'Live 8' Concert Tackles World Poverty

Twenty years ago, Irishman Bob Geldof was so moved by pictures of Ethiopian famine victims that he organized "Live Aid," a concert featuring the world's most popular musicians such as Queen, Madonna, and David Bowe. The event raised millions of dollars for African famine relief. Two decades later, the same man has announced a new concert series, "Live 8," which will take place on July 2nd in London, Philadelphia, Rome, Paris, and Berlin, and will feature today's popular acts, U2, Sting, and R.E.M. This event spotlights a major issue that is often gone unnoticed in our world. "And that is to tilt the world a little bit on its axis in favor of the poor, and it's not a difficult thing to do," Geldof said. It is also not difficult to attend. The concert is free this time around, and the main goal is to get world leaders to tackle the issue of poverty. "'Live 8' is going to take the message right around the world and give attention to it in a way that'll make it really hard for the leaders to ignore," said Stephen Rand, who works with the "Make Poverty History" campaign, which is calling for debt relief and an international trade system that is fairer to poor nations.