Live 8 concert, Barrie
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2 July 2005 |
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On 2 July 2005, a
.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).
Lineup
Past Live Aid performers are listed with an asterisk (*). In order of appearance:
- Dan Aykroyd and Tom Green (Hosts) (BA 11:00)
- Life Is A Highway", "No Regrets" (BA 11:03)
- Brother Down", "Bridge To Nowhere", "Hard Road" (BA 11:29)
- Bryan Adams* – "Back To You", "Open Road", "This Side Of Paradise", "All for Love/Tears Are Not Enough" (BA 11:48)
- DobaCaracol and K'naan) "Nakilé", "Amazone", "Anda", "Soobax", "Until The Lion Learns To Speak" (BA 12:14)
- Simple Plan – "Shut Up!", "Jump", "Addicted", "Welcome to My Life" (BA 12:40)
- Bruce Cockburn – "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", "Call It Democracy", "Waiting For A Miracle" (BA 13:16)
- Les Trois Accords – "Hawaiienne", "Loin D'ici", "Turbo Sympathique" (BA 13:42)
- Randy Bachman & The Carpet Frogs – "Hey You", "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", "Takin' Care of Business" (BA 14:08)
- Deep Purple – "Highway Star", "Smoke on the Water", "Hush" (BA 14:27)
- African Guitar Summit (BE 14:56)
- Excursion Around The Bay" (BA 15:22)
- Celine Dion – "Love Can Move Mountains" (BA 15:40)
- Blue Rodeo – "Heart Like Mine", "Try", "Are You Ready" (BA 15:53)
- If You Could Read My Mind", "Let It Ride" (BA 16:21)
- Our Lady Peace – "Bird on the Wire", "Where Are You", "Innocent" (BA 16:47)
- Jet – "You're Like This", "Look What You've Done", "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (BA 17:13)
- Jann Arden – "Where No One Knows Me", "Willing To Fall Down", "Good Mother" (BA 17:29)
- Mötley Crüe – "Kickstart My Heart", "Home Sweet Home", "Dr. Feelgood" (BA 17:55)
- The Tragically Hip – "My Music at Work", "Ahead By A Century", "Poets" (with Dan Aykroyd) (BA 18:23)
- DMC – "Machine Gun", "All Along the Watchtower", "Walk This Way" (BA 18:49)
- If I Had $1,000,000" (BA 19:15)
- Neil Young* – "Four Strong Winds" (with Pegi Young), "When God Made Me", "Rockin' in the Free World", "O Canada" (BA 19:49)
Pre-show planning
Lineup
Sibling duo Tegan and Sara were slated to be in the lineup, but had to drop out close to the date due to illness. Likewise, Burton Cummings was to perform with Randy Bachman, but also didn't attend, apparently also due to illness.
Location
For weeks leading up to the concert, several locations were considered as potential hosts for the Canadian Live 8 concert.
On June 15,
On June 21, Park Place in
References
- ^ "Organizers working toward Canadian Live 8 concert". CBC News. 2005-06-10. Archived from the original on 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Toronto among new Live 8 concerts: Geldof". CBC News. 2005-06-16. Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ "Barrie wins Canadian Live 8 concert". CBC News. June 21, 2005. Retrieved 29 November 2018.