2005年11月7日，由鲍伯·吉尔道夫(BobGeldof)组织，在今年7月份在共10个国家举办的盛况空前的大型扶贫演唱会Live8将首次汇总发行DVD。U2、Muse、剪刀姐妹(ScissorSisters)、罗比·威廉姆斯(RobbieWilliams)、麦当娜 (Madonna)、艾尔顿·约翰(EltonJohn)、酷玩(Coldplay)、R.E.M、平克·弗洛依德(PinkFloyd)、蒂朵 (Dido)、保罗·麦卡特尼(PaulMcCartney)和基恩(Keane)等参加表演的艺人都被选入其中。
本套DVD的前三张是英国伦敦，美国费城演出和其他七个在世界各地现场的精彩集锦。你将在其中看到在伦敦海德公园和费城艺术博物馆演出的每一位艺人。DVD中还收录了很多成对露面演出的明星：有麦卡特尼和乔治·麦克尔(GeorgeMichael)，艾尔顿·约翰和皮特·多赫蒂(PeteDoherty)和酷玩与理查德· 阿什克劳弗特(RichardAshcroft)，最后是一首群星合唱的“披头士”的《HeyJude》。第四张碟中的内容大多都是一些幕后花絮，包括有记录海德公园幕后的短片；平克·弗洛依德的live8重组演出和一些Live8其他地区的演出情况，像小飞侠乐队(Mcfly)和“冰岛女神”比约克 (Bjork)在东京的现场等等。另外Live8在巴黎、柏林、罗马和多伦多等城市的演出都将以单碟形式发行。
Live8演出的组织者鲍伯·吉尔道夫说：“我希望这会是历史上销量最好的DVD。”本次Live8DVD的部分盈赢利资金将会捐献给非洲以缓解当地的饥饿和贫困状况。

In a world where the mentality seems to be "work less, yet earn more," Slipknot have done everything they can to work harder and earn what they deserve, much to the chagrin of their so-called peers, yet to the delight of their fans, known affectionately as the Maggots. The latest culmination of their efforts is Slipknot 9.0: Live, a bludgeoning live double CD of the past three album's worth of material that captures all of the noise, hatred, intensity, violence, pain, blood and infection that make the maggots swarm.

</p>"Most of the people that are going to buy this record are core fans, and normally when they listen to an album, they say: 'Oh, this part is brutal, oh, this is bad-ass.' And they rewind over parts and sing along," Crahan explains. "But I think with this record, they're going to be very silent because I think they're going to be painting a picture of us live in their head as they hear it. You're used to seeing us live, but now you're hearing it live, so you're forced to paint the movie in your head, which creates a psychosis - that is what we are doing with rock and roll music."

</p>The 24 recordings on 9.0: Live were made directly from the soundboard in countless cities and capture the immediacy and explosiveness of the Slipknot experience, an experience that took on a new life two years ago. In July of 2003, Slipknot convened in a dilapidated mansion in the Hollywood Hills. By January of 2004, they emerged with Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses, an album that would re-establish them as the premiere hard rock band in the world. And in March of 2004, they set out to remind the world of that by doing what they do best: taking it to the people live - a full-contact concert experience. The album contains blips from the nearly two years of brutal touring the band waded through, rejoicing, suffering, destroying, but most importantly reconnecting as a unit, a family, an unstoppable force that will never be reckoned with, never be duplicated, but always envied.

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