Concerts to Save the Earth

Al Gore, former vice-president of the United States, and director of the movie An Inconvenient Truth, announced this concert series.

The goal of Live Earth is to make people around the world aware of global warming.

The concerts will be in Johannesburg, London, Shanghai, Sydney and three U.S. cities.  There will also be concerts in Brazil, Japan and Antarctica.  The cities in these countries will be announced in the near future.

Al Gore commented on the pressing need to intervene, at a press conference in Los Angeles. "The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement."

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Sheryl Crow, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Foo Fighters, Keane, Snow Patrol, Duran Duran, Bloc Party and Paolo Nutini have confirmed that they will be performing at this concert series.