Live 8 London running order

The official running order was revealed by the organisers shortly before the concert kicked off at 1400 BST. By the early stages the concert was already running off schedule.

• 1406 Sir Paul McCartney and U2: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• U2: Beautiful Day, Vertigo, One
• 1441 Coldplay: In My Place, Fix You
• Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft: Bitter Sweet Symphony
• 1501 Sir Elton John (introduced by Little Britain's Matt Lucas and David Walliams): Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, The Bitch is Back
• Sir Elton John and Pete Doherty: Children of the Revolution
• 1521 Dido: White Flag, Thank You, Seven Seconds
• 1541 Stereophonics: Dakota, Local Boy In The Photograph, Bartender And The Thief, Superman
• 1601 REM (introduced by Ricky Gervais): The One I Love, Losing My Religion, Imitation of Life, Everybody Hurts
• 1621 Ms Dynamite: Dy-na-mi-tee, Judgement Day, Redemption Song
• 1641 Keane: Bed Shaped, Somewhere Only We Know
• 1701 Travis: Sing, Turn, Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
• Travis with Bob Geldof: I Don't Like Mondays
• 1721 Annie Lennox (introduced by Brad Pitt): Why, Little Bird, Sweet Dreams
• 1741 UB40: Medley - Food For Thought, Who You Fighting For, Reasons, Red Red Wine, Can't Help Falling In Love
• 1801 Snoop Dogg: Medley - Ups And Downs, It's A G Thang, Drop It, Signs, What's My Name
• 1821 Razorlight: Somewhere Else, Golden Touch, Vice
• 1841 Madonna: Like a Prayer, Music, Ray of Light
• 1901 Snow Patrol: Chocolate, Run
• 1906 The Killers: All These Things That I've Done
• 1926 Joss Stone: Super Duper Love, I Had A Dream, Some Kind of Wonderful
• 1946 Scissor Sisters: Laura, Take Your Mama, Everybody Wants The Same Thing
• 2006 Velvet Revolver: Do It For The Kids
• 2026 Sting: Every Breath You Take, Message in a Bottle, Desert Rose
• 2046 Mariah Carey: Vision of Love, Make It Happen, We Belong Together
• 2106 Robbie Williams: Let Me Entertain You, Feel, Angels
• 2126 The Who (introduced by Peter Kay): Who Are You?, Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley, Behind Blue Eyes
• 2149 Pink Floyd: TBC (Expected to play four songs including Money, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here)
• 2211 Sir Paul McCartney: TBC (Expected to play five songs including The Long and Winding Road)
• Finale: Sir Paul McCartney joined on stage by George Michael and Sir Mick Jagger

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