Will the man accept the invitation this time?
I think he should! Hell, give them a few tracks from the Ona-piano album or something from the Rainbow Childeren. But that, ofcourse, is wishful thinking...

Art, Amsterdam, Holland.

What is Live 8? I have no idea.

Live8 is happening on the 2nd of july 2005. It's the follow up to LiveAid. Again with all the important artists in the world performing. This time to change the opinion of world leaders towards Africa. I.e. helping Africa by ending all the'financial 'debts' of the continent.

Art.

Prince is not mentioned in the line-up. See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...594865.stm

http://www.internetdj.com...614&page=2

he's mentioned in this one..still don't know which location though

yes he will be at one show

I heard that The Who and the reunited Pink Floyd are gonna be there! Prince & the NPG should definetly play that show, but who knows! He's funny like that.

NPG

if Pink Floyd is there (yep, reunited) I would say the revolution for one song and then the NPG for another one!

any suggestions for songs that he should perform?

A very long version of Baby I'm a star, with the revolution and Musicology with the NPG.
I think my day would be great..

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Prince should play at one of the venues. After all it is for charity.

remko said:

Hello

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engima said:

I don't see why he "should". It would be great if he did but he's done a lot of charity work throughout his career.

i dont think so.....

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Live 8: Veranstalter hoffen auf Michael Jacksonveröffentlicht: 01.07.05 - 11:23

Washington (rpo). Noch liegen keine Absagen vor. Daher hoffen die Veranstalter des Live-8-Konzertes in Philadelphia, dass Prince und Micahel Jackson am Samstag bei ihrem Musik-Event auf der Bühne stehen werden. Traum ist es, dass die beiden Stars gemeinsam auftreten werden.
"Solange sie nicht absagen, träume ich weiter", sagte Mitveranstalter Russell Simmons in Philadelphia. Jackson sei der "schlagzeilenträchtigste" Künstler, den er für das Konzert bekommen könne. "Wenn er auf diese Bühne springt, bedeutet das eine Menge." Dass der frühere "King of Pop" bis vor kurzem wegen angeblichen Kindesmissbrauchs vor Gericht gestanden habe, störe ihn dabei nicht, sagte Simmons. "Er wurde für unschuldig befunden."

Ihm schwebe vor, dass Jackson und Prince gemeinsam mit den anderen Musikern auf die Bühne kämen und den 80er-Jahre-Superhit "We Are The World" sängen, sagte der Veranstalter. Das Stück hatten 1985 etliche damalige Superstars zu Gunsten von Afrika aufgenommen. Jackson hatte daran mitgeschrieben. Für das Konzert in Philadelphia am Samstag haben unter anderem Alicia Keys und Beyoncé sowie Rapper Jay Z und Stevie Wonder zugesagt. Weltweit finden am Samstag mehr oder weniger zeitgleich Live-8-Konzerte in verschiedenen Hauptstädten statt.
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toratora2 said:

Radio 1 here today said that the rumour is that the US co-organiser Russel Symonds (sp?) is begging Prince and MJ to duet on 'We are the World' together.....

Can't see P going for that (and I really don't think that should be his contribution to this!!) He should do contribute something else though IMVHO

Prince,the finest musician on the planet was conspicuous by his absence at Live 8. I was hoping he would be a part of this marvelous campaign.He doesn't seem to attend these type of events, anyone know why?

CharlieGoodtime said:

This is exactly what I thought. If anything it would have been great PR to show that he isn't the biggest arse on the planet.. but alas.

People coming together for an event like this was history in the making and was fab. I was bawling my eyes out all day long watching it

Sad but another reason that Prince will be remembered 4 the wrong things

Hello All. For those who didn't know, Live 8 was a series of free concerts that were held on July 2, 2005. The concerts were held in USA, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Russia Federation, South Africa and portions of the concert were satellite linked. A final concert was held in Scotland on July 6, 2005.

Similar to the Live Aid events, the purpose of Live 8 was to raise awareness for the famine in Africa. This time around, these concerts were offered for free with the majority of tickets offered up to the public through cell phone text messaging contests.

As most of you know, Prince offered up a video at the Live Aid event that was played at the event 4 the Tears in Your Eyes. It was a black and white video with Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin. This track was available on cassette, LP, and the Japan CD release of We Are the World, USA for Africa. A different version of this song is also available on the three CD box set titled Prince Hits. It is on disc 3, song 19.

It was “hoped” that this time around the Purple One would grace the stage to rock the world. Unfortunately, Prince was a no show at the event. It would have been great to see Prince along side James Brown at the Scotland show. More information about the Live 8 event can be found at http://thelive8concert.com