Black Eyed Peas, Chili Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow among performers at Gore's SOS concerts

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From MTV News:


Snoop, Pharrell, Peas, Chili Peppers To Perform At Gore's 'S.O.S.' Concerts
Events will take place in seven cities on 7/7/07.
By Corey Moss, with additional reporting by Gil Kaufman

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LOS ANGELES — In what Pharrell Williams called "the biggest party on Earth," he, Snoop Dogg, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Black Eyed Peas, Fall Out Boy, Akon, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, John Mayer, the Foo Fighters, AFI and Sheryl Crow are among more than 100 major acts who will take part in a series of international concerts organized by former vice president and environmental advocate Al Gore.

The concerts, called Save Our Selves — The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis (or S.O.S. for short), are aimed at raising public awareness about global warming, Gore and co-organizer Kevin Wall announced Thursday (February 15) at the California Science Center.

"This event is linked to the beginning of a campaign," said Gore, whose entourage rolled on to the University of Southern California campus in a convoy of black Priuses. "We have to get the message out to billions. We can solve it, but we won't until enough people get the message."

The shows, which organizers have said will be bigger than 1985's Live Aid concerts, will take place on July 7 — 7/7/07 — on seven continents: London; Shanghai, China; Sydney, Australia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and cities to be determined in Japan, Antarctica (the first live concert broadcast from there, according to Gore) and the United States, where two major East Coast cities are apparently vying for the hosting role.

In an impressively elegant speech, Pharrell said he wanted to talk not about the dangers of global warming, but about culture. "Culture is everything that separates us as well as everything that brings us together," he said. "Culture is music, culture is art. ... The one thing culture hasn't been is consciousness and awareness."

Pharrell, who was the first artist on board and is helping to organize the event, will also perform, as well as Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Damien Rice, Corinne Bailey Rae, Snow Patrol, Keane, Korn, Bloc Party, Duran Duran, Melissa Etheridge, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Maná and Paolo Nutini. .....(more)

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[BlooInBloo]

1. Red Hot kicks ass live!

[salin]

3. Can I admit to being old enough - and young enough

to watching the LiveAid show live (hbo, I think) and being captivated by the switching back and forth between the London and US based concert acts. I can't recall anything like it since... until this... very cool.

But will there be a moment like Jagger and Bowie doing "dancing in the streets" togethwer? (okay totally nonpolitical - but I loved it when they covered that together.) Again, I date myself with this post. Wouldn't be able (workwise) to watch this event -but appreciate todays technology - and will definitely 'buy' the DVD (hopefully through an org that raises $ for the cause.)

[Initech]

2. Damn, I want to go! Party of the century!

It would be especially fucking cool to go see this show in another country!

[marmar]

5. So true....

That would be awesome. But there's going to be at least one U.S. city on the sked.

[durrrty libby]

4. Lucky 7's