LIVE EARTH CONCERTS

The Rolling Stones have denied a Fox News web report that they will play the Live Earth show in Britain on July 7.“Not happening,” a spokesman for the band said in an email.

Fox News columnist Roger Friedman reported on Tuesday that the Stones would headline the show at London’s Wembley Stadium.

Such an appearance would have necessitated postponing the band’s previously announced show for Rome on July 6, as it no longer plays consecutive nights. (More on Reuters.com)

Mayor David Miller says a Toronto venue for the massive Live Earth concert for global warming is a perfect fit because city residents are “strong environmentalists.”

On Wednesday Miller confirmed his office is pursuing a local venue and promoter. The mayor says he is excited by the prospect of taking part in the high-profile concert.

“I think it would be a real Toronto statement. People here are strong environmentalists, and a fun event like this to really send a strong message would be great,” he said.  (More information on ctv.ca)

Plans for a simultaneous day of global rock concerts to draw attention to the problem of global warming have run into trouble in Washington.

Organiser of the gigs, former presidential candidate turned environmental campaigner Al Gore, had wanted to hold North America’s concert in the US capital but Republican senators are reportedly attempting to stall his plans to stage the show on the Congressional lawn.

However, Republican senators have reportedly now delayed making a decision about whether the US part of the green gig should be held on Washington’s west lawn by using legislative procedures to effectively bury the request put forward on behalf of organisers. (More information on inthenews.co.uk)

Organizer Harvey Goldsmith said: “The act I really want to do the show is Prince. Here is a classic guy who is a genius. I was in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago and Prince has a club in a hotel called Rio. He played a set there at midnight and he was mind blowing. It will be great if we can get him.”

The Honda Racing F1 Team is going to be “green” in 2007 Formula 1 season. To help raise awareness of the environmental issues facing the planet, the RA107 F1 car simply features a huge image of earth, in place of the advertising and sponsor logos which have featured and dominated all other F1 cars for decades.

The car’s new look is a powerful call to action for fans, sponsors, customers and members of the public to join Honda’s commitment to help address the environmental issues facing the world.

Walsh told The Australian Foxtel had joined forces with Nine and Ninemsn to bid for the cross-platform broadcast rights to Al Gore’s July 7 “Live Earth” concerts. “Wherever possible, we’ll buy content for our own service. But where we can’t, we’ll co-operate across the platform,” he said.

The 7/7 concerts, expected to attract a global audience of 2 billion people, will run simultaneously in seven continents. The Sydney Opera House will be one of the venues. (continue to read this article here)

That’s the message coming from Capitol Hill, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced a resolution yesterday to allow Gore to stage a global-warming concert on the Capitol grounds.

If the bipartisan resolution is approved by the Senate and the House, it will clear the way for the former vice president to produce his free “Live Earth” concert on July 7 on the Capitol’s west side.

Gore and other promoters had hoped to stage the nighttime event on the Mall but have been unable to secure a permit from the National Park Service. Gore called Reid to request his help, according to the senator’s spokesman, Jim Manley. (Read the rest of the article on WashingtonPost.com)