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Megastars to rock the world in giant Live Earth concerts
Apr 10 08:45 AM US/Eastern
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070410124548.xin49xzn&show_article=1
Madonna, Genesis and the re-formed Police will top a galaxy of stars
rocking the world against climate change in seven mammoth concerts
around the globe on July 7, organizers said Tuesday.
More than 100 acts will perform in the giant 24-hour Live Earth
concert relay -- the brainchild of former US vice-president Al Gore --
spanning Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Johannesburg, London, Rio de Janeiro
and New York.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Genesis top the bill at London's Wembley
Stadium while Bon Jovi, The Police and Smashing Pumpkins will headline
the concert at New York's Giants Stadium, organisers said.
"Live Earth -- the concerts for a climate in crisis", dreamed up by
politician-turned-environmental campaigner Gore, are intended to
highlight the threat of climate change.
Organisers hope the concerts will raise awareness of the issue just as
the 1985 Live Aid concerts raised awareness of starvation in Africa.
They aim to reach over two billion people on television, radio and the
Internet.
In London, Duran Duran, the Foo Fighters, the Black Eyed Peas, Keane,
Snow Patrol, Bloc Party and the Beastie Boys will also perform at the
90,000-seater newly-redeveloped Wembley stadium.
Razorlight, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, James Blunt,
John Legend and Paolo Nutini are among the other confirmed acts who
will take the stage.
The New York concert features Kanye West, Roger Waters, Dave Matthews
Band, Kelly Clarkson, Fall Out Boy and Melissa Etheridge.
They will take the stage in the 80,000-seater Giants Stadium alongside
Alicia Keys, Ludacris, John Mayer, Akon, AFI, Rihanna and KT Tunstall.
"By attracting an audience of billions we hope Live Earth will launch
a global campaign giving a critical mass of people around the world
the tools they need to help solve the climate crisis," Gore said.
"We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump start a massive
public education effort.
"Live Earth will help us reach a tipping point that's needed to move
corporations and governments to take decisive action to solve the
climate crisis."
Starting in Sydney and ending in New York, the event will deliver a
call to action and the solutions needed to answer the call, organisers
said.
"This monster line-up will ensure Live Earth meets our goal of
bringing together people from around the world to combat the climate
crisis," said Live Earth founder Kevin Wall.
"Live Earth will not only span all seven continents, but the musicians
who have answered our call span multiple genres and generations.
"Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms of entertainment
and in turning the tide against global warming."
Proceeds from the concerts will go towards a foundation to combat
climate change. Tickets for the London gig will cost 55 pounds (108
dollars, 81 euros).
The other Live Earth concerts will take place at Sydney's Aussie
Stadium, Tokyo Stadium, a Shanghai venue to be confirmed,
Johannesburg's Cradle of Human Kind and Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana
beach.
Gore is the author of a bestselling book on global warming "An
Inconvenient Truth," which was made into the blockbuster documentary
which won a pair of Oscars in February.
The last mammoth international concert series was Live 8 in July 2005,
designed to pressure leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised
nations to change their approach to poor countries.
It took up the baton from the unprecedented Live Aid, held at Wembley
and at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia in the United States.
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMcharter.net
Apr 10 08:45 AM US/Eastern
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070410124548.xin49xzn&show_article=1
Madonna, Genesis and the re-formed Police will top a galaxy of stars
rocking the world against climate change in seven mammoth concerts
around the globe on July 7, organizers said Tuesday.
More than 100 acts will perform in the giant 24-hour Live Earth
concert relay -- the brainchild of former US vice-president Al Gore --
spanning Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Johannesburg, London, Rio de Janeiro
and New York.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Genesis top the bill at London's Wembley
Stadium while Bon Jovi, The Police and Smashing Pumpkins will headline
the concert at New York's Giants Stadium, organisers said.
"Live Earth -- the concerts for a climate in crisis", dreamed up by
politician-turned-environmental campaigner Gore, are intended to
highlight the threat of climate change.
Organisers hope the concerts will raise awareness of the issue just as
the 1985 Live Aid concerts raised awareness of starvation in Africa.
They aim to reach over two billion people on television, radio and the
Internet.
In London, Duran Duran, the Foo Fighters, the Black Eyed Peas, Keane,
Snow Patrol, Bloc Party and the Beastie Boys will also perform at the
90,000-seater newly-redeveloped Wembley stadium.
Razorlight, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, James Blunt,
John Legend and Paolo Nutini are among the other confirmed acts who
will take the stage.
The New York concert features Kanye West, Roger Waters, Dave Matthews
Band, Kelly Clarkson, Fall Out Boy and Melissa Etheridge.
They will take the stage in the 80,000-seater Giants Stadium alongside
Alicia Keys, Ludacris, John Mayer, Akon, AFI, Rihanna and KT Tunstall.
"By attracting an audience of billions we hope Live Earth will launch
a global campaign giving a critical mass of people around the world
the tools they need to help solve the climate crisis," Gore said.
"We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump start a massive
public education effort.
"Live Earth will help us reach a tipping point that's needed to move
corporations and governments to take decisive action to solve the
climate crisis."
Starting in Sydney and ending in New York, the event will deliver a
call to action and the solutions needed to answer the call, organisers
said.
"This monster line-up will ensure Live Earth meets our goal of
bringing together people from around the world to combat the climate
crisis," said Live Earth founder Kevin Wall.
"Live Earth will not only span all seven continents, but the musicians
who have answered our call span multiple genres and generations.
"Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms of entertainment
and in turning the tide against global warming."
Proceeds from the concerts will go towards a foundation to combat
climate change. Tickets for the London gig will cost 55 pounds (108
dollars, 81 euros).
The other Live Earth concerts will take place at Sydney's Aussie
Stadium, Tokyo Stadium, a Shanghai venue to be confirmed,
Johannesburg's Cradle of Human Kind and Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana
beach.
Gore is the author of a bestselling book on global warming "An
Inconvenient Truth," which was made into the blockbuster documentary
which won a pair of Oscars in February.
The last mammoth international concert series was Live 8 in July 2005,
designed to pressure leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised
nations to change their approach to poor countries.
It took up the baton from the unprecedented Live Aid, held at Wembley
and at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia in the United States.
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMcharter.net