Live Earth will probably be their biggest gig and as I look through their tour dates I see they’ll be playing at Fenway Park in Boston for two nights – July 28th and 29th. I’ve been to Fenway Park to watch “my team” the Red Sox play (Wow, can that Dice-K pitch!). If you like the Red Sox and The Police, then that would be the show to go to – if tickets are still available.

Then again, from what I’ve been reading recently, there’s been some speculation as to whether or not The Police will even finish their reunion tour. It seems band members Sting (Gordon Sumner) (vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums) have been a bit frosty at times on stage according to some not so great reviews of their live show.

Also, Sting’s son Joe Sumner (his band Fiction Plane is supporting The Police) was quoted in the press regarding tensions in the band and now onlookers can only speculate all the more now that their MTV Unplugged recording has been postponed according to The Police website.

Who knows what will happen, maybe all of this is just hype. I’ll be interested, though, to watch their set for Live Earth (on TV). I’ll be looking out for any onstage antics as well as listening for those familiar songs, like “Walking on the Moon.”

Watch The Police – “Walking on the Moon” video:

Dates could be added or changed! Go to The Police Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

July 5 2007 Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois
July 6 2007 Wrigley Field Chicago, Illinois
July 7 2007 Giants Stadium [Live Earth] East Rutherford, New Jersey
July 10 2007 Dolphin Stadium Miami, Florida
July 11 2007 St. Petersburg Times Forum Tampa, Florida
July 14 2007 Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky
July 16 2007 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
July 17 2007 Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit, Michigan
July 19 2007 Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 20 2007 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, Pennsylvania
July 22 2007 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario
July 23 2007 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario
July 25 2007 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
July 26 2007 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
July 28 2007 Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts
July 29 2007 Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts
July 31 2007 Rentschler Field Hartford, Connecticut
August 1 2007 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
August 3 2007 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
August 4 2007 Virgin Festival Baltimore, Maryland
August 5 2007 Giants Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey
August 29 2007 Globe Arena Stockholm
August 30 2007 Globe Arena Stockholm
September 1 2007 Vestereng Aarhus
September 4 2007 National Indoor Arena Birmingham
September 5 2007 National Indoor Arena Birmingham
September 8 2007 Twickenham Stadium London
September 9 2007 Twickenham Stadium London
September 11 2007 AOL Arena Hamburg
September 13 2007 Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam
September 14 2007 Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam
September 16 2007 Geneva Stadium Geneva
September 19 2007 Stadthalle Vienna
September 22 2007 Olympiastadion Munich
September 25 2007 National Stadium Lisbon
September 27 2007 Olympic Stadium Barcelona
September 29 2007 Stade de France Paris
September 30 2007 Stade de France Paris
October 2 2007 Stadio Della Alpi Turin
October 6 2007 Croke Park Dublin
October 8 2007 Sportpaleis Antwerp
October 9 2007 Sportpaleis Antwerp
October 10 2007 SAP Arena Mannheim
October 13 2007 LTU Arena Dusseldorf
October 15 2007 MEN Arena Manchester
October 16 2007 MEN Arena Manchester
October 19 2007 Millenium Stadium Cardiff
October 31 2007 Madison Square Garden New York, New York
November 3 2007 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
November 8 2007 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario

Sting
Stewart Copeland
Andy Summers

The Police Official Website
The Police on Myspace

Live Earth Information

By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs

Not a bad way to start out the summer, really. Rihanna is set to perform at the worldwide concert event Live Earth Tokyo, Japan at Makuhari Messe this Saturday, July 7th, 2007.

Rihanna will be singing on stage for what Live Earth organizers are calling the biggest concert event ever. Something tells me that as the reigning number 1, whatever Rihanna wants on Saturday, she’s going to get it.

Watch Rihanna featuring Jay-Z – “Umbrella” video

Buy Rihanna – Umbrella on amazon.com.

Other acts set to perform for Live Earth Tokyo, Japan include: Abingdon Boys School, AI, AI Otsuka, Ayaka, Cocco, Genki Rockets, Kumi Koda, Linkin Park and Rize.

Live Earth on Band Weblogs

Watch Live Earth concerts – live broadcast on MSN

Rihanna Official Website
Rihanna on Myspace

By: Jenny May

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, MIA, Michael Mittermeier, Reamonn, Revolverheld, Roger Cicero, Samy Deluxe, Sasha, Shakira, Silbermond, Snoop Dogg, Stefan Gwildis and Yusuf.

Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent worldwide concert event to raise awareness about climate change and to combat global warming. Over 2 billion people are expected to watch Live Earth.

More Live Earth locations, information and lineups on Band Weblogs:

Live Earth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live Earth Tokyo, Japan
Live Earth Shanghai, China
Live Earth Antarctica
Live Earth South Africa
Live Earth Australia
Live Earth Giants Stadium, USA
Live Earth London, UK

Live Earth Hamburg, Germany on MSN

By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs

A special music event will be held at the To-Ji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto later in the day.

The lineup is scheduled to feature: Bonnie Pink, Michael Nyman, Rip Slyme, UA and Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Live Earth Japan on MSN

More Live Earth locations, lineups and information on Band Weblogs:

Live Earth Hamburg, Germany
Live Earth Brazil – Rio
Live Earth Shanghai, China
Live Earth Antarctica
Live Earth South Africa
Live Earth Australia
Live Earth Giants Stadium, USA
Live Earth London, UK

After missing a couple of 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.

Bon Jovi tour dates in support of their Lost Highway album are set to include stops in Canada as well as several shows in their home state of New Jersey at the Prudential Center in Newark in October and November.

Watch Bon Jovi video – (You Want To) Make A Memory:

Bon Jovi 2007 “Lost Highway” tour dates:

*Dates could be added or changed! Go to the Bon Jovi Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

June 24 2007 The O2, London, United Kingdom

July 5 2007 Marcus Amphitheater Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
July 7 2007 Meadowlands Sports Complex – Live Earth, Giants Stadium East Rutherford NJ
July 11 2007 Pengrowth Saddledome Calgary, Alberta Canada
July 12 2007 Rexall Place Edmonton, Alberta Canada
July 20 2007 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo Arena Cheyenne WY
July 21 2007 Country Jam USA Eau Claire, WI

October 25 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
October 26 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
October 28 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
October 30 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey

November 1 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
November 3 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
November 4 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
November 7 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
November 9 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey
November 10 2007 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey

Bon Jovi Official Website
Bon Jovi on Myspace

Live Earth on Band Weblogs

By: Jenny May

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 only free Live Earth concert.

For the latest news and up to date information go to Live Earth Brazil on MSN.

Live Earth: The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis

More Live Earth line-ups and information on BandWeblogs.com:

Live Earth Hamburg, Germany
Live Earth Tokyo, Japan
Live Earth Shanghai, China
Live Earth Antarctica
Live Earth South Africa
Live Earth Australia
Live Earth Giants Stadium, USA
Live Earth London, UK

By: Jenny May – Band Weblogs

The lineup for the Shanghai Live Earth concert is:

Anthony Wong, Eason Chan, Evonne Hsu, Huang Xiao Ming, Joey Yung, Sarah Brightman, Soler, Winnie Shin, 12 Girls Band and Artists from the popular television programs “My Hero” and “My Show” will also perform.

Tickets for Live Earth Shanghai at the Oriental Pearl Tower go on sale Wednesday 20th June, 2007. Additional information is available at www.ticketpro.biz.

Live Earth Shanghai will be filmed and broadcast by the Shanghai Media Group. The show will be broadcast live on the Art & Entertainment channel and shown on Dragon TV one week later.

Live Earth Shanghai China will be streamed at http://liveearth.cn.msn.com.

More Live Earth Shanghai information
Information about Oriental Pearl Tower

Live Earth information on Band Weblogs:

Live Earth Hamburg, Germany
Live Earth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live Earth Tokyo, Japan
Live Earth Antarctica
Live Earth South Africa
Live Earth Australia
Live Earth Giants Stadium, USA
Live Earth London, UK

Metallica announced their “well kept Metallica secret” that fans have been “chatting about for weeks” on their Official Website. Apparently their show won’t be a full on Metalli-show and their performance will be available shortly after to download for a small fee on iTunes and on the Metallica download site: www.livemetallica.com. All proceeds from download sales will benefit four climate charities that Metallica has selected: Sierra Club, The Apollo Alliance, WWF and Rainforest Action Network.

Other acts scheduled to perform at Wembley Stadium for Live Earth London include Madonna, Duran Duran, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Spinal Tap.

The Live Earth SOS organizers are expecting the events to bring together 2 billion people from around the world to raise awareness about climate change and combat the climate crisis.

Live Earth Links:

Live Earth information on Band Weblogs
Live Earth on MSN
Metallica Official Website

By: Jenny May

At this point it doesn’t look like tickets have sold out yet according to Live Earth on MSN Website. Tickets can be bought through Computicket.

The lineup is set to include Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Danny K, Joss Stone, The Parlotones, The Soweto Gospel Choir, UB40, Vusi Mahlasela and Zola.

For more up to date information about the artists performing at Live Earth South Africa and more, go to the Official Live Earth Blog.

More Live Earth news and opinion on Band Weblogs:

Live Earth Hamburg, Germany
Live Earth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live Earth Tokyo, Japan
Live Earth Shanghai, China
Live Earth Antarctica
Live Earth Australia
Live Earth Giants Stadium, USA
Live Earth London, UK

I wonder what Duran Duran’s set list will look like. Maybe some oldies but goodies from the “Save A Prayer” and “Rio” era? And is Andy Taylor really out of the band? Actually, to answer my last question, all I had to do was look at the Duran Duran Live Earth promo photo to see that he’s not there. Everyone else is though: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes (who recently designed the first ever video guitar – “Pixelator” for Fender), John Taylor and Roger Taylor.

Watch “Save A Prayer” video by Duran Duran

Duran Duran Official Website
Duran Duran on Myspace
Live Earth Official Website

By: Jenny May

“Hey You” was produced by Pharrell Williams and Madonna and was recorded in London. This is definitely a different sound for Madonna – a ballad with flavors of 60’s/70’s nostalgia with acoustic guitar and harmonies mixed in with modern effects that I’m sure were tweaked by Pharrell Williams. Sheryl Crow could sing “Hey You” with ease.

Watch the Madonna “Hey You” video

“MSN is pleased to offer this song in conjunction with Madonna and is proud to donate 25 cents for each of the first 1 million downloads to the Alliance for Climate Protection, in support of Live Earth.”

Madonna will be one of headlining acts performing for Live Earth at Wembley Stadium in London on July 7th, 2007.

Get the free “Hey You” single by Madonna!

For more information go to:

Live Earth Hamburg, Germany
Live Earth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live Earth Tokyo, Japan
Live Earth Shanghai, China
Live Earth Antarctica
Live Earth South Africa
Live Earth Australia
Live Earth Giants Stadium, USA
Live Earth London, UK

Official Live Earth Blog
Madonna Official Website

By: Jenny May

So far the bands scheduled to play at the Australian Live Earth Concert, set to take place at Aussie Stadium in Sydney include: Crowded House, Jack Johnson, Wolfmother, John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Eskimo Joe, Sneaky Sound System, Paul Kelly, Ghostwriters, Blue King Brown and Toni Collette and The Finish. The Live Earth worldwide concert event is on 7/7/07.

Tickets for Live Earth Australia go on sale in Australia Friday May 18, 2007 at 9.00 a.m. AEST at: www.ticketek.com.

Other Live Earth concerts are being held in Tokyo, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Wembley Stadium in London and Rio de Janeiro before concluding at Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

For more information go to the Live Earth Official Website.

Acts scheduled to perform at the US concert in New Jersey are to include:

AFI, Akon, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, Fall Out Boy, John Mayer, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Kenna, KT Tunstall, Ludacris, Melissa Etheridge, Roger Waters, Sheryl Crow, Smashing Pumpkins, The Police, Keith Urban and Taking Back Sunday.

From LiveEarth.org, “Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 16 2007 and will be available at livenation.com/liveearth or by calling Ticketmaster at (212) 307-7171. All ticket information is available at LiveEarth.MSN.com. All proceeds will benefit the Alliance for Climate Protection and other international NGOs.”

More information about Live Earth and the bands playing at Wembley Stadium in London. Also Live Earth locations around the world: Hamburg, Germany, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tokyo, Japan, Shanghai, China, Antarctica, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sydney, Australia and Washington, D.C.

Live Earth is going to be the most talked about music event of the summer. I can say that with confidence, and there are many reasons why people will be discussing the worldwide concerts that will be taking place to help raise awareness about climate change and global warming. You could spend days debating the subject. For instance, the fact that Al Gore is the co-chair of Live Earth is just enough information to have caused a mass media feeding frenzy. Some people like the idea of Al Gore’s involvement, some people don’t and they all have their reasons for it.

Then there are the questions about the concert goers who will be traveling to the shows and all of the equipment that needs to get to the shows and the “carbon footprint” that the concerts will leave behind. Is it justifiable?

And of course with Live Earth founder Kevin Wall’s recent announcement of concert venue locations and headlining acts like Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers brings to light a fresh debate of more carbon footprints and is this hypocrisy?

Quite a few people that I’ve talked to about Live Earth think that rather than having only a handful of concert locations around the world for thousands of people to have to travel to, why not put on local gigs? To Think Globally, Act Locally, with local clubs set up to host a special Live Earth night.

Say for example, if Radiohead and Supergrass, two bands that happen to be from my town which is Oxford, were to announce that they are headlining Live Earth down the road at The Zodiac or the New Theatre for the locals – that would be brilliant. Of course this is just a hypothetical wish. Seriously though, have there been any local arrangements made throughout the towns and communities for Live Earth?

I obviously don’t have all the answers and am simply a bystander without a car, who has no plans to travel to the shows but will be happy to watch the Live Earth concerts either online or on TV. However, if there is a local event happening in Oxford, that would be a different story. I would be there with bells on.

Live Earth Official Website

By: Jenny May

Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour Dates 2008 + ticket information

If you want to go to the London concert at the new Wembley Stadium, it’s now time to start preparing to register. Live Earth organizers are buckling down on ticket misuse and because of the expected demand for tickets, it seems that they’re following Glastonbury’s lead and have incorporated a registration process for concert goers who want to buy tickets to Live Earth.

From the Live Earth Save Our Selves website:

“Free Registration for tickets opens at midday on FRIDAY, 13 APRIL 2007 and Live Earth ticket applicants are asked to register their details at: www.livenation.co.uk/liveearth

Registration opens from midday on Friday 13th April until Monday 16th April at midday. If your application is successful you will be notified how to buy your tickets on Wednesday, 18 April.

ALL TICKETS FOR LONDON WILL BE PRICED AT ?55 EACH”

Other bands and artists scheduled to perform at Wembley Stadium in London include: Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Bloc Party, Corinne Bailey Rae, Damien Rice, David Gray, Duran Duran, Foo Fighters, Genesis, James Blunt, John Legend, Keane, Madonna, Paolo Nutini, Razorlight, Snow Patrol, Terra Naomi, Spinal Tap, Kasabian, Metallica, The Pussycat Dolls and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Live Earth concert venues and locations will also be staged in Shanghai, China, Antarctica, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sydney, Australia, Giants Stadium, USA, Tokyo, Japan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hamburg, Germany and Washington, D.C..

If you didn’t know already, Al Gore is the co-chair for Live Earth and is also involved in organizing the events. There has been some controversy and skepticism about Al Gore and his green ambitions in the media and around the internet. It’s probably not too difficult to find mixed opinions by simply doing a search in Google.

I’ve also noted in a previous entry the irony of Al Gore and his current relationship with bands and music and that of his wife Tipper Gore and their involvement with the censorship of music via Tipper Gore’s PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) vehicle in the 80’s.

I would be curious to know if Madonna remembers that her song, “Dress You Up” was on the PMRC’s “Filthy Fifteen” list. The Filthy Fifteen was a list of fifteen songs that the PMRC found most objectionable. Maybe Madonna sees Live Earth as more important than what went on with the PMRC.

Time must have healed some old wounds or maybe the bands and musicians have simply forgotten or don’t care about the PMRC and the Gores’ affiliation with it. Or it’s possible that the bands feel that spreading the word about climate change and global warming is more important and are willing to brush aside any hard feelings.

I think that it is important to raise awareness of climate change and to listen to the scientists who have been studying global warming. There are also many green and environmental blogs out there in the blogosphere currently discussing green issues like TreeHugger, Hugg.com and the celebrity green gossip blog Ecorazzi.

For more information about Live Earth, go to LiveEarth.org

Watch the concerts and videos online:

The Live Earth concerts will be streamed online live on 7/7/07 at LiveEarth.MSN.com.

The concerts will also be broadcast on the BBC in the UK and on more than 120 networks around the world.

According to the BBC, UK Live Earth TV Schedule and start times: Jonathan Ross will present for BBC 2 starting at 1:00pm BST. The start time for the London Wembley concerts is 1:30pm BST. Graham Norton and Edith Bowman will also be hosting the Live Earth festivities on BBC 2 along with David Shukman, Roger Harrabin and Kate Silverton. Coverage will continue on BBC 1 with concert highlights from around the world.

By: Jenny May