Live 8 DVD Box Set To Be Released

A four disc DVD featuring extensive coverage of all of the Live 8 concerts is set to be released on November 7.

Footage of the Anti-Poverty gigs which took place on July 2 all around the world will be included in the box set featuring the appearances of REM, Madonna, Coldplay, Dido, U2, Scissor Sisters and Paul McCartney.

Bob Geldof said of the release: “I hope this will be the biggest selling DVD of all time. It deserves to be. More importantly perhaps, it should be, for it will help us achieve our goal of changing the lives of the extreme poor for the better and making our generation the one that helped end the disgrace of poverty.”

Three of discs will involve the footage of the concerts with every artist from the London and Philadelphia events appearing plus extensive highlights of the seven other gigs.

The fourth disc will feature exclusive extras including behind the scenes footage from Hyde Park, coverage of Pink Floyd’s reunion rehearsal plus coverage of the concert at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium.

Royalties from the release will go towards the relief of hunger and poverty in Africa.