Live Earth

[pete]

Originally Posted by Chris Rock
I pray that this event ends global warming, the same way that Live Aid ended world hunger...

I saw a bit around late afternoon when Chris Rock was motherf****r this 'n that. The BBC cut back to Jonathon Ross who had to apologise for the language but also countered with the "...but he is getting some good laughs..."

[stann]

I didn't see them live but contrary to what Stann says I believe they actually started with Sad But True (which'd make sense as they've to change guitars for it as it has a drop D tuning thing), then Nothing Else Matters and finished with Enter Sandman.

Will take your word for it on that Mr Ritchie!. Just assumed Enter Sandman was their first as it was the first I saw and I do think it's a good opener, but between me coming and going and then the way the coverage was handled by the Beeb they could have opened with Hava Nagila for all I'd have known.
I think with concerts like this though each band is almost bound to play a handful of hits as their set, I don't think anyone expects anything else with this kind of thing. Most if not all the acts are there because they're well known as much as anything.

Beastie Boys stole the show from what I saw ...which admittedly wasn't much.

Without doubt. The performance of Sabotage is one of the best things I've seen in a while.