God Bless Bob

The real, unchocolatey Elton is one of the millions going crazy for Live 8 at the moment – Bob Geldof having decided that the answer to world debt relief is a knees-up with his mates in the centre of London. I was doing quite a good job avoiding the ruckus, until this morning, that is, when my phone beeped and told me that I had won a pair of tickets. I can't even remember entering the draw but, even so, I'm now strolling round the office smugly telling everyone, feeling like Charlie from the Chocolate Factory and counting the days till July 2 when I get to see Mariah Carey, Coldplay, U2 and Sir Paul McCartney. Possibly all on stage at the same time in a big anachronistic nightmare. Today, eBay have even disallowed people auctioning tickets. "It's capitalising on the misery of millions," Geldof moans, but anyway, I'll have to be dead not to turn up.

- Tim Hancock