It was hailed as 'the greatest show on Earth', and was shown by more than 140 TV channels across the world, but will it make any difference?

Whilst the public watched the Live 8 shows in their millions, it's still not known if the 10 concerts that took place on Saturday will be enough to influence the G8 leaders to solve one of the biggest problems facing the world: how to stop Sting from disappearing up his own arse.

Self arse bandit

Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof has publically stated that the events served to highlight the issue, but privately he remains concerned that the politicians will be prepared to let the ex-Police singer suffocate in his own sphincter.

'The problem is that he hasn't done a decent song in years' one leading politcian told us, 'and that makes it hard for us. I mean, he did the same songs on Saturday that he did 20 years ago, which just compounded the issue really.'

Shows were held in 10 cities, including London, Philadelphia, Paris, Berlin, Johannesburg, Rome and Moscow, and organisers estimated that 85% of the world's population would have been able to tune into the event.

Whether it's enough to save Sting from public and political indifference remains to be seen.

250,000 people came out to support Sting in London's Hyde Park

Posted by damian at July 05, 2005 03:07 PM