Though all the Live 8 shows are free events, those planning on attending the London concert had to enter a ticket lottery via text messaging. According to Reuters, the Guinness Book Of World Records now says that this contest has set the official world record for the "Largest Text Message Lottery," with 2,060,285 messages received by the Live 8 organizers.

Some of the lottery winners were unsurprisingly already selling their free tickets on eBay, and fetching big bucks. Live 8 founder Bob Geldof spoke out, condemning the selling of tickets for the charity event. In a statement, Geldof said, "I am sick with this. The people who are selling it are wretches. But far worse is the corporate culture which capitalizes on people's misery. I am appealing to their sense of decency to stop this disgusting greed." This afternoon, eBay Managing Director Doug McCallum told the press that all current Live 8 ticket auctions would be taken down. According to the BBC, McCallum said the "unprecedented" decision was made because "our customers said they were concerned about the profiteering rap being connected with the name of the site they're so passionate about."

Last but not least, while many artists have been rumored to be added to Live 8, the latest name is one that is on every newspaper headline in the world. Live 8 promoter Harvey Goldsmith was asked on U.K. radio station Capital FM if the organizers would consider inviting Michael Jackson to join Live 8, now that his court case has ended. According to Sky News, Goldsmith's response was, "Obviously, we'd consider it," and added that there would be issues concerning Jackson's ability to work and the appropriateness of adding him to the line up. The latest acts rumored to be joining the Philadelphia concert are Linkin Park, Eddie Vedder and Wyclef Jean.