By Ray Waddell Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:53AM EDT
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The executive producer of the Live 8 charity concerts, which refocused international attention on Africa in 2005, has joined forces with Al Gore to save the world.
Live Earth, set for July 7 on stages in all seven continents, will feature such artists as the Police, Madonna, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Concert promoter Kevin Wall came up with the concept after he saw the former vice president's now-famous slide show on global warming, and then his Oscar-winning film "An Inconvenient Truth."
"I was very deeply moved," he recalled. "This is not about the haves and the have-nots, this is about all of us."
Wall put a staff together, met with the networks and spent three months building the framework of Live Earth. Wall and the former vice president spoke about what is shaping up to be an unprecedented day of music and message.
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