Live 8 Updates: Moscow concert and Mobile phones broadcast
• A Call to the Kremlin, and Live 8 Goes East
When U2, Madonna and REM take to the Live 8 stage in London on Saturday, in Moscow the Pet Shop Boys will add their voices to the calls for an end to poverty in Africa – thanks to an old acquaintance of rock star Sir Bob Geldof and a telephone call to the Kremlin.
As workers put up scaffolding on Thursday for the stage on Vasilyevsky Spusk, the fact that the Red Square concert was going ahead at all seemed a minor miracle, given that Live 8 organizers first suggested it less than two weeks ago. And the Pet Shop Boys, who will headline the Moscow concert, were signed up only due to a chance meeting in London with Richard Curtis, the organizer of the series of concerts aimed at relieving poverty in Africa.
From an article by the Moscow Times
• GoTV To Broadcast Live 8 Coverage on Mobile Phones
GoTV Networks, an innovative on-demand mobile television provider, announced today that it will broadcast coverage of Live 8 on its new alternative music channel, ALTitude. The broadcast will be available beginning on July 2, 2005 at 1 p.m. EDT to coincide with the concert kick off.
GoTV‘s Live 8 round-the-clock coverage will include shows in London, Philadelphia, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Johannesburg, Tokyo and Toronto, as well as behind-the-scenes artist interviews. “Live 8 is one of the most important music events of our time,” said Rick Friedman, vice president, news and production, GoTV Networks. “By providing continuous Live 8 coverage to mobile users in the United States, GoTV will allow people everywhere to experience this landmark concert series.”
From a Business Wire press release