Live 8 so far.

Live 8 seems to be showing how much my own taste in music is out of step with that of everyone else nowadays. I find bands like Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol rather boring. And I really can't see the appeal of the hugely overrated REM. I'd rather see Marillion, IQ, Mostly Autumn or Porcupine Tree :)

Best performances so far have been by acts I'd never really rated in the past, Annie Lennox, and (surprisingly) Madonna. I've always thought her entire career has been the ultimate triumph of style over substance, but today she did put on a very spectacular show. It certainly looked as though she actually sang live rather than lip-synching.

I wish the BBC would show us some more of the acts from other venues. Like more that 20 seconds of Muse's pyrotechnics at Paris. Or even the whole of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" from Rome.

At least we've still got Pink Floyd to come.

Update: Which train company's uniform is Velvet Revolver's Scott Weilland wearing?