The Eden Project is to take part in Live 8 by staging its own concert to coincide with other gigs taking place across the globe on 2 Jul. This one will have more of a world music feel to it, and follows criticism from Damon Albarn and others that Live 8 is overly dominated by white artists and that not enough African musicians are taking part. The line-up for the gig, "Africa Calling", will be confirmed on Wednesday.
The Eden Project's press officer David Rowe said: "I would not say it's a response to the criticism, more an enhancement of the event. For a fairly young organisation it is a quite a coup, but Eden is a perfect venue for this."
As previously reported, Eden is already hosting a series of live dates this summer featuring acts such as Keane and Basement Jaxx.