July 2^nd 2005 and London’s Hyde Park hosted Live 8 London. The G8 summit was due to be held on July 6-8 and there were 11 simultaneous gigs, to raise awareness of poverty, AIDS and hunger in Africa (Live 8 was referencing the G8).

The concerts were in London, Johannesburg, Philadelphia, Moscow, Cornwall, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo, Barrie, Edinburgh and Paris and broadcast by 182 television networks and 2,000 radio stations.

Over 1,000 musicians performed to raise funds for such as MAKEpovertyHistory.

Getty Images has some pictures of Jimmy Carr and David Baddiel posing with some children, backstage at the London gig, and more photos of the stars here.

More of the acts were listed here, by Forest Radio UK.

In the video below Jimmy mentions that The Killers (who he has gone on to be great friends with) were all dressed in white. Getty Images have some pics here. And the video carries on with Fearne Cotton speaking to Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol (Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid is another friend of Jimmy’s).

Other participants included:

• Paul McCartney
• Midge Ure
• Robbie Williams
• Jonathan Ross
• The Killers
• Peter Gabriel
• Snow Patrol
• Elton John
• Jeremy Clarkson
• John McEnroe
• Madonna
• Pink Floyd
• Roger Daltrey
• Pete Townshend
• Brad Pitt
• Phil Collins
• Pet Shop Boys
• A-ha
• Bon Jovi
• Def Leppard
• Kanye West
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Duran Duran
• Spandau Ballet
• Wet Wet Wet
• The Proclaimers
• David Walliams
• Coldplay
• Matt Lucas
• Bob Geldof
• Ronan Keating
• Slash
• Birhan Woldu
• Peter Kay
• Neil Morrissey
• Joss Stone
• Kofi Anann
• Victoria Beckham
• David Beckham
• Youssou N’Dour
• Travis
• Dido
• Snoop Dogg
• Elle MacPherson
• Ms Dynamite
• Razorlight
• Scissor Sisters
• Green Day