It was a final performance made by The Police in New Jersey that wrapped up the series of Live Earth concerts held across the world in such cities as London, Hamburg, Washington, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo Sydney and Shanghi Shanghai to raise awareness and funds to, in the words of Al Gore, "heal the planet." The former Vice President helped orchestrate the events, which included such acts as Madonna, The Beasties Boys, Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Joss Stone, Snoop Dogg, UB40, as well as a slew of internationally acclaimed pop musicians. However, there were critics who pointed out the inconsistency of the message being conveyed to audiences, noted BBC News.
George Marshall of the Climate Outreach Information Network told the BBC: "Having the richest people in the world saying, 'Hey! We all need to cut back a bit!' is, let's face it, absurd."Organizers of the events have responded by saying that they have done their best to try and keep the concerts "green," investing in power-efficient light bulbs for one.
"We've booked this show with acts that were touring in the area at the time so we could keep the carbon imprint down," explained producer Kevin Wall.Man, now that I'm reading about all of this, I kind of feel bad about owning three Hummers that I use to run over trees. Fine. If I promise to start only driving two at a time, maybe Al Gore will leave me alone.
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Tons more photos (Madonna, Cameron Diaz, Sting, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Melissa Etheridge, Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Duran Duran, Rosario Dawson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Zach Braff, Kevin Bacon, Akon, James Blunt, Bon Jovi, Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, Beastie Boys, Metallica, Pussycat Dolls, Alec Baldwin) from the Live Earth concerts after the jump.
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south-fl-sun says:
i some how doubt that we will ever see any numbers on how much electricity of fossil fuels were used to create this portion of the "al gore is-the-greatest-man-since-the-guy-who-invented-the-internet/comeback tour". i think i saw some windmills in the background, musta been for the wind powered jets. could have saved the windmills and used all that idiotic hot air coming out of fug camaron diaz. what a dunce.
and before anyone says i hate the environment, my "carbon footprint" has been bribed, i mean paid off.
south-fl-son says:
i some how doubt that we will ever see any numbers on how much electricity or fossil fuels were used to create this portion of the "al gore is-the-greatest-man-since-the-guy-who-invented-the-internet/comeback tour". i think i saw some windmills in the background, musta been for the wind powered jets. could have saved the windmills and used all that idiotic hot air coming out of fug camaron diaz. what a dunce.
and before anyone says i hate the environment, my "carbon footprint" has been bribed, i mean paid off.
Gail says:
How much coke was Cameron Diaz doing, anyway? Every time she was interviewed, or talking in any capacity, she had that "wired" look and sound! Come on Cam, you know it's true!
spelling says:
okay honestly
it's ShanghAi
with an A
i'm no fan of China
but come ON