The Live 8 show in our cultural Mecca of Barrie has come under a bit of attack the last few days over the line up of artists set to entertain and educate the masses.
While the debate raged on a call from Ottawa came out for inclusion of a national icon for the really big shew. Ottawa DJ, Jeff Brown from CHEZ 106 launched his own personal protest over the exclusion of Stompin' Tom Connors from the mighty Live 8 line up, to get his point across Brown played nothing by Stompin' Tom songs during his afternoon drive show and vowed to continue playing them until the Stompin' one was put on the list. Alas, station management decided that the playlist is the thing and put and end to the rebellion by taking Brown off the air for an indefinite period of time over his affection for Connors.
Of course this sounds like a pretty good publicity stunt and so be it, but there is the petition for us all to sign to get Stompin' Tom on the bill. He'd be a natural to get the crowd going and more importantly is very much a national symbol, one just as deserving as some of the others on this list of performers. So sign on the cyber line and lets get Stompin' Tom a ticket to Barrie!
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