Tone it down, Geldof tells acts  June 22, 2005  London: The
singer Bob Geldof has reportedly warned a top recording artist
not to publicly criticise the White House during the global
television broadcast of the Live 8 concerts next month.  The
warning came after Geldof insisted the US President, George
Bush, had done more for Africa than any other US leader.
Geldof's manager was quoted as having been told by the singer:
"Please remember, absolutely no ranting and raving about Bush or
Blair and the Iraq war. We want to bring Bush in, not run him
away."  Geldof was said to be determined not to lose control of
the concerts' central message, putting pressure on the Group of
Eight leaders meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.  Geldof, often
the most trenchant critic of politicians, was sympathetic
towards Mr Bush in an interview in Time magazine. He sat with
the U2 singer Bono, who recently publicly shook hands with Mr
Bush and called the US President "the most important and
toughest nut", a stance that has annoyed si