Live 8 Rhetoric: Bono Sends Thom Yorke a Missile; Michael Stipe Says Americans Less Educated than Europeans

The BBC has documented all sorts of interesting rockstar banter regarding the upcoming Live 8 concerts.

First, there's Bono, who commented on Radiohead's decision not to play Live 8 in London:

It's very difficult for people, they can do whatever they want as far as I am concerned. They are that great, they're that special to me.

If they don't want to do this, then fair play to them.

I would love to see them, Thom if you heard this, I've a little missile on the way.

Then there's Michael Stipe, who says most Americans are ignorant of the campaign to relieve third world debt:

I think the most important thing about this really is that it's going to open a lot of people's eyes.

I live in a country where a lot of people are struggling so much to get through their day and their week that it doesn't look like the land of milk and honey.

In comparison to some of the countries we're talking about, it certainly does, but people are not as educated as they are in Europe.