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2 July 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
One day. One concert. One world. moreAwards:
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(Credited cast)| Bob Geldof | ... | Himself | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Articolo 31 | ... | Themselves | |
| 4Peace Ensemble | ... | Themselves - Johannesburg | |
| Bryan Adams | ... | Himself | |
| Bjorn Agren | ... | Himself (as Razorlight) | |
| A-Ha | ... | Themselves | |
| Andi | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Die Toten Hosen) | |
| Romeo Antonio | ... | Himself | |
| Apl.de.Ap | ... | Himself (as Black Eyed Peas) | |
| Ainhoa Arbizu | ... | Herself | |
| Jann Arden | ... | Herself | |
| Tina Arena | ... | Herself | |
| Billie Joe Armstrong | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Green Day) | |
| Richard Ashcroft | ... | Himself | |
| Astro | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Audioslave | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Himself | |
| Babydaddy | ... | Himself (as Scissor Sisters) | |
| Nick Baines | ... | Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs) | |
| Perry Bamonte | ... | Himself (as The Cure) | |
| Bap | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Carter Beauford | ... | Himself (as Dave Matthews Band) | |
| Matthew Bellamy | ... | Himself (as Muse) | |
| Chester Bennington | ... | Himself (as Linkin Park) | |
| Amel Bent | ... | Himself | |
| Louis Bertignac | ... | Himself | |
| Björk | ... | Herself - Tokio | |
| The Black Eyed Peas | ... | Themselves | |
| Andrea Bocelli | ... | Himself | |
| Bon Jovi | ... | Themselves | |
| Jon Bon Jovi | ... | Himself (as Bon Jovi) | |
| Bono | ... | Himself (as U2) | |
| Paddy Boom | ... | Himself (as Scissor Sisters) | |
| Johnny Borrell | ... | Himself (as Razorlight) | |
| Rob Bourdon | ... | Himself (as Linkin Park) | |
| Jim Brown | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| David Bryan | ... | Himself (as Bon Jovi) | |
| Jon Buckland | ... | Himself (as Coldplay) | |
| Peter Buck | ... | Himself (as R.E.M.) | |
| John Bundrick | ... | Himself (as The Who) | |
| Calogero | ... | Himself | |
| Ali Campbell | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Robin Campbell | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Campino | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Die Toten Hosen) | |
| Mariah Carey | ... | Herself | |
| Jesse Carmichael | ... | Himself (as Maroon 5) | |
| Marc Cerrone | ... | Himself (as Cerrone) | |
| Chris Cester | ... | Himself (as Jet) | |
| Nic Cester | ... | Himself (as Jet) | |
| Will Champion | ... | Himself (as Coldplay) | |
| Manu Chao | ... | Himself | |
| Tom Chaplin | ... | Himself (as Keane) | |
| Tom Cochrane | ... | Himself - Barrie | |
| Bruce Cockburn | ... | Himself | |
| Coldplay | ... | Themselves | |
| Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs | ... | Himself | |
| Tim Commerford | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave) | |
| Jennifer Connelly | ... | Herself | |
| Nathan Connolly | ... | Himself (as Snow Patrol) | |
| Tre Cool | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Green Day) | |
| Jason Cooper | ... | Himself (as The Cure) | |
| Chris Cornell | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave) | |
| The Cure | ... | Themselves | |
| Carl Dalemo | ... | Himself (as Razorlight) | |
| Roger Daltrey | ... | Himself (as The Who) | |
| Pino Daniele | ... | Himself | |
| Dave Matthews Band | ... | Themselves | |
| Craig David | ... | Himself - Paris | |
| Chris De Burgh | ... | Himself - Berlin | |
| Deep Purple | ... | Themselves | |
| Francesco De Gregori | ... | Himself | |
| Brad Delson | ... | Himself (as Linkin Park) | |
| Destiny's Child | ... | Themselves (as Destiny's Child) | |
| Diam's | ... | Herself | |
| Dido | ... | Herself | |
| Mike Dirnt | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Green Day) | |
| Snoop Dogg | ... | Himself | |
| Lucky Dube | ... | Herself | |
| Duran Duran | ... | Themselves | |
| Ryan Dusick | ... | Himself (as Maroon 5) | |
| Ms. Dynamite | ... | Herself | |
| Elisa | ... | Herself | |
| Damien Fahey | ... | Himself | |
| Earl Falconer | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Phoenix Farrell | ... | Himself (as Linkin Park) | |
| Faudel | ... | Himself | |
| Stacy Ferguson | ... | Herself (as Fergie) | |
| Bryan Ferry | ... | Themselves - Berlin (as Roxy Music) | |
| Tom Fletcher | ... | Himself (as McFly) | |
| Juan Diego Flórez | ... | Himself - Berlin | |
| Brandon Flowers | ... | Himself (as The Killers) | |
| Pink Floyd | ... | Themselves | |
| Magne Furuholmen | ... | Himself - Berlin (as A-ha) | |
| Peter Gabriel | ... | Himself | |
| Simon Gallup | ... | Himself (as The Cure) | |
| Ricky Gervais | ... | Himself | |
| David Gilmour | ... | Himself (as Pink Floyd) | |
| Good Charlotte | ... | Themselves | |
| Jo Good | ... | Herself - Presenter | |
| Irene Grandi | ... | Herself | |
| Great Big Sea | ... | Themselves | |
| Green Day | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Tom Green | ... | Himself | |
| Herbert Grönemeyer | ... | Himself - Berlin | |
| Joseph Hahn | ... | Himself (as Linkin Park) | |
| David Hallyday | ... | Himself | |
| Johnny Hallyday | ... | Himself | |
| Morten Harket | ... | Himself - Berlin (as A-ha) | |
| Norman Hassan | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Salma Hayek | ... | Herself | |
| Faith Hill | ... | Herself | |
| Lauryn Hill | ... | Herself | |
| Nick Hodgson | ... | Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs) | |
| Dominic Howard | ... | Himself (as Muse) | |
| Richard Hughes | ... | Himself (as Keane) | |
| Jay-Z | ... | Himself | |
| Katherine Jenkins | ... | Herself - Berlin | |
| Elton John | ... | Himself - London | |
| Danny Jones | ... | Himself (as McFly) | |
| Kelly Jones | ... | Himself (as Stereophonics) | |
| Richard Jones | ... | Himself (as Stereophonics) | |
| Jovanotti | ... | Himself | |
| Harry Judd | ... | Himself (as McFly) | |
| Juli | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Jay Kay | ... | Himself (as Jamiroquai) | |
| Peter Kay | ... | Himself | |
| Salif Keita | ... | Himself | |
| Toby Keith | ... | Himself | |
| Dave Keuning | ... | Himself (as The Killers) | |
| Alicia Keys | ... | Herself | |
| Angélique Kidjo | ... | Herself | |
| The Killers | ... | Themselves | |
| Beyoncé Knowles | ... | Herself (as Destiny's Child) | |
| Dave Kushner | ... | Himself (as Velvet Revolver) | |
| Kyo | ... | Themselves | |
| Disiz La Peste | ... | Himself | |
| Simon Le Bon | ... | Himself (as Duran Duran) | |
| Annie Lennox | ... | Herself | |
| Stefan Lessard | ... | Himself (as Dave Matthews Band) | |
| Adam Levine | ... | Himself (as Maroon 5) | |
| Luciano Ligabue | ... | Himself | |
| Gary Lightbody | ... | Himself (as Snow Patrol) | |
| Gordon Lightfoot | ... | Himself | |
| Lindiwe | ... | Herself | |
| Linkin Park | ... | Themselves | |
| Chris Lowe | ... | Himself (as Pet Shop Boys) | |
| MC Lyte | ... | Herself | |
| Benji Madden | ... | Himself (as Good Charlotte) | |
| Joel Madden | ... | Himself (as Good Charlotte) | |
| Mickey Madden | ... | Himself (as Maroon 5) | |
| Madonna | ... | Herself | |
| Peter Maffay | ... | Himself | |
| Vusi Mahlasela | ... | Himself | |
| The Mahotella Queens | ... | Themselves | |
| Nelson Mandela | ... | Himself | |
| Soehne Mannheims | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Mariza | ... | Herself | |
| Maroon 5 | ... | Themselves | |
| Del Marquis | ... | Himself (as Scissor Sisters) | |
| Chris Martin | ... | Himself (as Coldplay) | |
| Nick Mason | ... | Himself (as Pink Floyd) | |
| Ana Matronic | ... | Herself (as Scissor Sisters) | |
| Dave Matthews | ... | Himself (as Dave Matthews Band) | |
| Paul McCartney | ... | Himself | |
| Mark McClelland | ... | Himself (as Snow Patrol) | |
| Tim McGraw | ... | Himself - Rom | |
| Duff McKagan | ... | Himself (as Velvet Revolver) | |
| Sarah McLachlan | ... | Herself | |
| Freddie Mercury | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Mike Mills | ... | Himself (as R.E.M.) | |
| Damon Minchella | ... | Himself | |
| Vanessa Minnillo | ... | Herself | |
| Kylie Minogue | ... | Herself | |
| Brian Molko | ... | Himself (as Placebo) | |
| LeRoi Moore | ... | Himself (as Dave Matthews Band) | |
| Tom Morello | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave) | |
| Larry Mullen Jr. | ... | Himself (as U2) | |
| Cameron Muncey | ... | Himself (as Jet) | |
| Muse | ... | Themselves | |
| Xavier Naidoo | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Soehne Mannheims) | |
| Youssou N'Dour | ... | Himself | |
| Negramaro | ... | Themselves | |
| Negrita | ... | Themselves | |
| Nek | ... | Himself | |
| Yannick Noah | ... | Himself | |
| Noa | ... | Herself | |
| Roger O'Donnell | ... | Himself (as The Cure) | |
| Ayub Ogada | ... | Himself | |
| Renee Olstead | ... | Herself - Berlin | |
| Geoffrey Oryema | ... | Himself | |
| Our Lady Peace | ... | Themselves | |
| Florent Pagny | ... | Himself | |
| Laura Pausini | ... | Herself | |
| Pet Shop Boys | ... | Themselves | |
| Max Pezzali | ... | Himself | |
| Brad Pitt | ... | Himself | |
| Natalie Portman | ... | Herself | |
| Dougie Poynter | ... | Himself (as McFly) | |
| Bob Pridden | ... | Himself (sound, The Who) | |
| Johnny Quinn | ... | Himself (as Snow Patrol) | |
| Sara Quin | ... | Herself (as Tegan & Sara) | |
| Tegan Quin | ... | Herself (as Tegan & Sara) | |
| Reamonn | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Axelle Red | ... | Herself | |
| The Red Elvises | ... | Themselves | |
| R.E.M. | ... | Themselves | |
| Renaud | ... | Himself | |
| Nick Rhodes | ... | Himself (as Duran Duran) | |
| Tim Rice-Oxley | ... | Himself (as Keane) | |
| Simon Rix | ... | Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs) | |
| Rize | ... | Themselves | |
| Sam Roberts | ... | Himself | |
| Vasco Rossi | ... | Himself | |
| Kelly Rowland | ... | Herself (as Destiny's Child) | |
| Richie Sambora | ... | Himself (as Bon Jovi) | |
| Oumou Sangare | ... | Herself | |
| Sasha | ... | Himself - Berlin | |
| Shakira | ... | Herself-Paris | |
| Jake Shears | ... | Himself (as Scissor Sisters) | |
| Kool Shen | ... | Himself | |
| Mike Shinoda | ... | Himself (as Linkin Park) | |
| Silbermond | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Slash | ... | Himself (as Velvet Revolver) | |
| Christian Smith | ... | Himself (as Razorlight) | |
| Robert Smith | ... | Himself (as The Cure) | |
| Will Smith | ... | Himself - Philadelphia | |
| Jimmy Smits | ... | Himself | |
| Neil Solé | ... | Himself | |
| Matt Sorum | ... | Himself (as Velvet Revolver) | |
| Stereophonics | ... | Themselves | |
| Sting | ... | Himself | |
| Michael Stipe | ... | Himself (as R.E.M.) | |
| Mark Stoermer | ... | Himself (as The Killers) | |
| Joss Stone | ... | Herself | |
| Sway | ... | Himself | |
| Valeri Syutkin | ... | Himself | |
| Taboo | ... | Himself (as Black Eyed Peas) | |
| Andy Taylor | ... | Himself (as Duran Duran) | |
| Butch Taylor | ... | Himself (as Dave Matthews Band) | |
| John Taylor | ... | Himself (as Duran Duran) | |
| Roger Taylor | ... | Himself (as Duran Duran) | |
| Tegan and Sara | ... | Themselves | |
| Neil Tennant | ... | Himself (as Pet Shop Boys) | |
| The Edge | ... | Himself (as U2) | |
| Rob Thomas | ... | Himself | |
| Boyd Tinsley | ... | Himself (as Dave Matthews Band) | |
| Tiromancino | ... | Themselves | |
| Tico Torres | ... | Himself (as Bon Jovi) | |
| Die Toten Hosen | |||
| Pete Townshend | ... | Himself (as The Who) | |
| Simon Townshend | ... | Himself (The Who) | |
| Josh Trager | ... | Himself (Sam Roberts) | |
| The Tragically Hip | ... | Themselves | |
| Brian Travers | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Chris Tucker | ... | Himself | |
| U2 | ... | Themselves | |
| UB40 | ... | Themselves | |
| Keith Urban | ... | Himself | |
| James Valentine | ... | Himself (as Maroon 5) | |
| Ronnie Vannucci | ... | Himself (as The Killers) | |
| Velvet Revolver | ... | Themselves | |
| Antonello Venditti | ... | Himself | |
| Michael Virtue | ... | Himself (as UB40) | |
| Pål Waaktaar | ... | Himself - Berlin (as A-ha) | |
| David Walliams | ... | Lou Todd | |
| Roger Waters | ... | Himself (as Pink Floyd) | |
| Scott Weiland | ... | Himself (as Velvet Revolver) | |
| Javier Weyler | ... | Himself (as Stereophonics) | |
| Andrew White | ... | Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs) | |
| Steve White | ... | Himself (drums, The Who) | |
| The Who | ... | Themselves | |
| Brad Wilk | ... | Himself - Berlin (as Audioslave) | |
| Anne Will | ... | Herself | |
| Will i Am | ... | Himself (as Black Eyed Peas) | |
| Michelle Williams | ... | Herself (as Destiny's Child) | |
| Robbie Williams | ... | Himself | |
| Brian Wilson | ... | Himself - Berlin | |
| Mark Wilson | ... | Himself (as Jet) | |
| Ricky Wilson | ... | Himself (as Kaiser Chiefs) | |
| Wir Sind Helden | ... | Themselves - Berlin | |
| Chris Wolstenholme | ... | Himself (as Muse) | |
| Stevie Wonder | ... | Himself | |
| Richard Wright | ... | Himself (as Pink Floyd) | |
| Neil Young | ... | Himself | |
| Renato Zero | ... | Himself | |
| Joana Zimmer | ... | Herself - Berlin | |
| Zucchero | ... | Himself | |
| Lindiwe Zulu | ... | Herself | |
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Other than seeing Pink Floyd play together probably for the very last time ever, this whole fiasco was a gigantic waste of time. I'm sorry, I know we all want to believe it was a great event helping people in Africa, that signing petitions online does something (I call this slactivism) but I'm afraid to say it wasn't and they don't.
What we have is a bunch of aging and not so aging rockers and pop stars patting themselves on the back and stroking their collective egos by playing for hundreds of thousands of people (live) and millions on TV and the web. Its a great big feel good fest, the musicians get to play for a large crowd, and the audience gets off the hook, they don't have to do anything but watch one of the most fantastic lineups ever. At least when the SARS-AID show in Toronto was going to help Toronto recover from the SARS epidemic. What did this event do? "Raise awareness" they say, well how many people really understand the issues in Africa? I do probably more than most, but I still don't really know why the hell Africa is such bad shape. I don't really know why the AIDS epidemic has hit Africa so hard. Is it just pure poverty? Was is the root cause of this poverty? Is it dictatorships? Foreign debt? That seems to be main focus of guys like Bono, but realistically what how does a concert help this? Do you really think that the leaders of the free world give a damn that bunch of people go together to listen to some music? I'm sorry, call me cynical, I do think music is important and effects our lives in a meaningful way but when I think Geldof has kind of lost his mind. He stands there so proud of himself, but is there any surprise that so many people would watch the most popular musical acts in the world? It could have had nothing to do with Africa, it could have been to celebrate sponges and people still would have shown up.
I am sorry, in 1985 it seemed magical, but it's a movie sequel, too polished, quite expected and simply a rehash of what we've already seen.