MADONNA - MADONNA 'SHUNS LIVE 8 WATER'

MADONNA caused an uproar at yesterday's (02JUL05) historic Live 8 gig in London when she refused to endorse the charity show's mineral water - which is marketed to raise much needed cash for poverty-stricken areas of Africa.

The pop queen reportedly astonished organiser SIR BOB GELDOF by snubbing the water - called One - and argued she only drinks water endorsed by Kabbalah, the mystical offshoot of Judaism.

An insider tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper, "All the other performers took the view that if they signed up for the view that if they signed up for Live 8 they would go the whole hog and do all that was asked of them.

"Madonna was adamant however that she would have nothing whatsoever to do with One and certainly wouldn't pose for any pictures drinking it."