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Live Earth Live Earth was an event developed to increase environmental awareness through entertainment. Background Founded by Emmy-winning producer Kevin Wall, in partnership with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, ''Live Earth'' was built upon the beli ...

concert in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

was held at

Makuhari Messe is a Japanese convention center outside Tokyo, located in the Mihama-ku ward of Chiba City, in the northwest corner of Chiba Prefecture. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuhari'' is the name of ...

Chiba Chiba may refer to: Places China * (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei Japan * Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture ** Chiba Station, a train station * Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...

nearby

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

on 7 July 2007.

Running order

Genki Rockets is a virtual band created by video game developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi and record producer Kenji Tamai. Rachel Rhodes portrayed the band's frontwoman, a fictional 17-year-old girl named Lumi who was the first human born in outer space on the Inter ...

- "Heavenly Star", "Breeze" (T 12:06) *

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- "Kami", "American Hero", "Moral", "

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- " Mikazuki", " Clap", "Peace Loving People", "

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Jewelry Day Jewelry Day is the 5th single released from the Japanese singer Ayaka. Information Jewelry Day was released on July 4, 2007. The title track was used as the ending theme to a Japanese movie entitled '' Last Love''. Ayaka performed the song, amo ...

" (T 13:06) *

Ai Otsuka is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a popular artist on the Avex Trax label and is best known for her 2003 hit "Sakuranbo", which stayed in the Top 200 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart for 103 weeks. A piano player ...

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Ren'ai Shashin is the 13th single by Japanese singer Ai Otsuka, released on the Avex Trax label. It is also her third and final single released in 2006. The ballad was used as the theme song of the movie ''Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru''. The title of the movie was ...

", "Hane Ari Tamago", "

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CHU-LIP "Chu-Lip" is Ai Otsuka's 14th single under the avex trax label. It is also her first single released in 2007. "Chu-Lip", marks the first time that Otsuka has released more than 3 singles before the release of an album. "Chu-Lip" is a play on th ...

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", "LOVE MUSiC" (T 13:46) * Ai " I Wanna Know," "EO," "

I'll Remember You "l'll Remember You" is a song written by Kui Lee in 1964. After he returned to Hawaii from the mainland United States in 1961, Lee worked at the night club Honey's as a doorman. Lee taught himself to sing, and he started to compose songs. He convi ...

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", "Watch Out!", "Music", " Brand New Day" (T 14:16) *

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- "X", "Symphony in X Major", "Paparazzi", "Multiply", "The Next Episode", "What's the Difference", "Thank You", "Concentrate" (T 14:56) *

Abingdon Boys School Abingdon Boys School (stylized as abingdon boys school) is a Japanese rock band formed in 2005 and fronted by Japanese singer Takanori Nishikawa. Formed in 2005, the band shares a name with the British independent school Abingdon School, in Abi ...

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Howling Howling is a vocal form of animal communication seen in most canines, particularly wolves, coyotes, foxes, and dogs, as well as cats and some species of monkeys. Howls are generally lengthy sustained sounds, loud and audible over long distances, ...

" "Nervous Breakdown", "

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," "Lost Reason", "Fre@K $HoW", "

Innocent Sorrow The discography of Japanese rock band Abingdon Boys School includes two studio albums, eight singles, one live album, four video albums, one compilation album, eight soundtrack appearances, and seven other appearances in releases not under that na ...

" (T 15:36) *

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- "Tsuyoku Hakanai Mono-tachi," "Heaven's Hell," "Harehireho," "Chiisa na Machi," "Dugong no Mieru Oka" (T 16:16) *

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

- " One Step Closer", "

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", " No More Sorrow", " Papercut", " From the Inside", " Numb", "Pushing Me Away (Piano Version)", " Breaking The Habit", " Crawling", "

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", "The Little Things Give You Away", "

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", " Faint" (T 16:56) *

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", " But", " Kiseki", " Freaky", "

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", "Breakin' Dishes", "

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", " Hate That I Love You", " Unfaithful", "Sell Me Candy, " Don't Stop the Music", "

Shut Up and Drive "Shut Up and Drive" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her third studio album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' (2007). It was written by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers while the producti ...

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" (T 18:16)

Barricade incident

During the second song played by

, fans broke down the barricade and were crushing other fans thus stopping the show after the song "

" for about 15 to 20 minutes. the band made some attempt to keep the crowd entertained by playing classic songs and have Joe Hahn scratch over some beats, the stage manager made a speech telling the fans to be careful or they're stop the show in Japanese during the last few minutes of the ordeal.

Coverage

MSN MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95. The Microsoft Net ...

held the online broadcasting of the concert.

References

External links

Official Live Earth Web SiteMSN Live Earth SiteOfficial Live Earth blog
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