just listened to news conference in london.....no mention of prince but this sounds huge and i hope prince gets involved in this as the time has come for people to say...enough is enough....lets make our rich countries help africa, really help them out of abject poverty.

Take a good listen to the B side "Hello". It probably won't happen.

Rev said:

Take a good listen to DMSR - 'I don't care to win awards' or sundry others. The man has been known to change his mind more than once in a while. 'Hello' was 20 years ago.

vivid said:

True, but he hasn't done any thing like it in the past 20 years either. Actions speak louder than words. He's prefered to do his own thang.

He wasn't up for any awards when he wrote DMSR. Easy to say.

Philadelphia KWY Channel 3 (NBC) announced this morning that Prince is slated to perform at the Philadelphia Live 8 concert. They also gave mention to Stevie Wonder, Will Smith and others.

would be nice 2 see prince joining in he could make a difference 2 so many just by playing a few songs it isnt alot 2 ask imo.I think he has changed and could be up for this.

wait and c I guess

Every article I've read online today has his name as a performer, so I would hope it's true.

Rev said:

Very good point!!!!!

I've just checked the official live8 website, no mention of prince anywhere


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Prince usually keeps his charitable contributions on the down-low.

http://www.rp-online.de/p...news/92247

London (rpo). Die Premiere ging in die Musikgeschichte ein, nun folgt "Live Aid" Nummer zwei. Bob Geldof hat es erneut geschafft, Mega-Stars zu einem Benefizkonzert zugunsten der ärmsten Länder der Welt zu verpflichten, darunter U2, Madonna, Sting, Robbie Williams und Eminem. Und anders als 1985 wird es 2005 sogar in fünf Städten zeitgleich Konzerte geben - unter anderem auch in Berlin.

Zu den Stars, die im Hyde Park in London auf der Bühne stehen, gehören Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, U2, Madonna, Sting, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams, Elton John und REM. In den USA wollen unter anderen Bon Jovi, Eminem, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Will Smith und Prince teilnehmen. Die Konzerte werden in alle Welt übertragen. Die Konzertkarten sind kostenlos, werden jedoch wegen der erwarteten hohen Nachfrage in öffentlichen Ausschreibungen verlost.

I think they've only got a few of Bob Geldof's cronies booked so far - I'm sure they're talking to a lot more stars and more will fall in line as the weeks go by - a domino effect.

As a side note, what I can't stand about particularly Elton John and all his so called efforts for charity, like hosting fundraisers etc, if he's that concerned why doesn't he just give more of his millions to charity directly? Instead of having dozens of unused houses around the world and squandering his money on inconsequential things like buying thousands of pounds worth of flowers every week and decorating his unused houses, etc. Instead he has 'fundraiser events' which happend to include all his mates which cost thousands to put on before they even make a profit!

It's very hard to take artists seriously who ask us to donate millions to charity while they themselves have enough money to BUY a country.

TheBigBang said:

Every article I've read does not mention him at all.

http://www.rp-online.de/p...news/96426
http://www.mtv.de/news/ne...p?id=19069

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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.
[Edited 7/1/05 7:53am]

GoldiesParade 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