Entries tagged as environment

About a couple of weeks ago, the Spice Girls announced the dates of their reunion tour. They are all set to rekindle "Girl Powah" in such exotic locations such as Buenos Aires, Madrid and Hong Kong among others. After the announcement of plans for the reunion about a month ago, there was an almost immediate barrage of negative press.

This year saw a couple of successful reunions by British bands The Police and Genesis, both of whom are surefire future Hall of Famers if I may add. So will the girls be able to carry on the successful string of reunions by British bands by December when their tour kicks off? Or will the string end with the loudest of thuds?

One of the biggest global concerts in more than twenty years was staged yesterday and you'd really have been living in a cave if you hadn't heard of Live Earth. Some writers have already described it as bigger than Live Aid, perhaps the pioneer of multi-venue global concerts. It was twenty-two years ago that Live Aid, organized by Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox, helped raise money and awareness for famine relief in Ethiopia.

This year, artists from all over the world stationed themselves in various venues throughout the seven continents with the objective of raising awareness on global warming. This makes Live Earth significantly different from Live Aid because it was not about raising money. Mother Nature is in trouble, so now we ask ourselves how are we going to respond to the call?