8. Live Earth Concert
LIVE EARTH CONCERT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON SATURDAY, 7TH JULY AT 8.30 PM & 10.45 PM, AND ON SUNDAY AT 5.30 PM AND 10.30 PM AS DELAYED LIVE
Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent series of concert events on 7.7.07 that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to inspire a global movement to “Answer the Call” and help solve the climate crisis.
Live Earth was founded by Kevin Wall, CEO of Control Room, the company producing the events globally.
Live Earth will stage official concerts at Giants Stadium in New York; Wembley Stadium in London; Aussie Stadium in Sydney; Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro; the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg; Makuhari Messe in Tokyo; the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai; and HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg.
Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection in the US, The Climate Group and Stop Climate Chaos in the UK, and other international organizations, to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take immediate and lasting action to solve the climate crisis.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection and a Partner of Live Earth.
Live Earth will reach a worldwide audience through an unprecedented global media architecture covering all media platforms - TV, radio, Internet and wireless channels.