sligoman
02/06/2005, 6:12 PM
Sir Bob Geldof has announced the line-up for his Live 8 concerts - and the Spice Girls are definitely not on the list.But details are still being finalised for the five concerts - and Victoria Beckham's spokesman said "a number of conversations had taken place and are continuing to take place about the Spice Girls".Live 8 organisers said the Spice Girls would be welcome to play if they were to re-form.
Free, simultaneous concerts will be held in London's Hyde Park, Berlin, Paris, Philadelphia and Rome on Saturday 2 July with a text lottery to win tickets.
Pairs of tickets to the Hyde Park concert will be available by the lottery, opening on 8 June for a week.
Answers to a series of multiple-choice questions - the questions will be published in the national press - can be texted at a cost of £1.50 plus network charges per text, with the profits going to the charity. A computer will then randomly pick out winners.
London line-up
Mariah Carey
Coldplay
The Cure
Dido
Keane
The Killers
Elton John
Bob Geldof
Annie Lennox
Paul McCartney
Madonna
Muse
Razorlight
R.E.M.
Scissor Sisters
Snow Patrol
Stereophonics
Sting
Snoop Dogg
Joss Stone
Robbie Williams
U2
Velvet Revolver
Philadelphia, USA line-up
Will Smith (hosting)
Bon Jovi
Maroon 5
Dave Matthews Band
Sarah McLachlan
Rob Thomas
Keith Urban
Jay-Z
Stevie Wonder
50 Cent
Kaiser Chiefs
P Diddy
Berlin line-up
A-Ha
Bap
Crosby Stills and Nash
Lauryn Hill
Die Toten Hosen
Peter Maffay
Brian Wilson
Paris line-up
Andrea Bocelli
Craig David
Calogero
Jamiroquai
Kyo
Yannick Noah
Youssou N'Dour
Placebo
Axelle Red
Johnny Halliday
Manu Chao
Renaud
Rome line-up
Irene Grandi
Faith Hill
Jovanotti
Tim McGraw
Nek
Laura Pausini
Duran Duran
Vasco Rossi
Zucchero
Sir Bob said: "These bands are not doing it because they need to ... most don't have to sell another record ever again. They are doing it because they want to and need to."
It's expected that the show will be seen by around 250,000 people, with about half in the arena, and half watching via big screens elsewhere in Hyde Park.
One of the aims is to raise awareness of Make Poverty History, a campaign to get the richest nations to cancel debt, increase aid and fairer trade rules for developing countries.
The concert coincides with the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Perthshire, and there will also be a rally in Edinburgh on 2 July.
Free, simultaneous concerts will be held in London's Hyde Park, Berlin, Paris, Philadelphia and Rome on Saturday 2 July with a text lottery to win tickets.
Pairs of tickets to the Hyde Park concert will be available by the lottery, opening on 8 June for a week.
Answers to a series of multiple-choice questions - the questions will be published in the national press - can be texted at a cost of £1.50 plus network charges per text, with the profits going to the charity. A computer will then randomly pick out winners.
London line-up
Mariah Carey
Coldplay
The Cure
Dido
Keane
The Killers
Elton John
Bob Geldof
Annie Lennox
Paul McCartney
Madonna
Muse
Razorlight
R.E.M.
Scissor Sisters
Snow Patrol
Stereophonics
Sting
Snoop Dogg
Joss Stone
Robbie Williams
U2
Velvet Revolver
Philadelphia, USA line-up
Will Smith (hosting)
Bon Jovi
Maroon 5
Dave Matthews Band
Sarah McLachlan
Rob Thomas
Keith Urban
Jay-Z
Stevie Wonder
50 Cent
Kaiser Chiefs
P Diddy
Berlin line-up
A-Ha
Bap
Crosby Stills and Nash
Lauryn Hill
Die Toten Hosen
Peter Maffay
Brian Wilson
Paris line-up
Andrea Bocelli
Craig David
Calogero
Jamiroquai
Kyo
Yannick Noah
Youssou N'Dour
Placebo
Axelle Red
Johnny Halliday
Manu Chao
Renaud
Rome line-up
Irene Grandi
Faith Hill
Jovanotti
Tim McGraw
Nek
Laura Pausini
Duran Duran
Vasco Rossi
Zucchero
Sir Bob said: "These bands are not doing it because they need to ... most don't have to sell another record ever again. They are doing it because they want to and need to."
It's expected that the show will be seen by around 250,000 people, with about half in the arena, and half watching via big screens elsewhere in Hyde Park.
One of the aims is to raise awareness of Make Poverty History, a campaign to get the richest nations to cancel debt, increase aid and fairer trade rules for developing countries.
The concert coincides with the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Perthshire, and there will also be a rally in Edinburgh on 2 July.