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Story: Jack Foley
NELSON Mandela capped a memorable week of concerts by addressing
the final Live 8 show in Edinburgh on Wednesday, July 6, 2005.
In a recorded message, the former South African President urged
people to work together to make poverty history this year.
The message was introduced by U2's lead singer, Bono, and went
on to state: "Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be
great. You can be that generation. You have that opportunity.
"Let's work to make poverty history this year. Then we can
all stand with our heads held high."
Almost 60,000 fans gathered at Scotland's Murrayfield Stadium
for the final concert in the global series, during which an international
line-up of artists joined the call to eradicate poverty on the
eve of the G8 summit in Gleneagles.
Highlights of the Final Push gig included several renditions
of Beatles' classics, including Wet Wet Wet performing With
A Little Help From My Friends and jazz pianist, Jamie Cullum,
singing All You Need Is Love.
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Hollywood actor, George Clooney,
followed in the footsteps of his Ocean's 12 co-star, Brad Pitt,
by appearing in person on the Murrayfield stage.
Like Pitt in Hyde Park, he introduced former Eurythmics star,
Annie Lennox ,who sang two songs before telling the G8 politicians:
"Do nothing at your peril."
Live 8 organiser, Sir Bob Geldof, also appeared on-stage, after
being introduced by another of Hollywood's elite, Susan Sarandon.
He told the crowd: "We told them [the G8 leaders] we'd come
and we came."
Another Live 8 chief, Midge Ure, performed a version of the Ultravox
hit, Vienna, with Eddie Izzard on piano.
Feeder, Embrace, Neneh Cherry and Youssou N'Dour also appeared
on the bill, along with Beverley Knight, Texas, Kathryn Jenkins
and Snow Patrol.
Fran Healy, from Travis, said: "Every single performer I've
spoken to has said that the atmosphere here is even more electric
than it was at Hyde Park on Saturday.
"The Scottish crowd is a force to be reckoned with! We've
got it easy over here and we forget that sometimes."
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