Live 8's Canadian location will be in Toronto, not Ottawa

Taualumna · #1 06-16-2005, 05:39 PM

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DUBLIN, Ireland (CP) - There will be a Live 8 concert in Toronto on July 2, in part to pressure the Canadian government to increase aid to Africa, organizer Bob Geldof confirmed Thursday.

For more, see here:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...c_live_8_cda_3

RACooper · #2 06-18-2005, 07:00 PM

Actually it looks like it's going to be up in Barrie and not Toronto - Park Place (formerly Moslon Park) has applied for a noise exemption and is hiring concert staff for the date of the Live 8 Concert.

RACooper · #3 06-21-2005, 01:31 PM

Yep it's Barrie, which is north of Toronto...

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ANGELA PACIENZA 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

TORONTO (CP) - Bryan Adams, Jann Arden, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot and The Tragically Hip are among the galaxy of homegrown performers who will take the stage in Barrie, Ont., next month for the Canadian edition of the Live 8 music extravaganza.

"We've had an incredible response from the artistic community," concert magnate Michael Cohl said Tuesday as he announced the lineup and location for the July 2 show.

The event will also feature a satellite performance by
Celine Dion as well as performances by Motley Crue, Blue Rodeo, Simple Plan and Our Lady Peace.

The Rolling Stones, who are spending the summer in Toronto practising for a fall tour, were not announced as part of the lineup, but Cohl - who has a longstanding relationship with the band - said there are three more acts to be booked.

Barrie, about an hour's drive north of Toronto, will be one of eight cities holding simultaneous concerts around the world to raise awareness of poverty before leaders of the wealthy G-8 countries - which include Canada - meet in Britain.

The shows are set to feature some of the biggest names in music, including U2, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Coldplay and Sting.

Live 8 has been spearheaded by musician Bob Geldof, who organized the massive Live Aid concert 20 years ago to raise money for African famine relief.

Although the Live Aid shows - held in London and Philadelphia on the same day - raised $40 million US for poverty relief, the Live 8 shows will be free. Geldof has said they are intended to raise awareness.

In a videotaped message Tuesday, the Boomtown Rats frontman warned Prime Minister Paul Martin to stay away from the G-8 summit if he is not prepared to sign on to a deal to increase aid to Africa.

"There's no use your prime minister coming to Scotland unless he's prepared to do this deal. If he's not prepared, stay at home, just stay at home, don't come," said Geldof.

"You're not welcome unless you're prepared to do something finally and irrevocably on behalf of the poor of this world."

Geldof noted that of the group of seven leading industrialized countries, Canada is the only government in budgetary surplus.

"In other words, Canada is the only country making a profit for the last few years. You have a special responsibility, almost."

Martin was in Montreal on Tuesday and was not immediately available for comment.

Cohl said the Canadian show - to be hosted by comedian Tom Green and actor Dan Aykroyd - will begin at 11 a.m. and run until about 8 p.m.

Tickets will become available online Thursday at 10 a.m., he added.

There had been rampant speculation about where the Canadian show would be held, with Toronto and Barrie duking it out for the tourism dollars the show will undoubtedly bring to the area.

The other shows will be held in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Philadelphia, Tokyo and Johannesburg.

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A list of the performers scheduled to play at the Canadian Live 8 show to be held July 2 in Barrie, Ont.

-Bryan Adams

-Jann Arden

-Bachman Cummings Band (of BTO fame)

-Barenaked Ladies

-Blue Rodeo

-Bruce Cockburn

-Celine Dion (by satellite from Las Vegas)

-Gordon Lightfoot

-Motley Crue

-Deep Purple

-Our Lady Peace

-Simple Plan

-Sam Roberts

-Tragically Hip

-Great Big Sea

-African Guitar Summit

-Tom Cochrane

-DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an

-Les Trois Accords

-Tegan & Sara

Hosts: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Green

The ones in bold are the ones I'm interested in seeing

Lady Pi Phi · #4 06-21-2005, 02:02 PM

Yeah, I'm not dragging my ass up to Barrie.
If it was at Downsview I'd consider it, but not now.

RACooper · #5 06-21-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Yeah, I'm not dragging my ass up to Barrie.
If it was at Downsview I'd consider it, but not now.

What? Park Place is only 45 minutes away... besides look at the acts hitting the stage (well look at some of the acts hitting the stage).

Lady Pi Phi · #6 06-21-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by RACooper
What? Park Place is only 45 minutes away... besides look at the acts hitting the stage (well look at some of the acts hitting the stage).

Yeah, I have a feeling this will not be the concert they were expecting, but I would love them to prove me wrong.

Also, out of all those acts, the only ones I would be interested in seeing is Deep Purple and The Hip. There was talk of all these great acts (like The Stones) and now they have no one (although that is just my opinion). I think I'm more irriated at the fact that they HAD to throw in that random French group.

MooseGirl · #7 06-26-2005, 12:29 PM

i have coworkers that got tickets. it'd be nice to go, but i have some big family reunion next weekend

and what's wrong with the French group? Sam Roberts and Simple Plan are from Québec too.
You think only Quebecois/Quebeckers listen to French music?

I would've love to go since there are only 3 groups/singers on the list that i would NOT want to see (and 2 only because I've never heard of them).

Lady Pi Phi · #8 06-26-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by MooseGirl
i have coworkers that got tickets. it'd be nice to go, but i have some big family reunion next weekend

and what's wrong with the French group? Sam Roberts and Simple Plan are from Québec too.
You think only Quebecois/Quebeckers listen to French music?

I would've love to go since there are only 3 groups/singers on the list that i would NOT want to see (and 2 only because I've never heard of them).

No, it's not the Groups from Quebec, it's the random French Canadian group they have to throw in there. This is a personal opinion. I don't much care for Quebec, and don't care for French music.
I'm also not a fan of Sam Roberts or Simple Plan.
I'm not a fan of any of the groups playing, except for The Hip. If I wasn't going to be away that weekend I'd stay home and watch the London concert on TV, but Canada's Live 8 show does not appeal to me.

MooseGirl · #9 06-26-2005, 02:00 PM

I can understand that. The french group is playing with the Stones when they play in Moncton and Ottawa, ,so they must have a bit of a wider appeal than some groups. I've heard their hits and they're good (to me).
I'm not really a music person so I listen to almost anything.

Sorry I'm just a little too pro-canadian and pro-french language.

c'est mon héritage canadien français .