Hey, my home town of Barrie Ontario is so proud ... and shocked! ... to have been chosen for Canada's Live 8! We were chosen even over Toronto ... and now we'll be famous for more than our world-class pot plants!

Here's the lineup for the Barrie concert:

African Guitar Summit
Barenaked Ladies
Blue Rodeo
Bruce Cockburn
Bryan Adams
The Bachman Cummings Band
Deep Purple
DobaCaracol featuring Kna'an
Gordon Lightfoot
Great Big Sea
Jann Arden
Les Trois Accords
Motley Crue
Our Lady Peace
Sam Roberts
Simple Plan
Tegan & Sara
The Tragically Hip
Tom Cochrane


The African Guitar Summit? and Deep Purple?!? Wow, I'm almost tempted to go, but the 35,000 tickets they were giving away were gone in 21 minutes the other day. To me, that's scary! I do know what Molson Park is like in the sweltering heat, with 50,000+ half-baked partiers milling about. Been there, done that, got insulted, got assaulted, got away, bought the t-shirt, moved on ... but I'll be there in spirit. And make a donation, if there's someplace to do that.