Live 8

Intro

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• critic
• everybody who's anybody
• disastrous
• spur

• mouthpiece
• conservative

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In July, 2005, everybody who’s anybody in the music industry participated in the Live 8 concerts. The concerts called on the world’s wealthiest nations to take a more active role in improving the disastrous social and economic conditions in Africa.
During the concerts, artists shared their opinions. Snoop Dogg said, “There’s a lot of rich people in the world and a lot of them are just selfish.”
Madonna challenged concert-goers in London, shouting, “Are you ready, London? Are you ready to start a revolution?”
The goal of the Live 8 concerts was to spur the public’s political interest and participation.

Dialog

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Sarah

Dave

Sarah:  So, did you see the Live 8 concert a couple months ago?

Dave:  No, I didn’t see it.

Sarah:  Really? It was awesome! It was basically all of these different musicians coming together and they put on concerts in, I think, like, four different cities around the world. And it was all to end poverty and hunger in Africa and in other parts of the world.

Dave:  Oh, wow.

Sarah:  Yeah, it was really cool. I know that they were playing in New York and London, and then other places, too. And MTV was broadcasting the whole thing on tv.

Dave:  Did they broadcast from all locations?

Sarah:  Yes. Sometimes they’d have, like, a split screen so you could see New York and London, and then…there were other places, too, that I can’t remember. But it was really cool. It was fun.

Dave:  Who performed?

Sarah:  Oh, everybody. I know U2 performed, and Madonna performed in London.

Dave:  Yeah, Madonna and U2, those are the big, kind of political…

Sarah:  Yeah.

Dave:  ...outspoken groups.

Sarah:  Mm hm. Definitely. And then, just a ton, like even, um, Joss Stone, who isn’t that well known. And so it was from the biggest stars to just kind of the smallest stars, I guess. It was really cool.

Dave:  Wow. Did they raise a lot of money?

Sarah:  Yeah, I think so. I don’t know how much though.

 

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