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).
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.
Locationedit
For weeks leading up to the concert, several locations were considered as potential hosts for the Canadian Live 8 concert.
Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario was the first choice for the concert.[1] However, on June 10, the federal Public Works and Canadian Heritage departments, along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rejected the idea of using the site for 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.[2] 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 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.[3]
Referencesedit
^. CBC News. 2005-06-10. Archived from the original on 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
^. 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.
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live, concert, barrie, july, 2005, live, concert, held, park, place, formerly, molson, park, barrie, ontario, canada, barrie, located, kilometres, north, toronto, event, also, referred, live, toronto, live, canada, about, people, full, capacity, park, place, w. On 2 July 2005 a Live 8 concert was held at Park Place formerly Molson Park in Barrie Ontario Canada Barrie is located 100 kilometres 62 mi 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 Contents 1 Lineup 2 Pre show planning 2 1 Lineup 2 2 Location 3 ReferencesLineup editPast Live Aid performers are listed with an asterisk In order of appearance Dan Aykroyd and Tom Green Hosts BA 11 00 Tom Cochrane Life Is A Highway No Regrets BA 11 03 Sam Roberts 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 Nakile 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 amp 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 Great Big Sea Donkey Riding 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 Gordon Lightfoot Restless 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 Motley Crue 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 Barenaked Ladies Brian Wilson 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 editLineup edit nbsp A Live 8 ticket for the Barrie showSibling 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 edit For weeks leading up to the concert several locations were considered as potential hosts for the Canadian Live 8 concert Parliament Hill Ottawa Ontario was the first choice for the concert 1 However on June 10 the federal Public Works and Canadian Heritage departments along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rejected the idea of using the site for 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 2 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 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 3 References edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Live 8 concert Barrie amp oldid 1101631534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
