Live Earth 7.7.07

Live Earth 7.7.07, if you hadn't already heard of it, was a series of concerts all over the world, running for 24hrs combined, to promote awareness of climate change and the problems associated with it, and what we can all do to help. They had a bunch of bands at each concert, as well as other influential people to promote the idea, which was first brought about by Al Gore, and his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. If you haven’t already seen this film, then you really should. It’s quite amazing. I have no idea how Al Gore didn’t make presidency over George Bush. The world would certainly be different now if he was elected.

I bought tickets to the London stage of Live Earth only two weeks ago, and managed to grab us some pretty good seats, that turned out to be right by the VIP section, through the same entrance, and with leather cushioned seats. Score!!

We started the day there at about 12pm when the gates opened at the new Wembley Stadium. Concert started at 1.30pm. The London show, by far, had the best line-up, with bands such as British faves Snow Patrol, Razorlight, Genesis, Duran Duran, Damien Rice, Corinne Bailey-Rae, James Blunt, to name a few, then bigger artists such as Pussycat Dolls, Metallica, Madonna, Beastie Boys, Bloc Party, Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and the FooFighters, who were by far the best band of the night and totally owned the night!! They were amazing!! Famous people such as Geri Helliwell, Neve Campbell, Dr. Who, Eddie Izzard, and Chris Rock presented the artists. The concert finished at 10.30pm.

We had a wicked day, and finally some sunshine in the city to top it all off! The atmosphere was awesome, our seats were great (we could actually see them on stage, although a bit small), and the bands brought down the house!! But on top of it all, some pretty major issues were addressed, and with a worldwide audience of about 2 billion people for all the concerts, I really hope that the message was taken in by everyone.

Click on this link to see some video clips of some of the songs. On the picasa page, double click the first photo & scroll through so you can see the videos too (the pictures with a grey square in the bottom right corner). And click here to learn more about Live Earth and what you can do to help. Green is the new black.