Barrie Ontario: Live 8 Concert

On Saturday July 2nd, 2005, an estimated 3 billion people came to together to force politicians to combat world poverty during their g8 summits. Barrie Ontario was the representing Canadian City.

Many musicians from all over the world donated their services to entertain the masses while raising money and awareness about the world´s increasing poverty crisis.

Here are the musicians and presenters who were in Barrie Ontario on that historic day.

Presenters: Dan Aykroyd and Tom Green

Artists performing include:

* African Guitar Summit
* Barenaked Ladies
* Blue Rodeo
* Bruce Cockburn
* Bryan Adams
* The Bachman Cummings Band
* Deep Purple
* DMC
* DobaCaracol featuring K'naan
* Gordon Lightfoot
* Great Big Sea
* Jann Arden
* Jet
* Les Trois Accords
* Motley Crue
* Our Lady Peace
* Sam Roberts
* Simple Plan
* Tegan & Sara
* The Tragically Hip
* Tom Cochrane

The Concerts

* THE LIVE 8 CONCERTS
* London
* Paris
* Berlin
* Rome
* Philadelphia
* Barrie
* Tokyo
* Johannesburg
* Moscow
* Eden Project

Thanks to all the musicians who took part.. It was a fantastic show!