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Live Earth Concert Tickets Going on Sale April 16

By Carol ⋅ April 10, 2007 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

I finally found some details about the Live Earth concerts that are going to take place this summer. The home site for the event is LiveEarth.org. The global concerts will be on 7/7/07 on 7 continents, and are the first major public project sponsored by The Alliance for Climate Protection and SOS-Save Our Selves. More information about those organizations can be found by clicking here.

The focus of these organizations is to persuade individuals, communities, corporations, and local, state, and federal governments around the globe to take immediate actions to reduce greenhouse pollution through education as well as incentives.

The SOS - Alliance for Climate Protection collaboration brings together SOS founder Kevin Wall, and Alliance for Climate Protection Chairperson Al Gore in a global effort that should rival Live 8 in use of the Internet and technology for reaching the largest volume of participants in real time, live. Al Gore’s reputation is well known, and Kevin Wall is the CEO of Control Room, “which produces and distributes live music concerts on the Internet, radio, television, mobile phones, at retail stores and in theaters.” Wall was also the Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8.

Here is the summary blurb from the Live Earth site describing some interesting aspects of the event:

Live Earth will use the global reach of music to engage people on a mass scale to combat our climate crisis. Live Earth will bring together more than 150 of the world’s top musicians for 24-hours of music from 7 concerts across all 7 continents. Live Earth will bring together an audience of more than 2 billion at the concerts and through television, radio, film, and the Internet. That audience, and the proceeds from the event, will create the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by Vice President Al Gore. Kevin Wall, Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8, is producing Live Earth.

All Live Earth venues will be designed and constructed by a groundbreaking team of sustainability engineers and advisors directed by John Picard. This greening team will address the environmental and energy management concerns of each concert site, as well as the operations of sponsors, partners, and other Live Earth affiliates.

Each venue will not only be designed to maintain a minimum environmental impact, but will showcase the latest state-of-the-art energy efficiency, on-site power generation, and sustainable facilities management practices.

Tickets for the concerts go on sale on Monday, April 16 at 10am EDT in the US, and ticketing in the UK will be handled through a pre-registration ballot system which opens on Friday, April 13th at Noon GMT and closes Monday, April 16th at Noon GMT. The Live Earth MSN site has all of the ticketing details and concert venue and line up information.

The current line ups look pretty good, although I am disappointed not to see Green Day and U2 on the lists (yet…..).

  • US - Giants Stadium: AFI, Akon, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Fall Out Boy, John Mayer, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, KT Tunstall, Ludacris, Melissa Etheridge, The Police, Rihanna, Roger Waters, Sheryl Crow, Smashing Pumpkins.
  • UK - Wembley Stadium: 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.

Climate change - let’s make it a change for the better!

Cheers,
Carol

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