Can rock and roll save the planet?
By Andy Goldberg. California, United States, 10:31 AM IST Ever since rock music emerged as a popular art form in the 1960s its visionaries have dreamed about it changing the world. Now comes its chance to save the planet. On Saturday, hundreds of performers and politicians, thousands of fans and billions of viewers around the world will join forces in support of Live Earth. This precedent-setting event, subtitled Concerts for a Climate in Crisis, hopes to raise consciousness about the threat of global warming by holding round the clock concerts on every continent – including Antarctica, where Nunatak, a band made up of five British scientists stationed at a research station will perform for a small audience of their colleagues. Most of the other concerts will be a little larger and feature stars slightly more famous in what the Hollywood Reporter called ‘one of the most ambitious global media events of all time’. The event is organised by former US vice president Al Gore and producer K
