02/07/2005

Live 8 blogging #1: Pete Doherty wrecks T-Rex shock

entry posted by Inquisitor at 15:30 (permalink).
categories: Music , TV

[Inquisitor is blogging Live 8 from the perspective of an Edinburgh citizen watching TV, unable to post important letters because the Post Office has blocked up his nearest post box and is closing for a local holiday on Monday. So sit back and enjoy!]

Elton John just described Pete Doherty as a "young talent". One of these words is wrong, and if you know who Pete Doherty is it's not too hard to work out which one.

Pete Doherty really does look rather ill, doesn't he? And his stage antics are somewhat... stale. Has he gone back on the drugs again? It's a surprise he's even managed to turn up on time...

Anyway, back to Wimbledon: it's all shit for the next hour, until REM come on (and even then, that's only because they're doing The One I Love). After that, it's all shit until Travis come on, and that's only because they're apparently going to do a version of I Don't Like Mondays with the Bob-meister himself - this could be the funniest thing since their cover of Baby One More Time, and I've got the VCR ready for it.

Other highlights: Snoop Dogg (dear God, I hope he swears profusely, it wouldn't be a live concert event without it), Sting doing Every Breath You Take for the first time in several years, Paul McCartney, and the Floyd.Oh, yes, the Floyd. There is no way in hell I am missing the Floyd, and neither should you. (Besides, the two-person Who before it could be... interesting.) See you later...

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