Spinal Tap - "Stonehenge", "Warmer Than Hell", and "Big Bottom" (with every bass guitar player from the event except Mike Rutherford and John Taylor) (W 20:55)
Foo Fighters - "
All My Life", "
My Hero", "
Times Like These", "
Best of You" and "
Everlong" (W 22:55) ("We decided to play the ones that everyone knew…" said
Dave Grohl. "I felt like I was being challenged by all of the bands before me. I'm not a competitive dude. But I thought, 'Okay motherfuckers: watch this.'"[1])
In Ireland,
RTÉ Two provided live coverage starting from 12:30 until 19:00 and then again from 21:30 until 06:00 the following morning, presented by
Dave Fanning.
In Canada,
CTVglobemedia provided uninterrupted live television coverage of the show on
MuchMoreMusic. Highlights of the show were featured on
CTV throughout the day.
Online
MSN was responsible for the online broadcasting of the concert.
Chris Rock's explicit language during the introduction of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers caused problems with Canadian TV networks and the
BBC. Rock also used the word "nigger" while being interviewed on
BBC One by
Jonathan Ross, alongside
Ricky Gervais. Rock called the crowd "motherfuckers" and Jonathan Ross had to apologize to the viewers. He was unrepentant in later
NME interviews.
The BBC missed the start of the
Metallica set, joining live halfway through the first song, then switched to
Crowded House from
Sydney just as they started to play "
Enter Sandman". This resulted in 413 complaints from Metallica fans who watched the concert from home.
Phil Collins sang during "
Invisible Touch", "And though she will fuck up your life, you'll want her just the same." Collins has sung this as part of many Genesis concerts. BBC presenter
Jonathan Ross was required to apologize on air for the expletives used by Collins and
Johnny Borrell of
Razorlight and vowed to give them a "talking to". The offensive language used by performers at the event and broadcast live before the watershed caused the BBC to be censured by media regulator
Ofcom.
References
^Cameron, Keith (June 2008). "Let me entertain you…". Q #263. p. 82.