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6.21.99 18:00 EST back
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U2, Radiohead, Perry Farrell Ask World Leaders To
Wipe Out Third World Debt :
U2's Bono and The Edge, Radiohead's Thom Yorke,
Perry Farrell, world music artist Youssou N'Dour, and
Live Aid founder Bob Geldof traveled to Cologne,
Germany over the weekend to attend the G-8 summit of
world leaders. |
On Saturday, the musical collective handed German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder petitions asking that $200
billion in third world debt be dropped, according to
Jubilee 2000, the organization sponsoring the campaign.
In order to raise awareness for the cause, the former
Jane's Addiction and Porno For Pyros frontman
performed at the House Of Blues in West Hollywood last
week along with Sean Lennon and Cibo Matto.
"If we continue at this rate," Farrell told MTV News at
the benefit, "the third world will never be able to catch
up and be a first world with us, because at the rate
that they borrow money, every dollar that we lend
them, they pay us back nine, and these places can
never, never repay that debt." [RealVideo]
The artists-turned-activists, along with Jubilee 2000, got
the G-8 leaders to agree to delete $70 billion in debt and
continue to work on the remaining amount until the end of
the year.
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