams	...	Himself
Brian Wilson	...	Himself - Berlin
Mark Wilson	...	Himself (as Jet)
Ricky Wilson	...	Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs)
Wir Sind Helden	...	Themselves - Berlin
Chris Wolstenholme	...	Himself (as Muse)
Stevie Wonder	...	Himself
Richard Wright	...	Himself (as Pink Floyd)
Neil Young	...	Himself
Renato Zero	...	Himself
Joana Zimmer	...	Herself - Berlin
Zucchero	...	Himself
Lindiwe Zulu	...	Herself

Runtime:

480 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French | German | Italian | Spanish | Zulu | Russian | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines, France

Trivia:

Franz Ferdinand were asked to perform but guitarist Nick McCarthy's wedding was planned for that day so therefore couldn't perform.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Alan Meets Roger Daltrey (2005) (V)

The Cynical Antithesis To Live Aid

It was twenty years ago today ... well not quite but it was twenty years ago this month that the world experienced Live Aid that raised tens of millions of dollars for famine relief in Africa and Bob Geldof was the reincarnation of Jesus . What a guy , and as the G8 leaders got ready to meet in Scotland Sir Bob got a few friends together to have concerts all over the world to send out a message to the world leaders to end poverty . I won't be cynical here because even the harshest critic recognises Geldof is nothing but sincere and he'll always visit Africa to do his best regardless if there's TV cameras filming him or not , but Live 8 must be the most cynical concert event in history

First of the artist line up . Hyde Park had REM a band who have their best days behind them by about ten years . Are they really a big name act ? Same as UB40 . At least with Live Aid we had the biggest acts of the day take part even if most of them disappeared from the radar soon afterwards . I mean who are Velvet Revolver or Razorlight ? Are they off the stature Queen or U2 were in 1985 ? Of course not . Oh and what idiot thought The Who would be a welcome addition ? Pete Townshend was asked to perform ! No doubt Gary Glitter is upset his invite got lost in the post

Secondly the language . Bob swore live on air in 1985 but he organised the life saving world changing concert so he can get away with it , but here we saw Green Day swear in a pre recorded piece from Berlin while Hyde Park heard the F word come from Velvet Revolver ( I've still no idea who they are ) while Snoop Dogg continually ranted on about a " mother figure " or something . I'm no prude but all this took place well before the 9pm watershed . Robbie Williams too let out some colourful expletives but this was around 10.15 pm and is acceptable I guess . But even so the swearing shows a lack of maturity

Lastly my major gripe is what's the cause ? Live Aid raised money via the £20 ticket for the concert , and the pledges , tens of millions were raised but the concert goers for Live 8 attended via a text messaging system and this means the world wide concerts were effectively free , no money was raised for NGOs and the general public who unfortunately are ignorant on African affairs went home still ignorant on African affairs . One thing we did learn was that Velvet Revolvers guitarist used to be in Guns N Roses and that Mariah Carey has a new single out . Forgive me being cynical but aren't the biggest - Perhaps only - winners on Saturday 2nd July 2005 the artists who performed ? I see the record sales of some acts have risen by over 1,000 per cent

" Theo you're so cynical you disgust me "

Sorry that wasn't my intention but I did read in the press that all the artists at Hyde Park received goody bags with contents that cost several thousand pounds while the African children who appeared on stage with the artists got a free T-Shirt . Oh and seeing as there's all these kids dying in Africa because of lack of medical facilities or clean drinking water I wonder how much money the performers spent on drink and drugs that day ? Yup rock stars are the sort of people who can really empathise with the starving souls of this world . I won't condemn them all of course because as I said Geldof is a genuine living saint while other artists appearing are genuinely caring about the suffering in Africa especially Bono whose set with U2 was far superior to the performance seen at Wembly 1985 . But apart from that opening moment Live 8 is totally unfit to be compared to Live Aid