"On behalf of the poor, the voiceless and the weak.....

Poststructural Pub
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“On behalf of the poor, the voiceless and the weak we say thank you…”

Artists that performed at Saturday’s Live 8 concert in Hyde Park have seen their sales skyrocket over the past few days.

HMV has announced figures that have the tongue absolutely wagging with disbelief.

Check out the following percentage increases in sales of specific albums and compilations:

  1. Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd 1343%
  2. The Who Then and Now 863%
  3. Annie Lennox Eurythmics Greatest Hits 500%
  4. Dido Life For Rent 412%
  5. Razorlight Up All Night 335%
  6. Robbie Williams Greatest Hits 320%
  7. Joss Stone Mind, Body and Soul 309%
  8. Sting The Very Best of Sting & The Police 300%
  9. Travis Singles 268%
  10. Madonna Immaculate Collection 200%

HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo said this:
“Even allowing for the relative nature of this exercise, where back catalogue sales of the more established acts are being measured from a fairly low base, this snapshot shows that Live 8 is having a marked effect on sales - just like its predecessor 20 years ago.”

David Gilmour has done something about it… I wonder how many of the rest will. http://www.itn.co.uk/news/311989.html

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Bit late old chap… see the Live 8 thread:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=30267&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10

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Quote from the ITN link: "It has emerged that pirate Live 8 DVDs were found on sale on eBay less than 24 hours after the event but removed shortly afterwards.
A spokesman for Bob Geldof said: ‘The people that do this are cretins and scum.’ "

A spokesman? Was Bob scared to use such strong language himself? :smiley:

Steve

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Doh… Wot a Wally !! :blush:

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Oh come on. We love to see your little dancing man where ever he might choose to post himself. :slight_smile: