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Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push was part of the series of Live 8
Live 8

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 31st G8 summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6-8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid....
 concerts held around the world designed to encourage the leaders congregating at the G8
G8

The Group of Eight is a forum for governments of eight nations of the northern hemisphere: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; in addition, the European Union is represented within the G8, but cannot host or chair....
 meeting to consider the plight of those in absolute poverty (see Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History

The Make Poverty History campaign is a Great Britain and Ireland coalition of charities, religion groups, trade unions, campaigning groups and celebrity who mobilise around the UK's prominence in world politics, as of 2005, to increase awareness and pressure governments into taking actions towards relieving absolute poverty....
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Edinburgh 50,000 - The Final Push was part of the series of Live 8
Live 8

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 31st G8 summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6-8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid....
 concerts held around the world designed to encourage the leaders congregating at the G8
G8

The Group of Eight is a forum for governments of eight nations of the northern hemisphere: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; in addition, the European Union is represented within the G8, but cannot host or chair....
 meeting to consider the plight of those in absolute poverty (see Make Poverty History
Make Poverty History

The Make Poverty History campaign is a Great Britain and Ireland coalition of charities, religion groups, trade unions, campaigning groups and celebrity who mobilise around the UK's prominence in world politics, as of 2005, to increase awareness and pressure governments into taking actions towards relieving absolute poverty....
). Held on 6 July 2005, four days after the other concerts, at Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium

Murrayfield Stadium is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. At present its all-seater capacity is 67,800, making it the largest stadium in Scotland and one of the largest in the United Kingdom overall....
, Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, it coincided with the opening day of the 31st G8 Summit and rally in the city centre marking the end of the Long Walk to Justice
Live 8

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 31st G8 summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6-8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid....
.

The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Edinburgh" and "Live 8 Scotland".

Tickets were allocated by means of a "text lottery". As with the Hyde Park Live 8
Live 8 concert, London

The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, London, England on 2 July 2005, in front of over 200,000 people. The show's logistics were managed by famed promoter Harvey Goldsmith....
 concert it overran its official finishing time (by almost 2 hours). At first members of the audience were warned that they would have to leave early so that they wouldn't miss the last bus/train home, but it was soon announced that the local services had extended their hours to accommodate.

The highlights of the Edinburgh concert are included on the official Live 8 DVD as a special feature. The only artists featured are The Proclaimers, Wet Wet Wet, 1 Giant Leap, Annie Lennox, Bob Geldof, The Thrills, Midge Ure, Texas, Katherine Jenkins, Travis and James Brown.

Lineup

  • Lenny Henry
    Lenny Henry

    Lenworth George Henry Order of the British Empire is an England actor, writer and comedian....
     (host)
  • The Proclaimers
    The Proclaimers

    The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of Twin#Monozygotic twins Charlie and Craig Reid . They are best known for the songs Letter from America , I'm on My Way , and I'm Gonna Be ....
     - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    "I'm Gonna Be " is a song written and performed by Scotland pop music band The Proclaimers. It was released on their 1988 Sunshine on Leith album, and subsequently as a single....
    "
  • Jamie Cullum
    Jamie Cullum

    Jamie Cullum is a United Kingdom pop music and jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist and drummer....
     - "All You Need Is Love
    All You Need Is Love

    "All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link....
    " (with Natasha Bedingfield
    Natasha Bedingfield

    Natasha Anne Bedingfield is a British people pop music and songwriter.Based in Book St., London, Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance music/electronic music group The DNA Algorithm with her siblings Daniel Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle....
    )
  • Natasha Bedingfield - "These Words
    These Words

    "These Words" is a Pop music song written by Natasha Bedingfield, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton and Wayne Wilkins for Bedingfield's 2004 debut album Unwritten ....
    " (with Jamie Cullum)
  • Wet Wet Wet
    Wet Wet Wet

    Wet Wet Wet are a Scotland Popular music band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the United Kingdom charts and around the world....
     - "With a Little Help from My Friends
    With a Little Help from My Friends

    "With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967....
    ", "Love Is All Around
    Love Is All Around

    "Love Is All Around" is a song composed by Reg Presley and performed by The Troggs. Inspired by a television broadcast of the Joy Strings Salvation Army band and originally based on Presley's infamous love for pancakes and Shrove Tuesday , the song was first released as single in October 1967 , peaking at #7 on the Hot 100 on 18 May 1968 and...
    " (with instrumentals from "Scotland the Brave
    Scotland the Brave

    "Scotland the Brave" is a patriotic song and one of the main contenders to be considered as a national anthem of Scotland. In June 2006, the song came second to Flower of Scotland in an online poll with more than 10,000 votes to determine the nation's favourite unofficial "anthem"....
    " and "Loch Lomond
    The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond

    Loch Lomond is a well-known traditional Scotland song . It was first published in 1841 in music in Vocal Melodies of Scotland.Loch Lomond is a large Scottish loch located between the traditional counties of Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire....
    ")
  • Davina McCall
    Davina McCall

    Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
     (presenter), with children from C8 delegation
  • Peter Kay
    Peter Kay

    'Peter John Kay' is an England comedian, writer, Film producer, director and actor. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing , Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights , Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere , Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor......
     - Instrumental version of "Top of the World"
  • McFly 3 - "All About You
    All About You/You've Got a Friend

    "All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the fifth single from the United Kingdom Pop music band McFly and their first double A-side single....
    "
  • Eddie Izzard
    Eddie Izzard

    Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an Emmy Award-winning British stand-up comedy and dramatic actor. He is also known for his transvestitism. His comedy style is expressed in rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime....
     (presenter)
  • 1 Giant Leap
    1 Giant Leap

    1 Giant Leap is a concept band and Mass media project consisting of the two principal artists, Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman....
     featuring Will Young
    Will Young

    Will Young is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop Idol contest....
    , Maxi Jazz
    Maxi Jazz

    Maxi Jazz is an England Soka Gakkai Buddhism rapping. He is best known as the lead vocalist of United Kingdom band Faithless....
    , Neneh Cherry
    Neneh Cherry

    Neneh Cherry is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Awards-winning Sweden singer-songwriter and rapping. Cherry is also an occasional disc jockey and broadcasting....
     , Geoffrey Oryema
    Geoffrey Oryema

    Geoffrey Oryema is an internationally renowned Uganda musician. In 1977, at the age of 24 and at the height of Idi Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled across the Ugandan border in the trunk of a car, after the death of his father, Erinayo Wilson Oryema, who was a cabinet minister, beginning a life in exile....
    4    , and Mahotella Queens
    Mahotella Queens

    The Mahotella Queens are a South African singing group formed in 1964 comprising Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola. The group is noted for their clear three-part harmonies, Mbaqanga township music and fast-paced mgqashiyo dancing....
     - "My Culture
    My Culture

    "My Culture" is a song by United Kingdom trip-hop duo 1 Giant Leap released as the first single from their debut album, 1 Giant Leap in the spring of 2002....
    "
  • Eddie Izzard - "Flower of Scotland
    Flower of Scotland

    Flower of Scotland is a popular Scotland song, used frequently at special occasions and sporting events. Although Scotland has no official national anthem, Flower of Scotland is one of a number of songs which unofficially fulfil this role, along with Highland Cathedral and the older Scotland the Brave....
    " (during technical difficulties)
  • Sugababes
    Sugababes

    Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning pop music group based in London, UK. The group consists of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, and Amelle Berrabah....
     - "Stronger"
  • Bono
    Bono

    Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
     1 (presenter)
  • Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first President of South Africa of South Africa to be elected in a universal suffrage democratic election, serving in the office from 1994?99....
     (speaker, pre-recorded message from South Africa)
  • George Clooney
    George Clooney

    George Timothy Clooney is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States of America actor, Film director, film producer and screenwriter....
     (presenter)
  • Annie Lennox
    Annie Lennox

    Annie Lennox is a British musician, vocalist and Academy Award-winning songwriter. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999....
     1 - "Redemption Song
    Redemption Song

    "Redemption Song" is the last track on Bob Marley and the Wailer's ninth Island music album, Uprising . At the time he wrote the song, circa 1979, Marley already had been diagnosed with the cancer that later was to take his life....
    ", "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
    Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves

    "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" is a hit duet recorded between United Kingdom pop music duo Eurythmics and United States soul music/R&B musician Aretha Franklin , released as a Single in 1985....
    "
  • Coumi Nidu (Action Against Poverty)
  • Susan Sarandon
    Susan Sarandon

    Susan Sarandon is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1970, and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1995 film, Dead Man Walking ....
     (presenter)
  • Bob Geldof
    Bob Geldof

    Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE, known as Bob Geldof , is an Republic of Ireland singer, songwriter, actor and political activist who became famous as a member of the Rock music The Boomtown Rats....
     1 and Campino (from Die Toten Hosen
    Die Toten Hosen

    Die Toten Hosen is a Germany Punk rock band from D?sseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Trousers" in English language, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "impotent", "lifeless", "boring", or "nothing going on"....
    ) 5 - "The Great Song of Indifference", "Rat Trap
    Rat trap

    A rat trap is a Animal trapping designed to catch rats; however, it may also catch other similar sized animals.Spring traps designed for rats are powerful enough to break a rat's neck or spine....
    "
  • The Thrills
    The Thrills

    The Thrills are an Ireland indie rock musical ensemble, formed in 2001 in Dublin. The band is made up of lead vocalist Conor Deasy, guitarist Daniel Ryan, guitarist and bass player P?draic McMahon, pianist Kevin Horan and drummer Ben Carrigan....
     - "Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)"
  • Claudia Schiffer
    Claudia Schiffer

    Claudia Schiffer is a Germany Model and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s, initially due to her striking resemblance to Brigitte Bardot....
     and Herbert Grönemeyer
    Herbert Grönemeyer

    Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Gr?nemeyer is a Germany musician and actor popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career....
     5 (presenters)
  • Midge Ure
    Midge Ure

    Midge Ure Order of the British Empire is a guitarist, singer, Keyboard instrument, and songwriter. He had particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in a number of bands, including Slik, Thin Lizzy, The Rich Kids, Visage and most notably as frontman of the band Ultravox....
     - "Vienna" (with Eddie Izzard on piano)
  • Chris Evans
  • Sarah Brightman
    Sarah Brightman

    Sarah Brightman is an English people Crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She sings in many different languages including English language, Spanish language, French language, Latin language, German language, Italian language, Hindi language and Chinese language....
     and Jose Carreras
    José Carreras

    Josep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as Jos? Carreras, is a Spain Catalonia tenor. One of the most prominent opera singers of his generation, and particularly eminent in the operas of Verdi and Puccini, his career has encompassed over 60 roles on stage and in the recording studio....
     - "Amigos Para Siempre
    Amigos Para Siempre

    "Amigos Para Siempre", or "Friends for Life" , is a song written for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber....
    "
  • Feeder
    Feeder (band)

    Feeder are a Music recording sales certification-selling Welsh rock band, formed in Newport, South Wales during 1992 by Lead singer-songwriter-guitarist Grant Nicholas, and Drum kit Jon Lee....
     - "Buck Rogers
    Buck Rogers (song)

    "Buck Rogers" is a song performed by the United Kingdom rock band Feeder . It was written by frontman and lead guitarist Grant Nicholas for the band's breakthrough album Echo Park ....
    "
  • Wangari Maathai
    Wangari Maathai

    Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai is an environmentalism and political activist. In 2004 she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for ?her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.? Maathai was an elected member of National Assembly of Kenya and served as Assistant Minister for Natural environment and Na...
     (presenter)
  • Youssou N'Dour
    Youssou N'Dour

    Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer and percussionist. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop popular music in Senegal, known in the Wolof language as mbalax, a blend of the country's traditional griot percussion and praise-singing with the...
     1 2 4 and Neneh Cherry
    Neneh Cherry

    Neneh Cherry is a two-time Grammy Award-nominated and MTV Europe Music Awards-winning Sweden singer-songwriter and rapping. Cherry is also an occasional disc jockey and broadcasting....
     - "Seven Seconds"
  • Embrace - "Ashes"
  • Beverley Knight
    Beverley Knight

    Beverley Knight Order of the British Empire is an England soul music and rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995....
  • Texas
    Texas (band)

    Texas is a Scottish Rock music musical band from Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone in 1986 and had their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee....
     - "Inner Smile
    Inner Smile

    "Inner Smile" is a song by Scottish pop group Texas_%28band%29, originally released on their 2000 album The Greatest Hits and co-written by Gregg Alexander....
    ", "Say What You Want
    Say What You Want

    "Say What You Want" is a song and a single performed by Texas . There is also an acoustic music version of the song.It is the band's biggest hit commercially, peaking at #3 on the singles chart in the UK....
    "
  • Katherine Jenkins
    Katherine Jenkins

    Katherine Jenkins is an award-winning Welsh mezzo-soprano. Her first album Premiere made her the fastest-selling mezzo-soprano to date and she later became the first British classical artist to have two number one albums in the same year....
     - "Nessun Dorma
    Nessun dorma

    Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera....
    "
  • Snow Patrol
    Snow Patrol

    Snow Patrol are an Ireland alternative rock band which formed in Dundee, Scotland. They are based in Glasgow and are signed to Polydor Records....
     1 - "Run
    Run (Snow Patrol song)

    "Run" is a song by alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released as the second single from their third album, Final Straw. It brought the band its first taste of mainstream success, reaching #5 on the UK charts....
    "
  • Ronan Keating
    Ronan Keating

    Ronan Keating is an Republic of Ireland Pop music singer who has had hits with boyband Boyzone and as a solo artist....
  • Travis
    Travis (band)

    Travis are a Scotland alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Francis Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose . Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual BRIT Awards, and are often credited with having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol....
     1 - "Driftwood
    Driftwood (single)

    "Driftwood" is the second single from Travis second album, The Man Who. It became their biggest UK hit single up to that point....
    ", "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
    Why Does It Always Rain on Me?

    Why Does It Always Rain on Me? is a Single by Scotland band Travis . It was the breakthrough single which earned the group international recognition....
    "
  • The Corrs
    The Corrs

    The Corrs are a Celtic music folk rock band from Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea Corr ; Sharon Corr ; Caroline Corr ; and Jim Corr ....
     - "Breathless
    Breathless (song)

    "Breathless" is a single by Ireland pop-rock group The Corrs, released in 2000, taken from their third studio album In Blue, and co-written/produced by Shania Twain's producer and husband, Robert Lange....
    ", "When the Stars Go Blue
    When the Stars Go Blue

    "When the Stars Go Blue" is a popular alternative country song initially composed and performed by solo artist and former Whiskeytown band member , Ryan Adams....
    " (with     Bono
    Bono

    Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
    )
  • James Brown - "I Feel Good", "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
    Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

    "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a two-part Single in 1965, it was Brown's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten, peaking at number eight....
    ", "Sex Machine
    Sex machine

    Sex machine may refer to:* Sex machine, an idiom to describe someone with considerable sexual prowess* Sex machine, a mechanized apparatus that acts as an automated erotic stimulation device...
    " (featuring Will Young
    Will Young

    Will Young is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop Idol contest....
    ), encore


1 Also performed at the London show
Live 8 concert, London

The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, London, England on 2 July 2005, in front of over 200,000 people. The show's logistics were managed by famed promoter Harvey Goldsmith....
 on July 2

2 Also performed at the Paris show
Live 8 concert, Paris

On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Palace of Versailles, Paris, France.The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Paris" or "Live 8 France"...
 on July 2

3 Also performed at the Tokyo show on July 2

4 Also performed at the "Africa Calling" show on July 2

5 Also performed at the Berlin show
Live 8 concert, Berlin

On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Siegess?ule in the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Germany.The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Berlin" or "Live 8 Germany"....
 on July 2