Live Earth concert, Rio de Janeiro

The Live Earth concert for South America was held at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2007. It is one of two free Live Earth concerts, the other being held in Washington, D.C. It was the last concert to start during the day-long event. However, that didn't make it the last to finish, for the New York concert was still going on when things wrapped up in Rio. Lenny Kravitz was the headliner, playing a free gig there for the second time.

A few days before the event, a State prosecutor tried to cancel it, due to an alleged lack of police personnel to take care of security. However, the day after that, the concert was reinstated. [ [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070706/ten-uk-concert-rio-3334b85.html Rio Live Earth to go on after ban revoked] Yahoo News] Attendance was of about 400,000 people,cite news | url = http://rjtv.globo.com/Jornalismo/RJTV/0,,MUL136671-9097,00.html | title = 400 mil contra o aquecimento | publisher = "RJTV" | date = 2007-07-09 | accessdate = 2008-04-13 | language = Portuguese] much less than the crowd drawn to Copacabana by the Rolling Stones free concert in February 18, 2006, which exceeded a million peoplecite news | url = http://rjtv.globo.com/Jornalismo/RJTV/0,,MUL126590-9097,00.html | publisher = "RJTV" | language = Portuguese | accessdate = 2008-04-13 | date = 2006-02-20 | title = Noite no Rio] . Audience numbers were closer to those of the other Lenny Kravitz performance there, on March 21, 2005. On that occasion, Kravitz performed for 300,000Fact|date=July 2007 people, in a concert of his own, staged at a different location on the beach. The Rolling Stones concert and Live Earth happened at exactly the same spot, in front of the Copacabana Palace hotel.

Running order

The following artists performed at the Brazilian Live Earth concert [ [http://liveearth.msn.com/concerts/Brazil Brazil concert site] MSN] (in order of appearance):

*Xuxa - "Tesoura Sem Fim", "Mega Mix/Outro" (CO 20:00)
*Jota Quest - "Dias Melhores", Além Do Horizonte", "É Pra Lá que Eu Vou", "Até Onde Vai" (CO 20:45)
*MV Bill - "Emivi", "Estilo Vagabundo" (CO 21:20)
*Marcelo D2 - "À Procura da Batida Perfeita", "Rapping", "Qual É" (CO 22:05)
*Pharrell - "Lapdance", "She Wants to Move" (CO 22:50)
*O Rappa - "Bye Brother", "Me Deixa" (CO 23:35)
*Macy Gray - "I Try", "Everybody", "Treat Me Like Your Money", "Sexual Revolution", "Oblivion", "Give Peace a Chance" (CO 00:20)
*Jorge Ben Jor - Jorge da Capadocia", "Medley: "Menina/Chove Chuva/País Tropical/Mas Que Nada", "Taj Mahal/Cidade Maravilhosa" (CO 01:05)
*Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way", "Let Love Rule", "Bring it on", "American Woman", "Calling All Angels", "Always On The Run", "Where Are We Runnin'?" (CO 01:50)

References

External links

* [http://www.liveearth.org/ Official Live Earth Web Site]
* [http://www.liveearth.msn.com/ MSN Live Earth Site]
* [http://www.liveearth.spaces.live.com/ Official Live Earth blog]
* [http://www.liveearthconcerts.info/ Unofficial Live Earth Concerts and Tickets News]
* [http://www.liveearthblog.org/ Unofficial Live Earth Blog]