LIVE EARTH CONCERTS
Archive for July, 2007
Live Earth got a traditional Aboriginal welcome in Australia and a high-tech virtual one in Japan, as the 24-hour global concert series to raise awareness about climate change kicked off Saturday.
Al Gore made appearances at both - as a hologram in Tokyo and via live video link with Sydney - urging rock fans to join the fight against global warming.
Madonna, Metallica, the Police and Kanye West are among the top billed of more than 150 acts due to appear in the nine-concert series.
Aboriginal tribal leaders with white-painted bodies and shaking eucalyptus fronds were the first to take the stage at the Australian event, singing and dancing a traditional welcome to crowd that grew quickly from a few hundred midmorning to several thousand by around lunchtime. (more)
If you’re planning on taking in the Live Earth concert, CTV Toronto will be broadcasting it for 29 hours — but you don’t have to stay glued to your couch to hear the call to fight climate change.
Downtown, the green movement will rock Yonge-Dundas Square from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday. One of the highlights will be a live viewing party of CTV’s broadcast of the eight concert venues on a giant LCD screen. (more)