Is it just me or is Live 8 not talked about?

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I was mega pregnant during live 8 so definitely wouldn't have been at that but actually I really don't remember even being aware of it at the time

I remember Live 8 being on the TV, but didn't watch much of it.

I don't remember Live Aid because I would have been very little, but of course I know of Live Aid and the performances that were on there.

Yes, text in to enter the ballot. I had no interest until Pink Floyd were announced and then fired off 20 texts on my nokia brick 😀 If you were succesful you got two free tickets.

We got a parking ticket on the motorbike so it wasn't exactly free for us though!

ah must have been the talk in January then 😆🤦‍♀️ I’m getting old lol

I think I was in year 7 or 8. It was a big deal. It’s when I first learnt about the original one. But since then they have done a couple more and if I’m honest I’m so bored of charity singles. They don’t land like they used to.

I was about to come on and point out your typo. 😳. Never heard of Live 8!

In 1985 you had 4 TV channels and music was everything. The fact that this was a first made it a huge thing.

It's extremely common for a sequel not to live up to anywhere near the popularity of the original. 20 years later we had 24hr news, music streaming and the internet.

It was never going to be remembered like the first

I thought it was the Christmas Day episode that happened?
I didn't watch EastEnders then so could be wrong.

Haha I watched the Den and Angie thing! It was the talk at school next day!

I went to live 8. Long day. No alcohol. I’ve been to better concerts. Best bits were Robbie and Pink Floyd. Definitely not on the same level as live aid. Had to google who were playing. I remember Mariah and Madonna being a bit diva ish and we wished they would finish to get on with the rest! It ran over. I think they had some funky rotating stage that broke.

I remember the rubber bracelets. Not the concert. I was a teen, we had those bracelets for every charity going, our arms were full

I’ve kept newspaper cuttings from the next day showing the ariel pics of the crowds and reviews of performances etc.

I went to Live 8 and it was brilliant. But it has nowhere near the same iconic status that Live Aid had so it won’t be remembered as much.

it ran hours behind schedule and they were telling people to leave to avoid getting stuck in London overnight. We stayed until the end and then they just let everyone on the underground for free to get everyone out of the area.

I went purely for the Pink Floyd reunion.

I remember them both.

I was young enough to enjoy Live Aid at face value. By Live 8 I was wiser.

They really weren’t the festivals of selfless compassionate joy they pretended to be. A bit like enormous musical Comic Relief.

And that fucking Band Aid crap song has cursed the field of music ever since.

I'd forgotten about it until the documentary last night and it stirred up a lot of memories. I was an NQT and used it to help teach about development and aid. With the fusion of music and politics, it did liven up what's usually a dry topic and engage a tough audience.

It was a positive moment where there was global co-operation aimed at helping to alleviate the debt issue that was hampering the development of many African countries.

I miss the optomism of that era.

Live 8 what now?
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Was going to say similar. TV events were always bigger before the internet and all the extra channels. Didn't something like 30 million people watch Den serve Angie divorce papers in EastEnders? That must have been over half the entire UK population at the time!

Also Live Aid had Queen, and their performance went down in history. You could never recreate that.

I watched Live Aid this weekend, I was too young to even remember it at the time. It was amazing and I'm so glad I got the opportunity to watch it. The performers were some truly iconic stars whose music has stood the test of time. Nothing like it had ever happened before, and in the age of technology they were in I think it was a huge feet. They also pulled it together so quickly.
Live 8 just wasn't the same, it was a copy of the previous event using peoples nostalgia to attract attention.

I agree with this. You also have to remember in 1985 there were only 4 tv channels, so most likely a good proportion of the UK watched it (myself included) because there wasn’t a lot else to watch. By 2005 most people probably had Sky/cable, plus internet, therefore much more choice of things to watch on that particular day. I also don’t remember Live 8 so it obviously wasn’t on my radar.

I got so confused there, thought I was at it but turns out I went to Live Earth a couple of years later! I remember that being very good but incredibly hot!

Btw it was interesting to see David Bowie saying, interviewed at Live Aid, that it should happen every year, and he'd do it. Can't imagine that happening but he was so full of enthusiasm.

I think people would have started taking it for granted and the acts would have probably diminished in grandeur. The regularity of it would have been less of a thrill sadly.So probably fewer donations.