World Record

London Live 8 Concert Ticket Lottery Sets Text-Message World Record

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 13, 2005 - 9:49am.

London -- The Guinness Book of Records announced on Monday that a world record for text-messaging was set when users sent over 2 million text messages in a bid to win tickets to the upcoming Live 8 concert in London, a benefit for African nations at which Pink Floyd, U2, Madonna, Elton John and Paul McCartney are scheduled to perform. Would-be concertgoers sent a total of 2,060,285 text messages, at a cost of about $2.70 each to send, raising over $5.4 million for charity. The previous record of 726,875 text-messages was set by users pledging to the Disasters Emergency Committee's online fundraiser for victims of the New Year Asian Tsunami.

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