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Live 8

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Travis - Sing (Live 8 2005)

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Annie Lennox - Sweet Dreams (Live 8 2005)

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JADOR - Muzică de petrecere, LIVE, 8 martie 2022

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The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Live 8 2005)

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Snoop Dogg Realizes He Left His Stream Live for 8 hours+

Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005. Both events also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid. Run in support of the aims of the UK's Make Poverty History campaign and the Global Call for Action Against Poverty, ten simultaneous concerts were held on 2 July and one on 6 July. On 7 July, the G8 leaders pledged to double 2004 levels of aid to poor nations from US$25 billion to US$50 billion by the year 2010. Half of the money was to go to Africa.
    • Concerts 

    • Key events 

    • Tickets 

    • Performances 

    • Separate rally and anti-poverty protest in Edinburgh 

    • Notable absences 

    • Criticism 

    • Legacy