Who's paying the bills?
The Live 8 concerts have come and gone. Of course you will see the reruns on MTV for the next 3 months. Well, till they release them on DVD.From what I understand the shows were free to the public and the artists did the shows for free.
I was thinking while watching some of the rebroadcast this weekend, that someone had to foot the bill to put these on. The production costs alone had to be quite high. Sound, lighting, video, staging, labor and security are not cheap. If you think the local stagehands worked for free, especially Philadelphia and London, forget it.
The sound and lighting companies probably didn't do these free either.
I know this was about raising awareness and not about money, but still someone is paying for this somehow.
I've also read that many of the artists have seen sales of the their CD's jump considerably since the event. Hopefully these artists will donate some of that money to help.
posted by Doppler at
12:14 PM
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