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Bob Geldof, who organised the 1985 Live Aid concert in London and Philadelphia, has drawn some of the world's best known acts to play at the concerts, even persuading Britain's feud-riven Pink Floyd to reunite for the first time in 24 years.
Geldof got the idea of inviting the line-up that created Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall to reform after he read an interview on the Internet with drummer Nick Mason.
"He said the only reason he could stand to get the band back together would be a new Live Aid," Geldof said.
"It's bad enough to force a divorced man and wife to get back together ... This is four people with four divorces.
Nick says that Bob "wanted a 'novelty' act really. It was a toss-up between us and the Spice Girls. Not sure if we lost or won".
"Bob approached David Gilmour and David was not hugely enthusiastic. With good reason, I felt. He's in the middle of a solo project. Bob rang me and said, 'David Gilmour won't do it'. And I felt, well that's Dave. You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink. In Dave's case you can't even get him near the water. But Bob then spoke to Roger and he agreed. I think he felt - we all felt, actually - that it was a shame we didn't play Live Aid, but we didn't really exist as a band at the time. So Roger rang David and that cemented it. There's not been much conversation in the past ten years. So this was a fairly hefty thing for us".
"You can't carry on World War Three forever". He concluded: "If we hadn't reformed for Live 8 we'd have done it for another charity event, I suspect. It's a good reason to do it; a way of building bridges for the right reasons rather than burning them down".
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THE TIMES CONFIRMS SET LIST STORY LA REPUBBLICA
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An online article in The Times confirms the La Reppublica article. "'It will be a surprise for everyone,' said Geldof, not realising his words would be reported by a journalist from La Repubblica, the Italian newspaper, seated at the same table ...
He revealed that Pink Floyd, reunited with founder member Roger Waters for the first time in more than 20 years, will play three songs: Breathe, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here." Other sources claim that the list will also include Time/Breathe Reprise.
“Paul McCartney will end it. He’ll sing The Long and Winding Road, and for us it’s the symbol of this road, the road which will lead us to the G8.”
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BOB GELDOF REVEALS REUNION SONGS
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In an interview with Bob Geldof, published today in Italian newspaper La Reppublica, the organiser of Live8 discusses the songs Floyd will play next week. According to the newspaper they will be Breathe, Wish You Were Here and Comfortably. Take it as it comes, but don't rely too much on it, as the Floyd will gonna surprise is most likely! (thanks to Tor and Littlesheep)
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POLL: WHAT'S HAPPENING ... AFTER LIVE8?
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According to 229 visitors who entered our poll, Live8 will be the band's final mark. 37.6% thinks Pink Floyd will be buried after Live8. 24.0% believes Live8 is a new start and believe Pink Floyd will tour the world with Roger Waters. 16.2% even think there will be a new album in the making with Waters, while 14.0% believe thank there will be more after July 2, but only a handful shows. Very few see a future for the band without Roger Waters involvement.
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