Madonna walks on stage for the relief concert and starts singing 'We are living in a material world, and I am a material.." as the lights are suddenly switched off and people boo.

Lights come back on to a humble Willie Nelson tuning his guitar to cheers and breaks into a rendition of Foster's hard times,hard times,come again no more.

Madonna reappers, apologises for a stage malfunction and sings Andrew loyd-Weber's Don't dry for me Argentina in a duo with Bono.

I wonder if Ticketron will still be in busines, and if so, accept gold in lieu of plastic ?

The only people being ingnored in theis circus are the ever fewer survivors of the Great Depression.