YOU ALL HAVE TO READ THIS: ONLY 45 TURNED UP TO THE 12,000 SEATER
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July 22, 2006 - 8:58PM
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Live 8 hero Bob Geldof has been forced to cancel two concerts in Italy because of lack of public interest, after only 45 people turned up to see him perform in Milan, Italy's La Stampa newspaper reported on Saturday.
Geldof walked out of Milan's 12,000-capacity Arena Civica on Friday without playing, given the paltry attendance. His manager explained that a concert for less than 400 people would not be viable, the newspaper said.
The 54-year-old Irish rocker, who said he had flown in from South Africa for the gig, sought to placate angry fans afterwards by promising to give a free concert in September.
A scheduled performance in Rome on Saturday night, for which 300 tickets had been sold, was also cancelled, La Stampa said.
Geldof was the driving force behind 10 Live 8 concerts worldwide a year ago, timed to coincide with a G8 summit hosted by Britain, to raise awareness of the plight of millions of Africans living in poverty.
A decade earlier, he spearheaded the Live Aid concerts to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
He originally became famous for leading the punk rock group The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s.
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Live 8 hero Bob Geldof has been forced to cancel two concerts in Italy because of lack of public interest, after only 45 people turned up to see him perform in Milan, Italy's La Stampa newspaper reported on Saturday.
Geldof walked out of Milan's 12,000-capacity Arena Civica on Friday without playing, given the paltry attendance. His manager explained that a concert for less than 400 people would not be viable, the newspaper said.
The 54-year-old Irish rocker, who said he had flown in from South Africa for the gig, sought to placate angry fans afterwards by promising to give a free concert in September.
A scheduled performance in Rome on Saturday night, for which 300 tickets had been sold, was also cancelled, La Stampa said.
Geldof was the driving force behind 10 Live 8 concerts worldwide a year ago, timed to coincide with a G8 summit hosted by Britain, to raise awareness of the plight of millions of Africans living in poverty.
A decade earlier, he spearheaded the Live Aid concerts to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
He originally became famous for leading the punk rock group The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s.
AFP
Ryan VH
Go Forth And Die!
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Ryan VH
Go Forth And Die!
Ryan VH
Go Forth And Die!
Tee
Satan's yoyo
...as long as he takes care of his own kids in addition of his dead ex wife's child, he's cool, doesn't have to we-are-the-world-we-are-the-children ever again.
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fuck ftagn
Cat5Messiah
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Tee
Satan's yoyo
and why does he still think anyone would want to see him live? sweet lord... he's not Michael Hutchence.Tee said:
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that's awesome!
Nightshade
Blonde to the bone
It's a shame when stars get too big for their britches. He was there, with everything he needed, fully expecting to play, if I read it right. Why not play? He had a chance to be a "hero" of sorts for 45 folks, but they, apparently, weren't good enough. If he'd been sick or something, that's different, but to just walk off stage 'cause you're crowd's too small -- who's fault is it that the crowd's too small?
