(Trent McMartin Special Report) Australia band Jet, whose hits include "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" and "Look
What You've Done," have been added to the Canadian edition of Live 8 taking
place July 2 in Barrie, Ontario, north of Toronto. Organizers are hoping
this will help to combat criticisms that the Canadian Live 8 line up is made
up of a bunch of has-beens.
Since the concert line up was announced, critics have panned the event for
the lack of youthful and relevant artists performing. Larry LeBlanc of
Billboard magazine dismissed the roster as a "back to the future" lineup
saying, "It's woefully out of touch with what's going on in today's music in
Canada. Where is Nickelback, where is Feist, where is Death From Above 1979,
where is Arcade Fire?"
Along with Jet, the concert event will feature such artists as Bryan Adams,
Our Lady Peace, Motley Crue, Simple Plan, Deep Purple, The Tragically Hip
and many more. Around 35,000 tickets for the show sold out Thursday morning
in just twenty-one minutes.
Meanwhile, Jet has been currently working on their next album and will be
getting back to finishing it after the concert event. Possible titles for
the album are Straight From the Heartthrob, Radical Sabbatical or Get Bored.
(Trent McMartin Special Report)
