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Originally Posted by !rebeccakohl!

I hear that there wasn't too much pre-publicity in the States about Saturday's Live8 show in Philadelphia, and yet over a million people turned up to show their support, which is great to hear. Of the highlights I saw on tv, it looked like headliner Stevie Wonder was a lot of fun, starting with Master Blaster and finishing with Superstitious. Can't say fairer than that, really. The Who were incredible at the UK show (although there's only two of them left since bass-player John Entwistle passed on).

Actually !rebeccakohl!...it's nearly all we heard about for weeks prior to the event. I live rather close to Philly and whenever I had the chance to turn on the tube there was a report of some sort about Live8. I wanted to attend but Mr. Lixy out and out refused to drive anywhere near the city. The traffic is bad enough without an event of this magnitude going on so he wouldn't venture near Philly in those conditions. I asked about taking the train and then it occured to me that I have an irrational fear of crowds and I'd be walking right into a personal nightmare.

We just stayed in the safety of our home and enjoyed/participated in the event from there. I hope upon hope that the powers that be will decide to forgive the debts of the people of Africa so that they can focus their monies on helping those with AIDS instead of trying to pay back a debt/debts that keeps accruing interest that can seemingly never be paid back.