# A time Phil Collins was so loved he HAD TO play London and Philadelphia the same day?

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**Created:** [November 14, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-phil-collins-was-so-loved-he-had-to-play-london-and-philadelphia-the-same-day/274695 "2004-11-14T11:44:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-phil-collins-was-so-loved-he-had-to-play-london-and-philadelphia-the-same-day/274695/41 "2004-11-16T09:40:33Z")

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I heard the new Band Aid single on the radio this morning. It’s not bad (not that the first one was much good from a purely musical viewpoint; although it does knock that awful yank dirge into a top hat).

But perhaps more importantly it went down extremely well with Britain’s youth (sample size - two). They liked the Dizzee Rascal bit best. I wonder if it will get a US release?

As for the DVD - does it have that godawful Bob Dylan set on it?

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**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-phil-collins-was-so-loved-he-had-to-play-london-and-philadelphia-the-same-day/274695/42 "2004-11-16T10:16:35Z")

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> [@delphica](#):
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> Excellent thread title, by the way!

I wasn’t going to bump the Thread from the second page just to say “Thanks!”, but since **owlstretchingtime** has chimed in with new information (a _valid_ reason to come back to page one) I’ll take the opportunity to say:

Thanks, **delphica**!

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**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-phil-collins-was-so-loved-he-had-to-play-london-and-philadelphia-the-same-day/274695/43 "2004-11-16T10:35:22Z")

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I thought the SST references were to the record label Black Flag etc were on.

I remember watching most of it, however i’d have been 7 at the time. There are quite a few people on the new Band Aid III record none of us on NADS could work out who they were yesterday.

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**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-phil-collins-was-so-loved-he-had-to-play-london-and-philadelphia-the-same-day/274695/44 "2004-11-16T11:37:14Z")

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Ones that I recognised (being an old git):

Paul McCartney

That weed from coldplay that sprogged Gwyneth Paltrow

Joss Stone

Dildo

Justin Hawkins

Bono (wanker)

Dizzee Rascal

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