A Media Genious
Madonna, a genius of the media event, played Live 8 just right. Dressed in white and surrounded by the London Community Gospel Choir, she sang spiritual dance-floor anthems – “Like a Prayer,” “Ray of Light” and “Music” – and pumped her hips, demanding and getting a full-park singalong for a chorus: “Music makes the people come together.”
From a review by Jon Pareles, the New York Times