April 11, 2007
Live Earth...Live!
Al Gore is a VP again, of Live Earth - an organization/music event that he says "will help us reach a tipping point that's needed to move corporations and governments to take decisive action to solve the climate crisis."
On 7.7.07 there will be a global Live Earth concert which will begin in Sydney and continue across the seven continents, concluding with a show in (posterchild for a healthy environment) New Jersey (not that New York is much better). The show will take place at Giants Stadium and sixteen diverse headliners were just announced:
* Kanye West
* AFI
* Kelly Clarkson
* Akon
* KT Tunstall
* Alicia Keys
* Ludacris
* Bon Jovi
* Melissa Etheridge
* Dave Matthews Band
* Rihanna
* Fall Out Boy
* Roger Waters
* Smashing Pumpkins
* John Mayer
* The Police
We always knew it would take a global crisis (something "freezing over") to get a lineup like this on one stage, and can't wait for the inevitable "supergroup" encore (or to hear what Kanye will have to say)!
Live Earth is a multi-year campaign led by The Alliance for Climate Protection, and hopes to move individuals, corporations and governments to take action with this 24 hours of music across 7 continents. The concerts will be streamed live at LiveEarth.MSN.com and tickets go on sale Monday April 16th (at 10am) for the NJ show.
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Wow what a crappy lineup.
I will look forward to seeing how much litter and carbon emissions an event this size will produce.
Are the Roger Waters Pink Floyd fans gonna sit through Kelly Clarkson and Ludacris? I mean...I wouldn't.
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Maybe they should reunite Rare Earth?
Since it's Jersey, you gotta think that Bon Jovi are the headliners.
Why, god, why, is the solution to global warming MORE FUCKING CELEBRITIES?!
That's the solution to everything! Throw celebrities at it! Now global warming is no longer a problem, thank god for celebrities!
It's already been anounced that The Police will headline. I hope prices don't wind up being the same as the ~$110/ticket for the London show.
Please go read "The Sheep Look Up" by John Brunner, we are living that novel right now.