Global Warming concerts.....
 

Driving home from work i heard this on the radio.... (well not this exact one... but they confirmed Bon Jovi to play....

Al Gore Sets Global Warming Concerts With Snoop Dogg, Bon Jovi

By Kim Chipman and Alan Ohnsman

Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- A group headed by former Vice President Al Gore is planning a single day of concerts on seven continents featuring more than 100 performers, including Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg and Fall Out Boy, to promote awareness of global warming.

The ``Live Earth'' shows will take place July 7 in London, Shanghai, Sydney, Johannesburg and locations to be determined in the U.S., Brazil and Japan, Gore and music producer Kevin Wall said today in Los Angeles. Details of a show in Antarctica will be announced next month, Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said.

The concerts are part of ``Save Our Selves,'' a new campaign founded by Wall, the producer behind the 2005 Live 8 concerts that raised money for Africa. General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal Inc. television and movie unit will televise the shows in the U.S. Gore and Wall said they expect ``Live Earth'' to be the most viewed event ever, reaching more than 2 billion people through television, radio, the Internet and film.

``The goal is to trigger a mass movement across the globe to combat our climate crisis,'' spokesman Yusef Robb of Save Our Selves said in an interview.

Proceeds from the concerts will go to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a group Gore heads that includes Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Managing Director Theodore Roosevelt IV and Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser to President George H.W. Bush. Tickets will go on sale next month.

Gore, 58, has long called for stronger U.S. action on climate change, co-sponsoring the first congressional hearings to study the issue in the 1980s. The movie ``An Inconvenient Truth,'' which features Gore lecturing about the dangers of global warming, is a contender for two Academy Awards, including best documentary feature.

The former vice president also has been nominated by two Norwegian lawmakers for a Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to raise public awareness of global warming. Such accolades have stirred speculation that Gore might make another bid for the White House. Gore, who lost to Republican George W. Bush in 2000, said he has no plans to run for president.

To contact the reporters on this story: Kim Chipman in Washington at kchipman@bloomberg.net ; Alan Ohnsman in Los Angeles at aohnsman@bloomberg.net .

Last Updated: February 15, 2007 15:40 EST

Cool.
I guess it will be a great event.

Bonjovi.com has confirmed their participation as well just not what city they'll be playing in.

deb

it should be good though, chili peppers have confirmed also

Presumably this will be televised (I hope).

Kathleen

I read the press release quickly that was on bonjovi.com but I believe it said that NBC and MSNBC or CNBC will televise it in the states and the BBC would as well. Also, they said it would be shown online.

deb

This sounds fantastic, and a concert in the Antartic?:o , should be a big turn out there. Still if given the chance it would be the place I would go regardless of where Bon Jovi are playing. Imagine how spectacular it would be there.

I think it's a fantastic idea.

If you think about it, something like this needs to be done if the moeny we have all raised for Live Aid and Live 8 is to count for anything at all. We can send over all the food supplies etc. to Africa that we want but if global warming is allowed to continue at such a ridiculous rate, there's no amount of food or resources that can be sent that is gonna save anyone over there from certain death as the entire continent becomes a desert.

At last - something positive in the news! I'm fed up of hearing 99% negative stuff from the media. How often do you hear a news story that makes you smile anymore?

should be a great concert - can't say I'm all that bothered about the cause

Now don't anybody go nuts - I just think we aren'tgonna do anything about global warming without convincing the US government,China and Japan to do something drastic - and all three seem to be doing nothing noteworthy. The UK is trying but it's inconsequential so why bother? The concert will fade away into nothing I'm sure

Im not seeing BJ in the Antartic!!!! Even I have my limits.....

Sounds good, I have a feeling they will want to play Wembley after what happened last year. I just dread to think how hard it will be to get tickets.......