Entertainment 02-06-2005 who: Bob Geldof what: Calls for a million people to march on G8 summit where: EDINBURGH when: Wednesday July 6th snippet: "Police and the city council are already bracing themselves for a huge Make Poverty History march on Saturday 2 July, expected to be attended by around 200,000, followed by a Stop The War Coalition demo the following day," says The Scotsman. "But they have now been forced back to the drawing board after Geldof and [Midge] Ure urged people to head in their droves to Edinburgh after an all-star Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London." Paul McCartney, Elton John, Madonna, U2, Sting, Coldplay and Robbie Williams are among the stars of consciousness-rainsing Live 8 shows in Philadelphia, Paris, Rome and Berlin and there will be a concert at Murrayfield Stadium on July 6th as the focal point for a rally called The Long Walk to Justice. [... more]

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