It's Live 8 Concert day -- From Aid to Justice -- and I've been up since early watching the coverage on CTV. Concerts are underway in Tokyo and Johannesburg. London started about 45 minutes ago. And what a beginning! I wept when Paul McCartney and U2 took the stage together. To see Paul, Bono and Edge singing Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Band . . . it was too much. If you missed it, CTV will be broadcasting the greatest moments from all the concerts later this evening.
Paul only stayed for that one song, I'm sure he'll be back later. Bono did a few songs then beginning with Beautiful Day, which always brings me to tears anyway because it's just such a great song and it reminds me of Samuel for some reason. They rocked out with Vertigo and then brought the concert subtly back to its purpose with One. Bono ended by getting the audience to sing Unchained Melody with him while the names of the people who signed the Live 8 list scrolled past on a screen behind him. Superb! What a great day for Bono! Africa is so close to his heart.
If you haven't signed the list, please go to www.live8live.com and sign. You can also upload your photo so your face will be there in Scotland lining the streets when the G8 meet. Lend your name and image, it's the very least you can do.
Mood: Overcome
Drinking: Coffee
Listening To: Coldplay from Live 8 in London
Hair: unimportant today
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