Live Earth Reveals Performers for USA and UK; Tickets On Sale April 16

Al Gore has made it clear he won't let Washington keep him down. Organizers today announced sixteen of the headliners who will perform at the U.S. leg of the 7-continent, 24-hour Live Earth concerts on 7/7/07. The concert will be held at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, according to Live Earth Founder and Executive Producer Kevin Wall. Tickets for the show go on sale Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT. All proceeds will go to The Alliance for Climate Protection and other international NGOs (non-governmental organizations).

“We hope the energy created by Live Earth will jump start a massive public education effort,” Live Earth Co-Chair Vice President Al Gore said. “Live Earth will help us reach a tipping point that’s needed to move corporations and governments to take decisive action to solve the climate crisis.”

The U.S. show will feature live on stage:
AFI
Akon
Alicia Keys
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band
Fall Out Boy (if they settle their differences in time...)
John Mayer
Kanye West ("George Bush hates the planet")

Kelly Clarkson
KT Tunstall
Ludacris
Melissa Etheridge
Rihanna
Roger Waters
Smashing Pumpkins
The Police

Are the Pumpkins and the Police just playing every possible show they can get their hands on?

The following artists will perform at the London leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium:

Beastie Boys
Black Eyed Peas
Bloc Party
Corinne Bailey Rae
Damien Rice (without Lisa Hannigan, of course)
David Gray
Duran Duran
Foo Fighters
Genesis
James Blunt
John Legend
Keane
Madonna
Paolo Nutine
Razorlight
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Snow Patrol

Dave Matthews Band Summer 2007 Tour Dates

To all the Dave Matthews Band fans out there (and don't give me that "Dave" business, it's a band, not just silly ol' tapdancin' Dave Matthews), the always-anticipated Summer tour dates have been announced for 2007:


Tue 5/1 Vodafone Arena Melbourne, VIC Australia
Wed 5/2 - Festival Theatre Adelaide, SA Australia
Fri 5/4 - Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Sat 5/5 - Hordern Pavilion Sydney, NSW Australia
Wed 5/23 - The Point Dublin, Ireland
Fri 5/25 - Pavilion Atlantico Lisbon, Portugal
Sun 5/27 - Forest National Brussels (Vorst), Belgium
Wed 5/30 - Wembley Arena London, England
Sun 7/8 - Toyota Park Bridgeview, IL
Wed 8/1 - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, MA
Thu 8/2 - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield, MA
Sat 8/4 - New England Dodge Music Center Hartford, CT
Sun 8/5 - New England Dodge Music Center Hartford, CT
Tue 8/7 - Tweeter Center at the Waterfront Camden, NJ
Wed 8/8 - Tweeter Center at the Waterfront Camden, NJ
Fri 8/10 - Post-Gazette Pavilion Burgettstown, PA
Sat 8/11 - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge Bristow, VA
Tue 8/14 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY
Wed 8/15 - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA
Fri 8/17 - Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Sat 8/18 - Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
Mon 8/20 - Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Wed 8/22 - Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
Thu 8/23 - DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
Sat 8/25 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
Sun 8/26 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
Tue 8/28 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS
Fri 8/31 - Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA
Sat 9/1 - Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA
Sun 9/2 - Gorge Amphitheatre George, WA
Tue 9/11 - University of Florida - Stephen C. O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL
Wed 9/12 - Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, FL
Fri 9/14 - Sound Advice Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
Sat 9/15 - Sound Advice Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
Tue 9/18 - Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
Wed 9/19 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, NC
Fri 9/21 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Woodlands, TX
Sat 9/22 - Smirnoff Music Centre Dallas, TX
Tue 9/25 - Cricket Pavilion Phoenix, AZ
Wed 9/26 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine, CA
Fri 9/28 - Coors Amphitheatre Chula Vista, CA
Sat 9/29 - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA
Mon 10/1 - Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA
Tue 10/2 - Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA