Manics - Live 8?

[Dext37 Fielding]

After watching some Live 8 YT vids and trying to research on Google, did the Manics get asked or turn down Live 8??

Any info thank in advance, just curious to know.

[cricri]

Now I'm curious as well

[Son of Stopped]

But hadn't they taken a break around the time of 2005? (Great timing...)

[Dext37 Fielding]

they would've still played that fucking place though.... They were on the bill on for One Earth for Jan 2006 when that went tits up.

[MoralMajority]

I think they wouldn't have been asked. The bill was pretty much the biggest selling acts in the world at the time or real music legends on a global level (with the exception being bloody Geldof of course), and the Manics were simply not that then.

Also I am sure Nicky called Geldof a twat or something along those lines at some point

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by MoralMajority

Also I am sure Nicky, in an unusually provocative and very much out of character move, called Geldof a twat or something along those lines at some point

fixed.

[meganslastwords]

Originally Posted by MoralMajority

Also I am sure Nicky called Geldof a twat or something along those lines at some point

and rightly so!

[helvissa]

Originally Posted by starstruck

fixed.

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

[Marwood]

I seem to remember an interview, maybe around the time of SATT, where they said they hadn't been asked but wouldn't have done something like that anyway. Could be very wrong about that though!

Regards,
Marwood.

[MoralMajority]

Originally Posted by starstruck

fixed.

Ahhhhh yes, totally correct

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by Marwood

I seem to remember an interview, maybe around the time of SATT, where they said they hadn't been asked but wouldn't have done something like that anyway. Could be very wrong about that though!

Regards,
Marwood.

Aye, think I remember that as well!

[River Boy]

Live 8 was a shite gig so I'm glad they weren't there.

'If you think you can hear that same old sound...'

[Marwood]

Originally Posted by River Boy

Live 8 was a shite gig so I'm glad they weren't there.

'If you think you can hear that same old sound...'

I seem to remember Madonna screaming "are you ready to change the world?" and just finding the whole thing excruciatingly embarrassing and naive.

Regards,
Marwood.

[m0drnmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Marwood

I seem to remember Madonna screaming "are you ready to change the world?" and just finding the whole thing excruciatingly embarrassing and naive.

Regards,
Marwood.

I was at Live Earth two years later and felt the same way. Kanye West rapping "WE GONNA SAVE THE WORLD!" over and over the final part of The Police doing Message in a Bottle made me cringe.

Considering how Nicky's ripped Coldplay and the Beastie Boys for hypocritical charity involvement (or something along those lines - I remember Free Tibet and Make Trade Fair being mentioned), I'd think the Manics would shy away from charity gigs. Or am I off base?

[Rammstein]

Originally Posted by m0drnmoonlight

I was at Live Earth two years later and felt the same way. Kanye West rapping "WE GONNA SAVE THE WORLD!" over and over the final part of The Police doing Message in a Bottle made me cringe.

Considering how Nicky's ripped Coldplay and the Beastie Boys for hypocritical charity involvement (or something along those lines - I remember Free Tibet and Make Trade Fair being mentioned), I'd think the Manics would shy away from charity gigs. Or am I off base?

They took part in the Tsunami Relief charity event. I remember going and listening through some terrible terrible acts such as Charlotte Church, The dude from Westlife, a pathetic display from Sh i t patrol just to hear five songs but they pretty much stole the show