According to The Sun, Bono is planning to mark the twentieth anniversary of Live Aid next year by staging another major charity music event in the UK, this time with the aim of easing Third World debt.
According to the paper, Bono has the backing of Tony Blair in a bid to stage a second edition of the legendary 1985 concert where performances from the likes of Queen and David Bowie helped to raise tens of millions for famine relief in Africa. The paper reckons London's Hyde Park or Knebworth would be first choice venues for such an event, and that more details about the event will be confirmed later this week.
Whether such an event is indeed planned, and if Bono is the man behind it, remains to be seen. However we do know that reports Bob Geldof would once again be involved are not true. He told reporters yesterday: "I told the Sun this afternoon it was not true. This [kind of reporting] only serves to undermine the concerted efforts of those concerned with the tragedy of poverty in Africa. However, if the Prime Minister wants to organise a Live Aid II, then good luck to him."