All The Promises We've Made, From the Cradle to the Grave, When All I Want Is You

I don't know how many of you were able to watch the Live 8 Concerts from Saturday, but if you missed them, we may not see anything like that in a long time. Lance and I were discussing which venue had the best artists and we settled on London (U2, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., The Who, Pink Floyd, The Killers, Sting) over Philadelphia (Jay-Z, Linkin Park, Dave Matthews Band, Stevie Wonder, and Kanye West). Looking back that decision does not seem that difficult to make, but if you saw footage of the combined set that Jay-Z and Linkin Park did, you would have a tough time deciding too, but if I were to walk away from those concerts without remembering what they were about in the first place, I would be making a huge mistake.

Music is one of the most powerful forces in our society. The way that it brings people together from a variety of backgrounds and beliefs is incredible. As part of the One Campaign to "Make Poverty History", the concerts were able to focus attention of many people who would most likely not care anything about the upcoming G8 summit in a very positive way. Despite the differences of many of the artists that performed on Saturday, and their diverse fanbases, people were brought together to tell the leaders of the world that we are watching.