"Live 8 concert, Chiba On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. The event is also referred to as ""Live 8 Tokyo"" or ""Live 8 Japan"". The concert was the first Live 8 show to start, because of Japan's earlier time zone. Attendance for the concert was at maximum capacity, but with only 10,000 people attending the show at the Makuhari Messe venue, it was one of the smallest to join the global series of events. (Note: Only 10,000 tickets were available via online lottery) Live8 Japan organiser Lily Sobhani was given only"
"1 month to put the concert together, and Japan's event was announced only a week before the concert. As a result, it was unable to attract the same kind of buzz that counterpart concerts in London and Philadelphia did, but attracted international artists Björk, Good Charlotte and McFly, as well as Japanese stars Dreams Come True, Rize, Def Tech, and Do As Infinity. Japan is the only Asian country in the G8, and the only Asian country that took part in Live 8. In order of appearance: ¹ also performed at the London concert on July 2, 2005 and the"
"Live 8 concerts with the words: There were ten concerts held on 2 July 2005, most of them simultaneously. The first to begin was held at the Makuhari Messe in Japan, with Rize being the first of all the Live 8 performers. During the opening of the Philadelphia concert outside the city's Museum of Art, actor Will Smith led the combined audiences of London, Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris and Barrie in a synchronised finger snap, meant to represent the death of a child every three seconds in Africa. Bob Geldof hosted the event at Hyde Park in London, England where"
"Live 8 concert, Philadelphia On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with a densely packed audience stretched out for one mile along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The event was organized by the ONE Campaign. It was one of the first Live 8 concerts announced, as the city had played host to its Live Aid predecessor in 1985, and, until the inclusion of a concert outside Toronto, was the only city in North America to represent Live 8. It did, however, remain the only United"
"Live 8 concert, London The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom on 2 July 2005. The event is also referred to as Live 8 London or Live 8 UK. All times BST It had been said that Paul McCartney and U2's Bono would wear Sgt. Pepper costumes during their performance together. However, when the show took place, the costumes were worn by a four-piece French horn section of free-lance London area players, Richard Steggall, Adam Walters, Joe Walters, and Matt Gunner. Immediately following Travis' performance, Bob Geldof told the audience that he ""couldn't resist"
"UK. Live 8 concert, London The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom on 2 July 2005. The event is also referred to as Live 8 London or Live 8 UK. All times BST It had been said that Paul McCartney and U2's Bono would wear Sgt. Pepper costumes during their performance together. However, when the show took place, the costumes were worn by a four-piece French horn section of free-lance London area players, Richard Steggall, Adam Walters, Joe Walters, and Matt Gunner. Immediately following Travis' performance, Bob Geldof told the audience that he ""couldn't"
"Live 8 concert, Barrie On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at Park Place (formerly Molson Park) in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Barrie is located north of Toronto. The event is also referred to as ""Live 8 Toronto"" or ""Live 8 Canada"". About 35,000 people, full capacity at Park Place, were at the event, ranking eighth in attendance among the ten July 2 Live 8 concerts. Had a larger venue been available, organizers originally expected upwards of 150,000 spectators at the show. (""see Location""). Past Live Aid performers are listed with an asterisk (*). In order of appearance:"
"Live 8 concert, Berlin On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Siegessäule (Victory Column) in the Tiergarten park in Berlin, Germany. The event is also referred to as ""Live 8 Berlin"" or ""Live 8 Germany"". Initially, some music critics wrote the Berlin concert off as a failure when the original line-up was announced, with several complaining there were too many bands singing in German to appeal to the world. This so-called ""problem"" (rubbished by Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof) was alleviated by the late addition of Green Day to the list of artists performing. Lauryn"
"Live 8. Government officials felt that Parliament Hill, with a capacity of 75,000 people was too small for the event, which was originally expected to attract over 150,000 participants. They were also concerned about damage to the local buildings and grounds. On June 15, Bob Geldof announced Toronto, Ontario as the host of the Canadian Live 8 concert. At that point, several venues were considered as candidates for the concert: Downsview Park, which hosted the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert and a World Youth Day mass; Exhibition Place, which also hosted World Youth Day activities; Molson Amphitheatre, and Sunnyside"
"Live 8 Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005. Both events also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid. Run in support of the aims of the UK's Make Poverty History campaign and the Global Call for Action Against Poverty, ten simultaneous concerts were held on 2 July and one on 6 July. On 7 July, the G8 leaders pledged to"
"Live 8 concert, Eden Project On 2 July 2005 a Live 8 concert was held at the Eden Project, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The event was dubbed ""Africa Calling"", but was also known as ""LIVE 8: Africa Calling"" or ""Africa Calling: LIVE 8 at the Eden Project"". The event was initiated by Eden Project Chief Executive Tim Smit as an essential element of the global event and in response to the criticism of the absence of African artists in the other nine concerts. It was organised and project managed by Eden Staff led by Howard Jones (Director of Human Networks, Eden"
"AX!! Good Bye AX!!- was held on May 3-4, 2014. Shibuya-AX Shibuya-AX (stylized as SHIBUYA-AX) was a concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, near the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. It was the only purpose-built concert hall or ""live house"" in the Tokyo metropolitan area that could accommodate 1,500 people. It was a popular venue for concerts by both Japanese and western artists. On September 27, 2013 was announced through official site the end of activities for next May 31, 2014. The staff of Shibuya-AX requested J, who is the artist with the most performances at the concert hall, to perform one"
"Shibuya-AX Shibuya-AX (stylized as SHIBUYA-AX) was a concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, near the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. It was the only purpose-built concert hall or ""live house"" in the Tokyo metropolitan area that could accommodate 1,500 people. It was a popular venue for concerts by both Japanese and western artists. On September 27, 2013 was announced through official site the end of activities for next May 31, 2014. The staff of Shibuya-AX requested J, who is the artist with the most performances at the concert hall, to perform one last time at the venue. The concerts titled -Thank You"
"called upon by the Make Poverty History coalition to execute a concert in Japan for the Live 8 concert series. In a span of 4 weeks, Sobhani accomplished the impossible task of securing the venue, artists, broadcast partners and financing, and developing local messaging, for the event at Makuhari Messe in Japan, on the outskirts of Tokyo. The show, Live 8 concert, Chiba, prompted the Japanese Government to add 2 billion dollars more aid for the poorest countries of the world a few days later. During that experience Sobhani met Kevin Wall, founder of Live Earth and Exec Producer of"
"Live 8, and when Live Earth was conceived, she was one of the first people he called on. Lily became Worldwide Head of Events, responsible for the delivery of all Live Earth music concerts. In this capacity, Sobhani supervised teams responsible for all facets of production – from staging and lighting design to promotion, finance, broadcast capture and distribution and artist coordination. The original Live Earth was a set of 9 concerts staged on 7 continents over 24 hours, and was broadcast to 2 billion people on 7 July 2007. It became the largest global entertainment event ever held. Following"
"show at the Nippon Budokan Hall, the most famous concert venue in Asia, where many famous live albums had been recorded. The show was recorded for a live album, which was released in its entirety as ""Live at Budokan"" which was released on DVD on October 5, 2004. The show is known for its high quality and the DVD version sold very high, being certified Platinum by the RIAA. Dream Theater planned to follow up the tour with a vacation. However, they jumped at an opportunity to open for the progressive rock band Yes on their 35th anniversary tour in"
"Live in the UK 2008 Live in the UK 2008 is a live album by American rock band Paramore. The album is limited edition, with only a small number released featuring 3 live performances in Manchester, Brixton and Birmingham. It is believed that only 1000 copies of this release were made. Originally, there was going to be an option at each of the concerts to choose which live album could be bought. This was changed to only the Manchester live album being available at each of the dates. Brixton and Birmingham live albums had to be bought by February 5."
"it was then announced that the tour would be extended to include two dome performances at Tokyo and Osaka. This brought the total attendance, scheduled, of the tour to a grand total of 880,000 attendees. The tour continued on to Osaka for the Nagai Stadium performances but was ultimately canceled on the last day, September 30, due to Typhoon no. 17. In response to the cancellation, Kanjani Eight released a statement, The concert tour continued on with the arena and dome performances. In support of their compilation album, the group only performed their most popular songs and unit/solos. The arena"
"Beach, which would have involved floating stages on Lake Ontario. Ultimately, none of these considerations were used for the concert. There were several financial and logistical problems related to these bids. For example, both Downsview Park and Molson Amphitheatre were hosting concerts on Canada Day (the day before Live 8) and it was impossible to set up the Live 8 stage a day before the concert. On June 21, Park Place in Barrie, Ontario was finally announced as the official venue for the Canadian Live 8 concert by promoter, Michael Cohl. Live 8 concert, Barrie On 2 July 2005, a"
"Taiwan and China and many of them are also locally called ""live houses."" Live house A live house (ライブハウス) is a Japanese live music club – a music venue featuring live music. The term is a Japanese coinage (wasei eigo) and is mainly used in East Asia. It most frequently refers to smaller venues, which may double as bars, especially featuring rock, jazz, blues, and folk music. The oldest live house is Coffee House Jittoku (拾得, after the Chinese monk Shide ""Foundling"") in Kyoto, founded in 1973 in an old sake warehouse. Soon afterwards, the idea spread through Japan. In"
"across"", and that the reviewer prefers the live version to the more polished studio version because of the entire atmosphere. Art of Life Live Art of Life Live is an X Japan live album released on March 18, 1998. It is composed solely of one song, ""Art of Life"". Mostly recorded on December 31, 1993 (the piano solo part is from the night before) at the Tokyo Dome. The album reached number 20 on the Oricon chart. This same performance was released on DVD and VHS, as ""Art of Life 1993.12.31 Tokyo Dome"", five years later. Heavy Metal Tribune describes"
"be broadcast in Japan via Fuji TV. The concert at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia attracted over 50,000 people, becoming the largest concert ever to be played at the stadium. The artists were greeted by over 3,500 fans when they arrived in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on 21 September 2012, one day before the concert. Super Junior leader Leeteuk was unable to perform during the concert due to exhaustion and enteritis, for which he made an apology the following day via his Twitter account. Sulli of f(x) and Minho of SHINee were not at the Seoul Concert as"
"Some consider Live 8 to be a success, including Bob Geldof himself. Chris Martin of Coldplay described Live 8 as ""the greatest thing that's probably been organised ever in the history of the world"". However, others believe it was a publicity stunt and a failure as the G8 have already forgotten their pledges. Geldof also believes that public attention was quickly diverted by the London bombings on 7 July 2005, the day after Live 8 Edinburgh which was the final concert in the series. Live 8 Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July"
"Albarn called the lack of black performers the organisers' ""greatest oversight"", while Senegalese musician Baaba Maal wrote in ""The Independent"": ""I do feel it's very patronising as an African artist that more of us aren't involved."" Live 8 organisers subsequently added British R&B singer Ms. Dynamite, US rapper Snoop Dogg and Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour to the Hyde Park lineup in response to the criticism. N'Dour was the only major African artist scheduled to perform at any of the five main concerts. A Live 8 spokesman said that a number of black performers had been approached but were not available"
"with South Korea releasing the album on December 3, Taiwan on the 10th and Thailand on the 23rd. Utada performed a short tour for the album, a concert series titled ""Wild Life"". The tour features only two dates, both held at the Yokohama Arena on December 8 and 9. The December 8 concert was broadcast on a live feed to 70 screens in 64 cinemas across Japan. Tickets were released for the events on November 21, and sold out on the same day. The December 8 concert was broadcast on Ustream.tv, a live video streaming website. Between the two channels"
"Live in Japan (Hot Tuna album) Live in Japan is a live album by Hot Tuna recorded in 1997 in Yokohama, Japan. Originally the band planned to play an electric set as part of their Japanese tour, but the venue in Yokohama was quite small (only holding fifty people) and there wasn't any room for an electric setup. The band played acoustic, and afterwards Jack Casady suggested to Jorma Kaukonen that the recording was good enough for a new live album. Michael Falzarano and Kaukonen listened to the tape and decided that Casady was right, and a new album was"
"were responsible for providing the live sound reinforcement for Live 8 Philadelphia. Electric Factory Concerts was also involved in the production. Clair Brothers also provided the live sound reinforcment for Live 8 London. The remaining venues were handled by local sound reinforcement companies. AOL also provided a webcast of the entire show as it happened and carried webcasts of almost all of the Live 8 shows. Live 8 concert, Philadelphia On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with a densely packed audience stretched out"
"concerts brought together more than 150 musical acts in eleven locations around the world and were broadcast to a mass global audience through television, radio, and live internet streams. The 2nd ""Live Earth"" concert was scheduled for December 7, 2008 at the ""Andheri Sports Complex"" on Veera Desai Road in Andheri West, Mumbai, India and was managed by Kevin Wall who, after a request from former U. S. Vice President Al Gore, planned to have the entire event take place in India. In September, 2008 Reuters stated that, ""the December event will see U.S. rocker Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood's"
"at venues such as Wembley Pavilion, Cardiff International Arena and Le Zénith in France. Four outdoor stadium dates were scheduled for the first time in Portugal at Estadio do Restelo (Att: 30,000), at Rhein-Energie Stadion in Cologne, Germany (Att:27,500), Gelredome in Arnhem, the Netherlands (Att:25,000) and at Hyde Park in the UK (Att:65,000) in the summer of 2005. The Estadio do Restelo concert took place on 2 July 2005. The Queen + Paul Rodgers concert was planned to be one of the stages for Live 8 but only a message was sent before '39"". Two songs were dedicated to Live"
"Live! Live! Live! Live! Live! Live! is a live album released by Bryan Adams through A&M Records in 1988. It was recorded live at the Rock Werchter festival on 3 July 1988 in Werchter, Belgium. One track, ""Into the Fire"", was recorded live in Tokyo. The album sold over 1 million copies. The concert was taped while it ""rained in torrents"". At the end of It's Only Love, Adams comments to the audience, ""I've got to tell you something. For you people to sit out in the rain, means you're one hell of an audience. I mean, to sit out"
"he also performed ""I Don't Like Mondays"". Special guests appeared throughout the concerts. Then-Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made speeches at the London show, while former South African President Nelson Mandela addressed the crowd in the Johannesburg venue. Guest presenters, ranging from sports stars to comedians, also introduced acts. Included in the all-star line-up were Pink Floyd, reunited with former bassist/vocalist/lyricist Roger Waters for the first time in over 24 years. With the death of pianist/keyboardist/backing vocalist Richard Wright in 2008, Live 8 became the final time the four members of the band's"
"tour (which had begun in the summer but shut down suddenly on 10 September after a performance at Pine Knob in Detroit), scheduled for the autumn, was abruptly cancelled, reportedly because of low ticket sales. Ex-King Crimson and ELP front man Greg Lake replaced Wetton for the highly publicised ""Asia in Asia"" concert at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 6 December 1983, which was the first concert broadcast over satellite to MTV in the United States and later made into a home video. Some of the songs had to be played in a lower key to suit"
"concert ever held by a single act in Japan, as certified by the Guinness World Records. The venue was noted in 2005 for hosting the first round of the Live8 concert. On 1 July 2005, the company that owns the convention center changed its name from ""Nippon Convention Center"" to ""Makuhari Messe"". On July 19 to 21 2008, Lucasfilm presented a ""Star Wars Celebration Japan"" event at the venue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Japanese premiere of Star Wars. The ""Jack in the Box 2009 Summer"" convention was held here on August 15, 2009, where numerous well-known acts"