LIVE EARTH CONCERTS

Live Earth Starts Today

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)

One Response to “Live Earth Starts Today”

1. Paul Levinson Says:
   July 7th, 2007 at 7:52 am

   Great to see this starting! http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/07/live-earth-and-youtube.html

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