Live Earth concert, London
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Live Earth concert, London | |
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The Live Earth logo representing the "S.O.S." message. | |
Genre | Pop and rock music |
Dates | July 7, 2007 |
Location(s) | Wembley Stadium, London, UK |
Years active | 2007 |
Founders | Al Gore, Kevin Wall |
Website | Live Earth UK Site |
The British Live Earth is being held at Wembley Stadium, London on 7 July 2007.
Running order
In order of appearance (please add to as the concert continues)[1]:
- SOS All Stars (with drummers Roger Taylor, Taylor Hawkins and Chad Smith)
- Chris Moyles (presenter)
- Genesis - "Behind the Lines", "Turn It On Again", "Land of Confusion" and "Invisible Touch"
- Eddie Izzard (presenter)
- Razorlight - "In The Morning", "America" and "Los Angeles Waltz"
- Alan Carr (presenter)
- Snow Patrol - "Open Your Eyes", "Shut Your Eyes" and "Chasing Cars"
- Damien Rice and David Gray - "Babylon" (Gray solo performance), "The Blower's Daughter" (Rice solo performance) and "Que Sera Sera"
- Kasabian - "Empire", " Club Foot" and "L.S.F."
- Chris Moyles (presenter)
- Thandie Newton (presenter)
- Al Gore (relayed from Washington D.C.)
- Paolo Nutini - "Alloway Groove", "Last Request", "What a Wonderful World" and "Jenny Don't Be Hasty"
- Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It", "Let's Get It Started", "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Fergie solo performance), "Help Us Out" (will.i.am solo performance) and "Where Is The Love?"
- John Legend - "Ordinary People"
- Geri Halliwell (presenter)
- Duran Duran - "Planet Earth", "Ordinary World", "Notorious/I Want To Take You Higher" and "Girls on Film"
- Chris Moyles (presenter)
- Chris Rock (presenter)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Jam", "Can't Stop", "Dani California", "So Much I" and "By the Way"
- Neve Campbell (presenter)
- Bloc Party - "Banquet", "So Here We Are" and "The Prayer"
- Kyle MacLachlan (presenter)
- Ashok Sinha (speech)
- Corinne Bailey Rae - "I'd Like To", "Mercy Mercy Me" (duet with John Legend) and "Put Your Records On"
- Terra Naomi - "Say It's Possible"
- Ioan Gruffudd (presenter)
- Keane - "Somewhere Only We Know", "Is It Any Wonder?" and "Bedshaped"
- Russell Brand (presenter)
- Metallica - "Sad But True", "3rd Stone From The Sun/Nothing Else Matters" and "Enter Sandman"
- Ricky Gervais (presenter)
- Spinal Tap - "introduction" by Rob Reiner as Marti Di Bergi, "Stonehenge", "Warmer Than Hell", and "Big Bottom" (with every guitar player from the event)
- Russell Brand (presenter)
- Boris Becker (presenter)
- James Blunt - "Wisemen", "Wild World", "Same Mistake"
As reported in The Sun on 6th July 2007, this is the projected running order for the rest of the Live Earth London concert[2][3]. However this information is subject to change as the concert continues:
Coverage
Television
In Britain, the BBC provided live television coverage of the show on BBC Two, followed by BBC One later on, BBC Radio 1, and BBC HD. The television coverage was presented by Jonathan Ross, with Graham Norton and Edith Bowman backstage and commenced at 1:00PM BST on BBC Two and concluded at 5:20PM continuing on BBC One at 5:30PM. In Ireland, RTÉ2 provided live coverage starting from 12:30PM until 7:00PM, and then again from 9:30PM until 6:00AM the following morning.
Online
MSN will be responsible for the online broadcasting of the concert.
Notes
- Presenter Thandie Newton, stuck onstage when the link to Al Gore wasn't up yet since Al Gore wasn't ready, made the hilarious gaffe "saying that you've been to Live Earth is as sexy as saying you're 'hung like a warlord'". She was also so stuck for material she even recited a 'knock-knock' joke to the crowd.[citation needed]
- Chris Rock's explicit language during the introduction of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers has already caused problems with Canadian TV networks and the BBC. Rock is said to be fined for around $9,000.[citation needed]
- BBC interrupted the Bloc Party performance to show the Linkin Park performance of "What I've Done" from Tokyo.
- BBC missed the start of the Metallica set joining live halfway through the first song - then switched to Crowded House from Sydney before the end of the set.
- While playing "Big Bottom" Spinal Tap were joined on stage by various bass players from bands that preformed during the day. The BBC did not show this either.
References
- ^ "Live Earth Timeline". BBC. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
- ^ "Live Earth London Line Up Revealed". MTV. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Live Earth Concerts Line-ups". MSN. Retrieved 2007-07-07.