LIVE EARTH CONCERTS

In a bid to increase awareness of its environmental initiatives, Pepsi has signed on as one of the biggest sponsors of the Live Earth concerts on July 7.

Like arch-rival Coke, which last week unveiled plans to reduce energy and water consumption at its Atlanta headquarters, PepsiCo will announce plans to reduce its carbon footprint and extend its environmentally friendly practices, claims a source (via Brandweek).

Pepsi, already planning to change its can design 35 times this year, will manufacture cans with the Live Earth event emblazoned on them. (More on mbp.com)

Auction site eBay has announced it will carry tickets for Live Earth - but 20% from each sale must go to charity.

Tickets for concerts in the UK and USA, to highlight climate change, went on sale last week and have already appeared on the website at marked up prices.

Website bosses have said they will let the tickets stay but, because it is a special event, good causes should benefit from those being sold on. (More on DigitalSpy)

More than 200,000 people registered for tickets to the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, organisers have said. Interested fans had 72 hours from Friday to Monday to register before a ballot to distribute the £55 tickets.

Madonna, James Blunt and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the 17 acts confirmed for the concert, which aims to raise awareness of climate change.

Those who have secured one of the July show’s 60,000 tickets will be informed by text message on Wednesday. (More on BBC)

Tickets for LIVE EARTH CONCERT in NEW JERSEY go on sale at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 16 and will be available at livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171. All ticket information is available at LiveEarth.MSN.com. All proceeds will go to The Alliance for Climate Protection and other international NGOs.

Free Registration for tickets for Live Earth at Wembley will be available on Friday (April 13, 2007) and Live Earth ticket applicants are asked to register their details at http://media.livenation.co.uk/liveearth/register.asp

Registration opens from midday on Friday 13th April until Monday 16th April at midday. If your application is successful you will be notified how to buy your tickets on Weds 18 April.

All tickets for London’s concert will be priced at £55 each and will be limited to two per applicant.

There is a line up for Live Earth Concert in London:

Beastie Boys
Black Eyed Peas
Bloc Party
Corinne Bailey Rae
Damien Rice
David Gray
Duran Duran
Foo Fighters
Genesis
James Blunt
John Legend
Keane
Madonna
Paolo Nutini
Razorlight
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Snow Patrol

There is a line up for US LIVE EARTH CONCERT in New Jersey.  

Kanye West
AFI
Kelly Clarkson
Akon
KT Tunstall
Alicia Keys
Ludacris
Bon Jovi
Sheryl Crow
Melissa Etheridge
Dave Matthews Band
Rihanna
Fall Out Boy
Roger Waters
Smashing Pumpkins
John Mayer
The Police

Live Earth website just announced the final venues to host Live Earth Concerts in selected countries:

US: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
UK: Wembley Stadium, London
Brazil: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro
South Africa: The Cradle of Human Kind, Maropeng near Johannesburg
Japan: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
China: Steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
Australia: Aussie Stadium , Moore Park, Sydney