Band Weblogs

With mixed feelings about the event, I spent most of Saturday July 7th watching Live Earth on the BBC. I was looking forward to seeing some of the acts that were playing locations around the world in Hamburg, Germany, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tokyo, Japan, Shanghai, China, Antarctica, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sydney, Australia, Washington D.C., […]

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are set to play Live Earth Washington D.C. on July 7th 2007. Washington D.C. was the last Live Earth location to be added to “the list”. I guess this was Al Gore’s surprise location.
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian will host Live Earth D.C. Native Roots will also […]

Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello are set to release their latest album, ‘Super Taranta’ July 10th 2007. I watched Gogol Bordello’s televised Glastonbury 2007 performance and thought they were great. They put on an amazing show - one that you can’t turn away from when watching as there’s so much going on …

The Police are set to perform at Live Earth USA Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey this Saturday, July 7th 2007. After a long wait, Police fans have been given another opportunity to go out and see them play live during their current world tour …

Rihanna featuring Jay-Z is top of the charts at number 1 with her latest single, “Umbrella” for the 7th consecutive week in the UK singles charts. “Umbrella” has held the number 1 slot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for the 5th week …

Enrique Iglesias and Shakira have been added to the Live Earth Hamburg, Germany lineup. The concert event will be taking place at HSH Nordbank Arena on July 7th, 2007.
The Live Earth Hamburg, Germany lineup is set to include: Chris Cornell, Enrique Iglesias, Jan Delay, Juli, Katie Melua, Lotto King Karl, Mana, Mando Diao, Maria Mena, […]

The Live Earth Tokyo, Japan lineup for The Concerts For A Climate in Crisis event taking place on July 7th 2007 at Makuhari Messe is set to include: Abingdon Boys School, AI, AI Otsuka, Ayaka, Cocco, Genki Rockets, Kumi Koda, Linkin Park, Rihanna, Rize and Xzibit.
A special music event will be held at the To-Ji […]

Bon Jovi is set to play Live Earth at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 7, 2007. After missing a couple shows and TV appearances in the UK due to checking himself into rehab, I’m sure Richie Sambora fans will be hoping to see him back, playing his guitars on stage alongside Jon Bon Jovi and the boys …

Live Earth Brazil line-up has been announced and is set to include:
Lenny Kravitz
Pharrell Williams
Macy Gray
Xuxa
O Rappa
Marcelo D2
Jorge Ben Jor
Jota Quest
Vanessa Da Matta
MV Bill
The Live Earth Brazil concert event will take place in Rio de Janeiro at Copacabana Beach.
Tickets to the Brazil concert are, believe it or not - free.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be the […]

Angelique Kidjo is a four-time Grammy nominated singer and composer originally from Benin in West Africa. Due to political turmoil in her country, Angelique Kidjo relocated to Paris in the 80’s where she continued her music career and then eventually moved to her current home in New York City. She’s currently on tour and is […]

The Live Earth Shanghai, China concert lineup has been announced and is set to include top mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and international acts live on stage. The Shanghai shows will be held on the steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower on July 7th 2007.
The lineup for the Shanghai Live Earth concert is:
Anthony Wong, Eason […]

Live Earth organizers have announced that Metallica has been added to the lineup for Live Earth London at Wembley Stadium taking place July 7th 2007. Other acts added include Kasabian, Pussycat Dolls and Terra Naomi.
Metallica announced their “well kept Metallica secret” that fans have been “chatting about for weeks” on their Official Website. Apparently […]

Antarctica will be supplying a band for Live Earth after all. The indie rock band Nunatak will be playing July 7th 2007 for the Live Earth concert events set to take place around the world.
The whole Al Gore and the seven continents idea for the Live Earth concerts did concern me for awhile when Antarctica […]

Live Earth South Africa tickets are currently on sale and the lineup has been announced. Live Earth South Africa, taking place 07/07/07, was originally going to be located at The Cradle of Human Kind, Maropeng, however the location has now been changed to the Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg. Tickets went on sale June 7th.
At this point […]

Duran Duran is set to play Live Earth London taking place July 7th, 2007. The London event will be held at Wembley Stadium. Other acts scheduled to perform at Live Earth London include Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Bloc Party, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, Foo Fighters, Genesis, James Blunt, John Legend, Keane, […]