Why Would Anyone Prefer Live 8 to the "Rear Echelon" Blogathon?

...henceforth known as "REB".

Drudge scored the playlist:

PLANNED LIVE 8 PLAYLIST
HYDE PARK LONDON

2pm GMT Start

Paul McCartney/U2
Sgt Peppers lonley hearts band

U2
One

Bono Introduces Coldplay

Coldplay
In My Place
Fix You
Bitter Sweet Sym, With Richard Ashcroft

Little Britain introduce Elton John
Elton John
Sat Nights Alright for fighting
Butch Is Back
Children Of The Revolution, With Pete Doherty

Dido
Life For Rent
White Flag
Thank You

Sterophonics
TBA

REM
The One I Love
Losing My Religion
Imitaion Of Life
Everybody Hurts

Ms Dynamite
Dy-na-mi-tee
Judgment Day
Redempiton Song

Keane
Everybodys Changing
Somewhere only we know

Travis
Sing
Turn
Why does it always rain on me

Annie Lennox
Walking on broken glass
Sisters are doing it for themselfs
Sweet dreams

UB40
Medley

Snoop Dogg
TBA

Razorlight
Somehwree else
Golden touch
Vice

Madonna
Like A Prayer
Music
Ray of light

Snow Patrol
Chocolate
Run

Joss Stone
I had a dream
super duper love

Scissor Sisters
Laura
Take your mamma

Velvet Revolver
TBA

The Killers
TBA

Sting
Message in a bottel
Dersert Rose
Every Breath You Take
Mariah Carey
Vision on love
Make it happen

Robbie Williams
Let me entertain you
Rock DJ
feel

The Who
Won't get fooled again
Baba O'Riley

Pink Floyd
Money
Comfortly Numb
Wish you were here

Paul McCartney
the Long and winding road

Finale App: 20:45 GMT

Do they know is it christmas

All artists who can stay till end, and also some other surprise guests

Looks like a bunch of Lite hits mixed with Dino Rock to me.