Entertainment 19-05-2005 who: Bob Geldof what: Lines up star turns for Live 8 charity benefit where: Hyde Park, LONDON when: July 2nd snippet: "Twenty years after the first Live Aid concert, Bob Geldof has secretly lined up the biggest names in pop to perform rolling concerts in London and Washington as the stunning climax to the Make Poverty History campaign," reckons The Mirror. "Though Sir Bob has previously declared he would organise another Live Aid concert `over my dead body` he has clinched a deal with the BBC to screen the extravaganza live." Elsewhere, The Scotsman says Sir Bob laid down the gauntlet to Jack McConnell as the first minister prepared for a visit to Malawi this week. "How can Scotland, in all conscience, have a relationship with a country that may be corrupt in its political structures?" he asked Mr McConnell, who replied that he was "not going to lecture to the Malawi government" but would offer to "provide support" in improving education and health standards in Africa. [... more]

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