02/07/2005
Live 8 blogging #2: Bollocks...
entry posted by Inquisitor at 18:08
(permalink).
categories: Misc
, Music
, TV
...Venus Williams won. I thought Lindsey Davenport deserved it for her first two sets, and the way she was handling that all-out assault in the third... Still, it's not that bad, at least Venus was playing extremely well (from the second set tie-break onwards), so congratulations to her.
The problem with Live 8, musically, is that all the interesting acts aren't doing the British concert. Pet Shop Boys are in Russia, Bjork was in Japan, the Cure and Muse are in Paris, Brian Wilson and Roxy Music (avec Eno) are in Berlin. There is good news, though; Duran Duran are in Italy. The London gig has Paul McCartney and the Floyd, but that's about it. It may make for good ratings to have several hundred Coldplays and Robbies, but it turns me off and I'm sure it turns others off too.
And I mean, come on, UB40? For crying out loud. (I didn't even know they were still going...)
More blogging for the Floyd. And maybe even before.