Simulcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

50 Cent was scheduled to perform but had to back out because he was filming Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005).

Franz Ferdinand were asked to perform but guitarist Nick McCarthy's wedding was planned for that day so therefore couldn't perform.

Was the first global broadcast to be formatted in the HD TV standard.

Marked the first performance by the "full" lineup of Pink Floyd (still minus Syd Barrett, of course) since their acrimonious break up in 1985, the breakup itself was four years after their last public performance, in 1981. They have not performed together since this concert.