Rockin’ all over the world (but just watch your carbon footprint)

It was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Yes, another one. Its organisers said the biggest emergency in world history demanded the biggest performance in world history. Sceptics said it would generate more heat than light.

Live Earth rocked around the globe yesterday, with 150 acts performing on all seven continents in a bid to create a ‘tipping point’ in public consciousness and action against climate change. Al Gore, former US Vice-President turned environmental crusader, claimed one in three people on the planet was watching.

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