Portal:Philadelphia/Selected picture/September 2008
Photo credit: Irteagle102704
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and Summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid. Among the cities Live 8 was held in was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The concert was set up on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.