Live 8- Luke's Report

I really enjoyed Live 8. The drive there seemed pretty quick and was uneventful, as well as the trip home.
We had excellent seats for the day, but unfortunatly as the day progressed and the crowd right at the stage got bigger we were overrun a little bit. Overall we really enjoyed the view and could see everything really well. There wasn't anyone overly obnoxious nearby either, just too many smokers :(. Seriously, I can't wait until the ban smoking in public, period!

As for the bands, the highlights of the day for me were Sam Roberts, Tragically Hip, Deep Purple, and Jet. Because we were so close to the stage, the sound was great. The highs weren't too high and the bass, although it rattled your vocal cords, was just within the tolerable range. It was great to have live music just physically massage you like that. Very awesome.
We also has enough food and water that we felt pretty good all day and just had to go for one refill of a water bottle. If you went to one of the more out of the way washrooms (ie 2 minutes from the main ones) there wasn't really a line up at all.

So all in all, it was a great experience and Anne and I had a great day together and can't wait for something similar to come along again.