Alapalooza '07

Timis · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:44 am

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Al Gore has organized a 24-hour concert series to take place on all seven continents with the aim of highlighting the dangers of global warming.

The event, called Live Earth, will feature 100 musicians on July 7th and aims to attract two billion viewers via the television, radio and internet. The concerts will be streamed live on MSN, Microsoft's information portal.

Gore explained:

In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people, We hope to jumpstart that movement right here, right now, and take it to a new level on July 7, 2007.

The event has signed up many artists including Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, AFI, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Snoop Dogg, Bon Jovi and many others. The concerts will take place in Sydney, Australia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai, China; London, England; Kyoto, Japan; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a U.S. city that has yet to be determined, Wall said. Gore added that the campaign even plans to stage the first-ever rock concert on Antarctica. Proceeds from the concerts will fund initiatives by the Save Our Selves campaign.

Timis · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:49 am

UPDATE: Associated Press adds Melissa Etheridge, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, the Black Eyed Peas, and Enrique Iglesias.

splates · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:52 am

im waiting for al gore to completely flip his nut and go right off the deep end

it will happen soon

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:59 am

Good for Al. He's raised more awareness about this issue privately than he ever could as President.

Funny how that works. I think John Edwards is a fine man and a good Prez candidate but if he chose not to he could go along way helping fight poverty if he continued his involvement with that issue.

Power, she is a seductive mistress.

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:49 pm

I opened this thread thinking that is was going to be about Weird Al Yankovic somehow.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

this was so much cooler when I thought it was about Weird Al.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:14 pm

How dare you use Weird Al to trick me into reading an article that mentions Fall Out Boy and Korn.

Promethium · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:23 pm

Isn't Gore with Richard Branson? You'd expect them to get a better group of people than who they mentioned. I can't really imagine that many people tuning in or paying an exorbitant amount to see those people.
Plus, I don't really equate any of those artists with environmental movements. What about The Police, since Sting has always been into environmental causes or R.E.M?

south pacific · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:15 pm

Timis Wrote:

The event has signed up many artists including Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, AFI, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Snoop Dogg, Bon Jovi and many others.

Does Al Gore know that Bon Jovi heavily contributed to the thinning of our ozone layer in the 80's with their excessive hairspray use?

no guru · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:50 pm

from liveearth.msn:

7/7/07
Live Earth - The Concert for a Climate in Crisis

Concerts on all 7 continents

Shanghai
Sydney
Johannesburg
London
Brazil TBD
Japan TBD
United States TBD
TBD

100+ artists
Current and legendary artists across all genres performing multiple hits.

Pharrell
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Snoop Dogg
Lenny Kravitz
Bon Jovi
Paolo Nutini
Sheryl Crow
AFI
Melissa Etheridge
John Mayer
Damien Rice
Corrine Bailey Rae
Duran Duran
Bloc Party

Snow Patrol
John Legend
Black Eyed Peas
Akon
Enrique Iglesias
Fall Out Boy
Mana
Keane
Kelly Clarkson
Korn
Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw
Ray LaMontagne
Robin Thicke
Kenna

Celebrities and thought leaders
Entertainers, athletes, scientists, government leaders and CEOs helping engage their constituencies with SOS.

More than 1 million audience members
Live concert attendance reaching more than 1 million people.

More than 2 billion viewers
Multi-platform distribution (television, radio, internet, wireless) reaching in excess of 2 billion people across the globe.

The global audience gathered for Live Earth, its ongoing actions, and the proceeds from the concerts, will form the foundation for a new, multi-year international initiative to combat the climate crisis led The Alliance for Climate Protection and its Chair, Al Gore.

Flowthgin · **Posted:** Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:06 pm

Sleepytime Tea Wrote:

this was so much cooler when I thought it was about Weird Al.

Well, he is going on tour this year.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:40 am

I heard about this a couple of days ago on Indie 103.1 here in Los Angeles. I was going to post about it but couldn't find anything on the web about it. Thanks for the more in-depth information Timis. The part about Antarctica was the thing that really made me scratch my head.

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