Post by T on Apr 12, 2007 13:20:42 GMT 10
Sydney to host massive Earth concert
Midnight Oil, with its singer-turned-politician frontman Peter Garrett, will take part in some capacity in the Sydney leg of the round-the-world Live Earth concerts, aimed at raising awareness of climate change.
The global concert series will begin in Sydney at Aussie Stadium and continue across all seven continents, concluding with a show in the US.
The Live Earth series will be held in seven major cities on July 7 - New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro. Organisers have also promised an event in Antarctica.
More than 100 acts will take part around the world in the 24-hour event and organisers hope to reach more than 2 billion people on television, radio and the internet. The concerts will be broadcast by more than 120 networks around the world, and streamed live online.
The Sydney line-up is expected to be announced later this month. The John Butler Trio and Wolfmother have already revealed they'll perform. And there are rumours that Silverchair will be on the bill.
Sting and his band the Police, Bon Jovi and others including Ludacris, the Smashing Pumpkins, Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Melissa Etheridge will perform at the event at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, outside New York City.
Others performing include Kelly Clarkson, Akon, AFI, Dave Matthews Band, Fall Out Boys, John Mayer, K.T. Tunstall, and Roger Waters.
In London, Madonna, the Beastie Boys and the Black Eyed Peas will headline the city's event at the 90,000-seater new Wembley stadium.
Also performing will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keane, the Foo Fighters, Genesis, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Razorlight, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, James Blunt, John Legend and Paolo Nutini.
Other Live Earth gigs will take place at Tokyo Stadium, the steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, Johannesburg's Cradle of Human Kind and Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach.
Organisers today said top artists had rushed to be part of the global initiative, which has been compared to the Live Aid concerts held around the world in the 1980s to fight famine.
The concerts mark the start of a new campaign called Save Our Selves (SOS) - The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis.
"This monster line-up will ensure Live Earth meets our goal of bringing together people from around the world to combat the climate crisis," Live Earth founder Kevin Wall said today.
"Musicians, who have answered our call, span multiple genres and generations.
"[This event] will ensure we meet our challenge of building a mass audience to combat global warming.
"Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms of entertainment and in turning the tide against global warming," he said.
The Save Our Selves campaign was founded by Wall, who won an Emmy as worldwide executive producer of Live 8 - another series of concerts held simultaneously around the world on July 2, 2005, to highlight global poverty issues.
Proceeds from the concerts will create a foundation to combat climate change led by The Alliance for Climate Protection, chaired by former US vice-president Al Gore, who has won widespread acclaim for his climate change film An Inconvenient Truth.
"We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump-start a massive public education effort," Gore said.
"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.
"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.
"But ultimately, corporations and governments must become global leaders taking decisive action to stop global warming.''
AAP, AP, AFP, smh.com.au
Midnight Oil, with its singer-turned-politician frontman Peter Garrett, will take part in some capacity in the Sydney leg of the round-the-world Live Earth concerts, aimed at raising awareness of climate change.
The global concert series will begin in Sydney at Aussie Stadium and continue across all seven continents, concluding with a show in the US.
The Live Earth series will be held in seven major cities on July 7 - New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro. Organisers have also promised an event in Antarctica.
More than 100 acts will take part around the world in the 24-hour event and organisers hope to reach more than 2 billion people on television, radio and the internet. The concerts will be broadcast by more than 120 networks around the world, and streamed live online.
The Sydney line-up is expected to be announced later this month. The John Butler Trio and Wolfmother have already revealed they'll perform. And there are rumours that Silverchair will be on the bill.
Sting and his band the Police, Bon Jovi and others including Ludacris, the Smashing Pumpkins, Kanye West, Alicia Keys and Melissa Etheridge will perform at the event at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, outside New York City.
Others performing include Kelly Clarkson, Akon, AFI, Dave Matthews Band, Fall Out Boys, John Mayer, K.T. Tunstall, and Roger Waters.
In London, Madonna, the Beastie Boys and the Black Eyed Peas will headline the city's event at the 90,000-seater new Wembley stadium.
Also performing will be the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keane, the Foo Fighters, Genesis, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, Razorlight, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, James Blunt, John Legend and Paolo Nutini.
Other Live Earth gigs will take place at Tokyo Stadium, the steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, Johannesburg's Cradle of Human Kind and Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach.
Organisers today said top artists had rushed to be part of the global initiative, which has been compared to the Live Aid concerts held around the world in the 1980s to fight famine.
The concerts mark the start of a new campaign called Save Our Selves (SOS) - The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis.
"This monster line-up will ensure Live Earth meets our goal of bringing together people from around the world to combat the climate crisis," Live Earth founder Kevin Wall said today.
"Musicians, who have answered our call, span multiple genres and generations.
"[This event] will ensure we meet our challenge of building a mass audience to combat global warming.
"Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms of entertainment and in turning the tide against global warming," he said.
The Save Our Selves campaign was founded by Wall, who won an Emmy as worldwide executive producer of Live 8 - another series of concerts held simultaneously around the world on July 2, 2005, to highlight global poverty issues.
Proceeds from the concerts will create a foundation to combat climate change led by The Alliance for Climate Protection, chaired by former US vice-president Al Gore, who has won widespread acclaim for his climate change film An Inconvenient Truth.
"We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump-start a massive public education effort," Gore said.
"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.
"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.
"But ultimately, corporations and governments must become global leaders taking decisive action to stop global warming.''
AAP, AP, AFP, smh.com.au
