2007'04.12.Thu
USA Live Earth Revealed Tickets for the 7/7/07 Concert to Combat Global Warming Go on Sale 4/16
April 10, 2007
NEW YORK, April 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Organizers today announced sixteen of the headliners
who will perform at the U.S. leg of the 7-continent,
24-hour Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07. The concert will be
held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, Live Earth Founder and
Executive Producer Kevin Wall said. Tickets for the show go
on sale Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT.
"Capping Live Earth with a blockbuster show like
this will ensure we meet our challenge of building a mass
audience to combat global warming," Wall said.
"Live Earth will be a monumental event both in terms
of entertainment and in turning the tide against global
warming."
The global concert on 7/7/07 will begin in Sydney and
continue across all 7 continents, concluding with the U.S.
show.
"We hope the energy created by Live Earth will
jump start a massive public education effort," Live
Earth Co-Chair Vice President Al Gore said. "Live
Earth will help us reach a tipping point that's needed to
move corporations and governments to take decisive action
to solve the climate crisis."
The U.S. show will feature live on stage:
AFI KELLY CLARKSON
AKON KT TUNSTALL
ALICIA KEYS LUDACRIS
BON JOVI MELISSA ETHERIDGE
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RIHANNA
FALL OUT BOY ROGER WATERS
JOHN MAYER SMASHING PUMPKINS
KANYE WEST THE POLICE
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 16
and will be available at livenation.com/liveearth or by
calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171. All ticket
information is available at http://LiveEarth.MSN.com . All
proceeds will go to The Alliance for Climate Protection and
other international NGOs.
Live Earth is a monumental music event that will bring
together more than 2 billion people to combat the climate
crisis. Live Earth's 24 hours of music across 7 continents
will deliver a call to action and the solutions needed to
answer the call. Live Earth marks the beginning of a
multi-year campaign led by The Alliance for Climate
Protection to move individuals, corporations and
governments to take action.
Earlier today, Wall announced that the following
artists will perform at the London leg of Live Earth at
Wembley Stadium:
BEASTIE BOYS JAMES BLUNT
BLACK EYED PEAS JOHN LEGEND
BLOC PARTY KEANE
CORINNE BAILEY RAE MADONNA
DAMIEN RICE PAOLO NUTINI
DAVID GRAY RAZORLIGHT
DURAN DURAN RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
FOO FIGHTERS SNOW PATROL
GENESIS
Exclusive online media partner MSN is helping Live
Earth reach people in every corner of the globe. The
concerts will be streamed live on 7/7/07 at
LiveEarth.MSN.com. MSN's 39 localized web portals
worldwide attract 465 million monthly users. The concerts
will be broadcast on the NBC Network in the U.S. and on
more than 120 networks around the world.
Wall also announced that smart car, Stonyfield Farm and
Pepsi have joined Live Earth as corporate partners. In
addition to working with Live Earth to create corporate
efforts to combat global warming, this growing list of
partners will help ensure a mass audience for Live Earth is
reached. These efforts will be detailed at a later date.
Wall also announced today that Live Earth will stage
concerts at Sydney's Aussie Stadium; Rio de Janeiro's
Copacabana Beach; Johannesburg's Cradle of Human Kind;
Tokyo's Tokyo Stadium and the Steps of the Oriental Pearl
Tower in Shanghai.
Live Earth is produced by Control Room, of which Kevin
Wall is the CEO. Control Room has produced and distributed
more than 60 concerts since its founding in 2005 featuring
Beyonce, Madonna, Green Day and the Rolling Stones, among
others.
For more information, please contact:
Yusef K. Robb, Live Earth
Tel: +1-323-384-1789
Email: press@liveearth.org
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