Are you ready for "Live 8," the followup to "Live Aid" which raised money for starving peoples? The Spice Girls will not be performing because the show is intended to carry a serious political message to world leaders. Live 8 organizers said "their style of music did not fit in with the serious political message about world poverty the transatlantic event hopes to portray."

Who will be performing? Yes, the Who is expected to perform. Who else? How about Robbie Williams doing Queen's "We Will Rock You" or "We Are The Champions." Also Sting is expected to do The Police's "Every Breath You Take." And what serious political rally could be without the Black-Eyed Peas? US rapper Eminem is to play at a concert which will be screened after the London event. I can see the consistency here. Only bands with serious political messages in their material should apply!

Serious political message? Hahahahahahahahahaha! Why don't these people give up and do like the rest of us? When a group of accountants or lawyers or steelworkers or grocery clerks want to raise money for a good cause, they simply put the grip on their professional cohorts and shame them into donating a couple bucks. If these mega-millionaires did similarly, they would raise more money than these ridiculous "look-at-me" events do. Are they really interested in raising money and the world's political conscience? Or do they just want to put together an event which might bring some of them back into the public's eye?