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Tokyo Concert and Kyoto Event Part of the 24-Hour, 7-Continent
Concert Series to Combat Global Warming Expected to Reach Over 2 Billion People
on 7/7/07
Tickets Go On Sale Saturday, June 9
TOKYO (May 29, 2007) -- Live Earth Founder and Producer Kevin
Wall announced in Tokyo today the artist lineup and ticketing information for
Live Earth Japan. Wall also announced that Japan is the only country hosting two
events as part of the 24-hour, 7-continent Live Earth concert series to combat
global warming. Makuhari Messe in Tokyo will host a daylong official Live Earth
concert. A special music event will be held at the To-Ji Buddhist Temple in
Kyoto later in the day.
Live Earth will begin in Sydney, Australia on July 7, 2007 and continue across
all 7 continents with official concerts in Tokyo, Japan; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before concluding in New York, United States.
Live Earth Tokyo will feature the following acts live on stage:
The special Kyoto music event will feature live on stage:
Tickets for Live Earth Tokyo at Makuhari Messe go on sale
June 9. Additional information is available at TELEDOME, a
24-hour telephone information service that provides information on the event and
how to purchase tickets - 0180-993-717. Live Earth Tokyo tickets are JY10,000
and can be purchased in the following ways:
* PIA - order via mobile at 0570-02-9535 * Lawson - order via mobile
0570-08-9922 * Ticket Navi - order via www.ticket-navi.ne.jp and pickup at
any convenience store (Lawson, FamilyMart, 7-11, Sunkus, etc.) * eplus -
order via eee.eplus.co.jp
Ticket prices for the special music event in Kyoto is: SS/JPY15, 000, S/JPY9,
000, A (standing) /JPY7, 000. Kyoto tickets are available exclusively via eplus
internet access -- eee.eplus.co.jp. The information service of the Kyoto
event is: 0570-06-9985 (from 30th May).
Event organizers encouraged all ticket buyers to use public transportation to
get to the venue.
Live Earth was founded by Kevin Wall, who served as Worldwide Executive
Producer of the Live 8 concert series in 2005. Live Earth will bring together
more than 100 of the world's top music acts to inspire an audience of over two
billion people to trigger a mass movement to combat global warming. Live Earth
seeks to inspire its global audience to make meaningful and lasting changes in
their lives and spur action by corporations and governments to turn the tide on
global warming.
"Live Earth is about engaging an unprecedented audience with solutions to the
climate crisis, said Wall. "This blockbuster lineup of chart-topping Japanese
and international music acts will help Live Earth reach its goal by attracting a
huge audience in Japan, Asia and the rest of the world."
Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection and other
international non-governmental organizations to move individuals, corporations
and governments to take action to solve global warming. Former Vice President of
the United States Al Gore is the chair of the Alliance for Climate Protection
and a partner of Live Earth.
"Live Earth is taking place across all seven continents because the climate
crisis affects us all -- and all of us must be a part of the solution," Gore
said. "Live Earth will engage individuals, corporations and governments to take
action against the climate crisis."
Exclusive online media partner MSN is helping Live Earth reach people
in every corner of the globe. Live Earth Tokyo will be streamed live on 7/7/07
at LiveEarth.jp.msn.com. MSN's 39 localized web portals worldwide attract 465
million monthly users.
Live Earth Japan will be broadcast on NHK and Fuji Television Broadcast
Company, and to more than 100 countries worldwide as part of the global
television feed.
The Live Earth production team will implement new "green event" guidelines
that will address the major areas of impact of live events, including recycling,
food and beverages, packaging, transportation, energy, water usage, and the
event site itself. From power generation at the concerts to garbage generated by
concert goers, Live Earth will seek to "design out" waste and become the model
for future live events.
smart has joined Live Earth as an
Official Partner. Its motto "Open your mind" summarizes smart's approach to
building cars, and it's this thinking that has resulted in arguably the most
ecologically-sound and environmentally-relevant car of our time: the smart
fortwo.
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) is a global
leader in healthcare, lifestyle and technology, delivering products, services
and solutions through the brand promise of "sense and simplicity". Philips, as
the world's leading lighting supplier, joins Live Earth as Global Lighting
Partner. Philips has put environmental product improvement at the heart of its
business with its EcoDesign program since 1994 and is increasing its green
product range year-by-year. The company was the first to introduce the energy
saving light bulb back in 1980 and is already campaigning together with the
lighting industry, NGOs, energy suppliers, governments and retailers to switch
to energy saving lighting in streets, offices, buildings and homes, as soon as
possible.
Live Earth is being produced globally by Control Room, of which Kevin Wall is
the CEO. Control Room has produced and distributed more than 60 concerts since
its founding in 2005 featuring Beyoncé, Madonna, Green Day and the Rolling
Stones, among others.
For more information, visit LiveEarth.MSN.com and www.LiveEarth.org.
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