Featuring Only Senegal's Youssou N'Dour, Bob Geldof's Live 8 Slammed for Lack of African Artists; Music Industry Today Offers Extended News Coverage

Featuring Only Senegal's Youssou N'Dour, Bob Geldof's Live 8 Slammed for Lack of African Artists; Music Industry Today Offers Extended News Coverage

WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Designed to help Africa, Bob Geldof's Live 8 initiative has come under attack for not featuring African musicians in its concerts.

The only African artist to perform at Live 8's Paris Show is Youssou N'Dour from Senegal.

Covering a whole range of music and music industry topics, Music Industry Today Offers extensive news coverage of this event. See:

-- Live 8 News - http://www.musicindustrytoday.com/news/Live8LiveAid/pr

-- Bob Geldof News - http://www.musicindustrytoday.com/news/BobGeldof/pr

-- Youssou N'Dour News -
http://www.musicindustrytoday.com/news/YoussouNDour/pr

-- Senegal Music News - http://www.musicindustrytoday.com/senegal/pr

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