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Judge cancels Rio Live Earth concert
(AP)
Updated: 2007-07-05 08:35
Workers set up a scaffold for the Live Earth concert at the Copacabana
Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, July 4, 2007. [AP]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Brazilian judge has canceled Saturday's Live
Earth concert in Rio because police said they do not have enough officers
to guarantee crowd safety.
Organizers of the free show on Rio's Copacabana Beach said Wednesday they
were trying to overturn the order to prevent Latin America from being
left out of the worldwide music fest aimed at stopping global warming.
Promoted by former Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth concerts are
scheduled for London; Tokyo; Johannesburg, South Africa; Shanghai, China;
Sydney, Australia; and Hamburg, Germany; and East Rutherford, New Jersey.
A band of scientists also will perform in Antarctica, to bring the
festival to seven continents.
Brazilian prosecutor Denise Tarin requested a suspension of the concert,
saying there were not enough officers to police a crowd that could top
700,000.
Rio police already are busy making sure Rio stays safe during the July
13-29 Pan American games.
Concert organizers confirmed the show was suspended but said they would
contest the order and expected to overturn it.
Rio's concert, the only free one for Live Earth, would include
performances by Lenny Kravitz, Macy Gray and Pharrell Williams.
Proceeds from the other concerts will go toward the Alliance for Climate
Protection, a nonprofit organization chaired by Gore.
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