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Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards says the band refused to play Live 8 because they were suspicious of Bob Geldof's political connections.
The rock dinosaurs were begged to play the awareness-raising event at Hyde Park, but Richards felt that Sir Bob had too close links to politicians. He also hinted that the event was too hastily arranged.
He said: "I just thought the connection between Geldof and the Labour Party was just too tight, and I don't see debt reduction as being like - it's not going to feed the babies down there."
"I mean, who's this gratifying and where are the Africans? Where was their say? And I thought it was being stuck together too fast."
Referring to the pressure applied to him by Sir Bob to take part, he added:"Oh yeah, all the Sirs had a bash, believe me. I wondered who was pulling the strings, that's all."
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News: Keith Richards attacks Bob Geldof's political connections
Started by Music@Murmurs, Sep 08 2005 11:01 AM
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Posted 08 September 2005 - 11:11 AM
Haha that's Keith Richards for you. ;) Only he would do something like that.
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Posted 08 September 2005 - 12:33 PM
"All the sirs," huh? Does that mean Mick was involved?
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