Public Service Announcement

Next month sees the G8 summit up at Gleneagles (North of Edinburgh). Timed to correspond with this is yer man Geldof's Live 8 concert in Hyde Park. They're expecting this to be quite popular and tickets are being allocated on a lottery basis, via ansewering a tricky question with a text message. Now I know that everyone reading this is stupid** and so I will provide you with a little help.

Here's the question:

Which of the following cities is nearest to the G8 summit in July?
a) Berlin
b) Moscow
c) Edinburgh

As normal with these sorts of things, the questions is actually quite straightforward. The answer is a) Berlin. So to win, just text A to 84599. And you might win tickets to this fantastic concert. There are too many bands playing at Live 8 for me to list them all here but the highlights are undoubtedly:

- Del Amitri
- A Flock of Seagulls
- Jesus Jones
- Samantha Fox
- One of New Kids on the Block (I forget which).

There have also been rumours that Hootie and the Blowfish may be making a guest appearance, but I think this is unlikely. They'll probably stick to doing just the American show.

Oh, I probably should add that each text costs £20, plus your normal network cost, plus 10p for a confirmation text, plus the life of your next-born child. The children won't be killed, but will instead be taken from you and used to form the beginnings of a slave race that will be used to benefit mankind as a whole. Though I haven't as yet seen details of exactly how this will work. They're probably on the Live 8 website somewhere.

Good luck!

**Apart from you