That surely is the point.
The tickets are being bought by those that want to see the stars, not those that believe in the cause.
Mind you, I think the whole idea is a load of bollocks. Geldof and a bunch of rock stars imposing a white man's solution to a black man's problem.
Posted By: BeverlyHills0201 on June 14th 2005 at 15:27:24
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