Now I'm all for saving 50,000 lives every day despite the over population of the world as it is. Doing my part to improve (or extend) the lives of others makes both them and me feel good. Unless of course they don't like their lifestyle and death is preferable, which I guess is true for some unfortunate people around the world.

But my point it, to promote awareness, these five Live 8 concerts around Europe are great. Who can argue against doing their bit when there's a chance to get tickets for a free concert at which the following are performing:

• Mariah Carey
  
• Coldplay
  
• Dido
  
• Keane
  
• Sir Elton John
  
• Annie Lennox
  
• Madonna
  
• Muse
  
• Razorlight
  
• Scissor Sisters
  
• Sir Paul McCartney
  
• Joss Stone
  
• Stereophonics
  
• Sting
  
• Robbie Williams
  
• U2
  
• REM
  
• Velvet Revolver
  
• Bob Geldof
  
• The Killers
  
• The Cure
  
• Snow Patrol

I am most certainly going to be entering the text competition thing to get tickets. What an amazing day out would that be? And you get to be a part of something good at the same time. More details can be found on the Live 8 website.