Stars rock around the world for climate change
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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Some of the world's biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.
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At Live Earth, a planetwide series of concerts, the highest ranks of the pop aristocracy will use their fame to persuade a global audience that climate change is not only an urgent problem but one they can help solve.
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Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.
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It's a trend that counts Leonardo DiCaprio, London cabs and Al Gore among its followers: Making life "carbon neutral" through tree-planting and other environmentally friendly efforts to curb emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. The theme is a hot one as scientists in Paris this week prepare to issue a major report on global warming &#151; but critics say the movement is counterproductive, even a scam.
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The world&#39;s biggest classical music festival gets under way in London Friday, its usual Monteverdi-to-Mahler line-up updated with a musical about climate change.
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Dozens of pop stars rocked big crowds at Live Earth concerts around the world on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.
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Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to mobilize action to stop global warming.
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Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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Live Earth is ambitious by any standard: eight concerts featuring the biggest names in music, playing for a 24-hour period across the globe, all for the cause of global warming.
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Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - It would play right into the hands of critics if the seven Live Earth concerts to be staged worldwide July 7 were to come off in an unfriendly environmental way.
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Madonna, Metallica, The Police and Kanye West are among the top names listed to perform at a series of climate change concerts being held around the world starting Saturday in Australia.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - It would play right into the hands of critics if the seven Live Earth concerts to be staged worldwide July 7 were to come off in an unfriendly environmental way. And it's probably fair that no concerts in history will be more closely monitored for how well they manage power and waste.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Police, Roger Waters, Kanye West, and the Smashing Pumpkins led an all-star lineup of environmentally conscious rockers and rappers at yesterday's Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium, performing for a sold-out crowd of 52,000.
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Music stars will take part in eight concerts around the world in July to highlight the threat of global warming.
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Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
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Singer-actress Olivia Newton-John plans  to walk along the Great Wall of China to raise money for a  cancer charity, with celebrities from around the world planning  to join the trek, she told reporters on Tuesday.