Live Earth India Concert Cancelled

MUSIC NEWS - Live Earth India, scheduled for December 7, 2008 in Mumbai to raise money for solar energy projects, has been cancelled due to the recent terrorist attacks in the city, organizers announced on Saturday. "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are saddened to announce that Live Earth India has been called off," said a joint statement from organizers, including former US vice-president Al Gore. Musicians scheduled for the event included Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am, Indian rapper Hard Kaur and Anoushka Shankar, daughter of legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar. Bollywood stars were also scheduled to appear, including actors Amitabh Bachchab, his son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta. Gore, Live Earth co-founder Kevin Wall and Rajednra Pachauri, the head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, stated that everyone involved in the project was "stunned and distraught" by the attacks. "We were all in the course of finalizing plans for Live Earth India, scheduled for December 7, when we were struck with the news," they added. The concert was to follow up on the series of events on seven continents on July 7, 2007. The evebts were seen by more than two billion people and were designed to raise awareness of global warming. "Together, we will continue to work for solutions to the climate crisis for the good of the people of India and around the world," the organizers said. Ticket refund info will be posted soon at Liveearth.org.

"But for now, our thoughts and our prayers are with the victims of this terrible attack, with the bereaved, with the people of Mumbai and with everyone across India."