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253. Richard Ashcroft: First Direct Arena, Leeds [22.4.17]

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Support: Black Grape

Venue: First Direct Arena, Leeds

Date: 22.4.17

A reminder of how Richard Ashcroft and (The) Verve transcended their ‘90s Britpop peers – with a setlist ranging from ‘Urban Hymns’ to his latest album. Whilst Blur and Oasis bickered, and the Gallaghers’ sibling rivalry tore them apart, Ashcroft has always let his songs do the talking.

Setlist: Out of My Body / Sonnet / This is How it Feels / Space and Time / A Song for the Lovers / They Don’t Own Me / Ain’t the Future So Bright / Music is Power / Velvet Morning / Break the Night with Colour / Lucky Man // C’mon People (We’re Making it Now) / History / The Drugs Don’t Work / Hold On / Bitter Sweet Symphony

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137. Live 8: Hyde Park, London [2.7.05]

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Artists: Paul McCartney / U2 / Coldplay / Richard Ashcroft / Elton John / Pete Doherty / R.E.M. / Ms Dynamite / Keane / Bob Geldolf / UB40 / Snoop Dogg / Razorlight / Madonna / The Killers / Scissor Sisters / Velvet Revolver / Sting / Robbie Williams / The Who / Pink Floyd / Paul McCartney / George Michael

Venue: Hyde Park, London

Date: 2.7.05

Live 8 was a set of benefit/awareness concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 countries and South Africa. The concerts were timed to precede the G8 conference. Live 8 organisers presented the ‘Live 8 List’ to world leaders, with the call for politicians to take action to ‘Make Poverty History’. Names from the list/petition were displayed on large screens at each concert during the worldwide broadcast.

A truly epic day featuring so many music legends, and including an emotional reunion of the founder members of Pink Floyd for the first time in over 24 years.

Free tickets were issued via a lottery, as the day was about famine awareness rather than making money. The concert ran nearly 3 hours over schedule but the crowd didn’t seem to care.

Many years later, the line-up is still hard to comprehend. Thankfully the event was captured on DVD, as there was simply too much to take-in on the day.