Bob Gedolf, the man behind Live 8, declared in a interview to CNN that he's hoping to double the aid for Africa by 2010 to $25 billion.

"We're almost there," he said. "We're within $2 billion. I think we can knock that off in Gleneagles." "I've been on the phone with Bono and we're going, 'Is this happening?' Live 8 ... is actually the final push now. It's no longer the startup engine."

Performers will include Coldplay, Madonna, Paul McCartney, R.E.M. and U2 in London; Will Smith, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Stevie Wonder and P. Diddy in Philadelphia; Crosby, Stills and Nash, Lauryn Hill and Brian Wilson in Berlin; Jamiroquai, Youssou N'Dour, Yannick Noah and Placebo in Paris; and Duran Duran in Rome.

The shows will be broadcast in 8 countries by MTV and VH1 and on Premiere Radio Networks and Webcast in its entirety on AOLMusic.com. Giant screens are being set up in 14 other cities across the UK to watch the London concert.