I’ve been watching the global feed of Live 8, which is being streamed online in an AOL webcast. At the moment the global feed is showing Dido onstage in London, where the scene looks too dull to watch. But you can also switch to Rome, where the camera crew is really flying — not a stationary shot to be seen — and it looks great under a bright blue sky with fleecy white clouds. Green Day is performing onstage in Berlin, left, connecting with an energetic crowd that’s having fun. In Paris, the crowd looks great but whatever is happening onstage is a mystery. So far it sounds like a shaggy tune-up. The Toronto and Philadelphia concerts have yet to begin.
Postscript: Hello!! Just caught a replay of Paul McCartney onstage in London, right, singing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” with an intro by Bono. Not too shabby, huh? The Philly concert has begun with “one million people on the street,” Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof announced from the London concert, and three billion watching worldwide.
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