Live 8 (2005) - Credits and Details

Live 8 Credits and Details

Directed by
	Bruce Gowers
	Nick Hopkin
	Michael Maier
	Claire Popplewell
	Geoff Posner
	Richard Valentine
	Michael Watt
	Paul Flattery	...	world broadcast
Written by
	Bob Geldof	...	idea
	David Wild
Cast
	Bob Geldof	...	Self
	Articolo 31	...	Themselves
	4Peace Ensemble	...	Themselves - Johannesburg
	a-ha	...	Themselves (as A-Ha)
	Bryan Adams	...	Self
	George Alagiah	...	Self
	Romeo Antonio	...	Self
	Ainhoa Arbizu	...	Self
	Jann Arden	...	Self
	Tina Arena	...	Self
	Richard Ashcroft	...	Self
	Audioslave	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Dan Aykroyd	...	Self
	BAP	...	Themselves - Berlin (as Bap)
	Amel Bent	...	Self
	Louis Bertignac	...	Self
	Björk	...	Self - Tokyo
	The Black Eyed Peas	...	Themselves (as Black Eyed Peas)
	Andrea Bocelli	...	Self
	Bon Jovi	...	Themselves
	Jonathan Sway Calloway	...	Self (as Sway)
	Calogero	...	Self
	Daniel 'Cloud' Campos	...	Self - Dancer
	Mariah Carey	...	Self
	Jimmy Carr	...	Self
	Marc Cerrone	...	Self (as Cerrone)
	Manu Chao	...	Self
	Tom Cochrane	...	Self - Barrie
	Bruce Cockburn	...	Self
	Coldplay	...	Themselves
	Sean 'Diddy' Combs	...	Self (as Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs)
	Jennifer Connelly	...	Self
	Fearne Cotton	...	Self - Reporter
	The Cure	...	Themselves
	Pino Daniele	...	Self
	Dave Matthews Band	...	Themselves
	Craig David	...	Self - Paris
	Chris De Burgh	...	Self - Berlin
	Francesco De Gregori	...	Self
	Deep Purple	...	Themselves
	Floortje Dessing	...	Self
	Destiny's Child	...	Themselves
	Diam's	...	Self
	Dido	...	Self
	Disiz	...	Self (as Disiz La Peste)
	Lucky Dube	...	Self
	Duran Duran	...	Themselves
	Ms. Dynamite	...	Self
	Elisa	...	Self
	Damien Fahey	...	Self
	Faudel	...	Self
	Fergie	...	Self
	Juan Diego Flórez	...	Self - Berlin
	Peter Gabriel	...	Self
	Peaches Geldof	...	Self
	Ricky Gervais	...	Self
	David Giammarco	...	Self - Backstage Host: Canada
	Good Charlotte	...	Themselves
	Jo Good	...	Self - Presenter
	Irene Grandi	...	Self
	Great Big Sea	...	Themselves
	Green Day	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Tom Green	...	Self
	Herbert Grönemeyer	...	Self - Berlin
	David Hallyday	...	Self
	Johnny Hallyday	...	Self
	Salma Hayek	...	Self
	Faith Hill	...	Self
	Lauryn Hill	...	Self
	Todd Honeycutt	...	backing vocalist: Elton John
	Jamiroquai	...	Themselves
	Jay-Z	...	Self
	Katherine Jenkins	...	Self - Berlin
	Jet	...	Themselves
	Elton John	...	Self - London
	Jovanotti	...	Self
	Juli	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Kaiser Chiefs	...	Themselves
	Peter Kay	...	Self
	Keane	...	Themselves
	Toby Keith	...	Self
	Alicia Keys	...	Self
	Salif Keïta	...	Self (as Salif Keita)
	Angélique Kidjo	...	Self
	The Killers	...	Themselves
	Kyo	...	Themselves
	Vanessa Lachey	...	Self (as Vanessa Minnillo)
	Annie Lennox	...	Self
	Luciano Ligabue	...	Self
	Gordon Lightfoot	...	Self
	Lindiwe	...	Self
	Linkin Park	...	Themselves
	Madonna	...	Self
	Peter Maffay	...	Self
	Vusi Mahlasela	...	Self
	The Mahotella Queens	...	Themselves
	Nelson Mandela	...	Self
	Soehne Mannheims	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Mariza	...	Self
	Maroon 5	...	Themselves
	MC Lyte	...	Self
	Davina McCall	...	Self
	Paul McCartney	...	Self
	McFly	...	Themselves
	Tim McGraw	...	Self - Rome
	Sarah McLachlan	...	Self
	Freddie Mercury	...	Self (archive footage)
	Damon Minchella	...	Self
	Kylie Minogue	...	Self
	Chris Moyles	...	Self
	Muse	...	Themselves
	Youssou N'Dour	...	Self
	Negramaro	...	Themselves
	Negrita	...	Themselves
	Nek	...	Self
	Achinoam Nini	...	Self (as Noa)
	Yannick Noah	...	Self
	Ayub Ogada	...	Self
	Renee Olstead	...	Self - Berlin
	Geoffrey Oryema	...	Self
	Our Lady Peace	...	Themselves
	Florent Pagny	...	Self
	Laura Pausini	...	Self
	Pet Shop Boys	...	Themselves
	Max Pezzali	...	Self
	Pink Floyd	...	Themselves
	Brad Pitt	...	Self
	Placebo	...	Themselves
	Natalie Portman	...	Self
	Sara Quin	...	Self (as Sara)
	Tegan Quin	...	Self (as Tegan)
	R.E.M.	...	Themselves
	Razorlight	...	Themselves
	Reamonn	...	Themselves - Berlin
	The Red Elvises	...	Themselves
	Axelle Red	...	Self
	Renaud	...	Self
	Rize	...	Themselves
	Sam Roberts	...	Self
	Jonathan Ross	...	Self - Presenter
	Vasco Rossi	...	Self
	Roxy Music	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Oumou Sangaré	...	Self (as Oumou Sangare)
	Sasha	...	Self - Berlin
	Scissor Sisters	...	Themselves
	Shakira	...	Self - Paris
	Kool Shen	...	Self
	Silbermond	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Will Smith	...	Self - Philadelphia
	Jimmy Smits	...	Self
	Snoop Dogg	...	Self
	Snow Patrol	...	Themselves
	Neil Solé	...	Self
	Stereophonics	...	Themselves
	Sting	...	Self
	Joss Stone	...	Self
	Valeriy Syutkin	...	Self
	Tegan and Sara	...	Themselves
	Rob Thomas	...	Self
	Tiromancino	...	Themselves
	Die Toten Hosen	...	Themselves - Berlin
	The Tragically Hip	...	Themselves
	Chris Tucker	...	Self
	U2	...	Themselves
	UB40	...	Themselves
	Keith Urban	...	Self
	Velvet Revolver	...	Themselves
	Antonello Venditti	...	Self
	David Walliams	...	Lou Todd
	Jo Whiley	...	Self - Reporter
	The Who	...	Themselves
	Anne Will	...	Self
	Robbie Williams	...	Self
	Brian Wilson	...	Self - Berlin
	Wir Sind Helden	...	Themselves - Berlin
	Birhan Woldu	...	Self
	Stevie Wonder	...	Self
	Neil Young	...	Self
	Renato Zero	...	Self
	Joana Zimmer	...	Self - Berlin
	Zucchero	...	Self
	Lindiwe Zulu	...	Self
Uncredited Cast
	Adam Pearce	...	Self - Audience Member
Produced by
	Jim Bankoff	...	executive producer
	Rob Brooks	...	producer
	Lorna Dickinson	...	producer
	Paul Flattery	...	producer
	Elizabeth Flowers	...	associate producer
	Cerrie Frost	...	producer
	Harvey Goldsmith	...	producer
	Kit Hawkins	...	producer
	Nicholas Jacobovitz	...	broadcast services producer
	Damian McDermott	...	segment producer
	Jonathan F. Miller	...	executive producer
	Elaine Paterson	...	producer
	Emer Patten	...	supervising producer
	Jeffrey Pollack	...	producer
	Kim Ross	...	producer
	Jill Salvino	...	creative producer
	Lily Sobhani	...	executive producer
	Cheryl Teetzel-Moore	...	line producer
	Kevin Wall	...	executive producer
	Pip Wells	...	producer
	Bill Wilson	...	producer
	Michael Wolfson	...	producer
Visual Effects by
	Keely Grigel	...	encoding supervisor

Additional Info
Premiere:	July 02, 2005
DVD Release:	November 08, 2005
Countries:
Distributor:	EMI
Websites:

Ratings
7.7 / 10

Production Companies
Music Television (MTV)

Distributors
America Online (AOL) (2005) (United States) (internet)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2005) (United States) (TV)
BBC Worldwide (2005) (World-wide) (TV)
EMI Entertainment (2005) (World-wide) (DVD)
EMI Music (2005) (World-wide) (DVD)
Music Television (MTV) (2005) (United States) (TV)
Music Television 2 (MTV2) (2005) (United States) (TV)
VH1 Television (2005) (United States) (TV)

Filming Locations
Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, Yvelines, France
Circus Maximus, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall, England, UK
Hyde Park, London, Greater London, England, UK
London, Greater London, England, UK
Makuhari Messe, Makuhari, Tokyo, Japan
Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
Park Place, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Philadelphia Museum of Art - 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Red Square, Kitai-gorod, Tverskoy District, Moscow, Russia
Siegessäule, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

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