Live 8 gathers head of Rock and Soul Steam

If any event could get bigger and more emphatic than Live 8, as it's roster of concerts and performing artistes stood last week, it could only be Live 8 this week. And it has - James Brown will be at the Edinburgh concert, Moscow and Johannesburg are hosting Live 8 concerts, Pet Shop Boys will be headlining the Moscow edition, the ONE campaign will give 50 bloggers a chance to go backstage, and a reported 85% of the planet could watch the concerts live, on television and the internet.

Now, if only the G8 leaders could respond to the point being made by the performers and audiences with a concerted plan of attack on poverty.

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