# Call for musicians to donate their Live8 profits

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/07/05/call-musicians-donate-their-live8-profits/
- Published: 2005-07-05T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour has called on all those musicians who will have
boosted their sales by appearing at the Live8 concerts to donate those profits to
charity. He has announced that he will be doing just that.

Gilmour encouraged both artists and record companies to donate the additional income
they will receive after appearing at the global events.

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Universal Music has already confirmed that it will give all profits from digital
downloads of Sir Paul McCartney’s performance to the Band Aid Trust.

According to HMV many of the artists who performed at Live8 have seen huge increases
in sales as a result. Sales of Pink Floyd’s “Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd” has
jumped by 1343%, The Who’s “Then and Now” by 863%, and Annie Lennox or rather the
Eurythmics’ Greatest Hits by 500%.

Amazon.co.uk confirms the impact of the event, reporting that sales of four Pink
Floyd albums had increased by over 1000%.