Now, Queen’s Brian May feels that another concert should take place to help tackle the ever-present threat of climate change.
Check out Queen performing at Live Aid:
Speaking to The Daily Mirror, Brian May explained that the problems faced by the world at the current time undoubtedly necessitate another wide-scale event to help bring attention to the issue.
“It probably would take the younger generation to take that bull by the horns,” May explained. “We’d help in any way we can but I think that’s what it would require.”
However, May explained that with this issue being “so enormous”, the idea of a star-studded concert might not be anywhere near enough to make a difference.
“People have seen so many concerts since Live Aid purporting to be solving the problems of the world so it’s not quite as easy as it seems,” he added.
Of course, Brian May isn’t the first to suggest such a concert, in fact, 2007 saw the debut of Al Gore’s Live Earth concert, which intended to raise awareness for climate change and its effects.
With multiple events taking place around the world (including one at the Sydney Football Stadium), it’s unclear how much Live Earth raised, and its second event in 2008 was cancelled before it began.
In related news, Queen are set to bring their Rhapsody tour to Australia in 2020, performing shows all around the country with acclaimed singer Adam Lambert tackling Freddie Mercury’s iconic vocals.
Check out Queen performing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’:
ryashpool on May 8th, 2019 at 04:22 UTC »
We already did this. Live Earth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Earth_(2007_concert)
JT_Diamond on May 8th, 2019 at 02:35 UTC »
The problem is the people who can actually make a difference regarding climate change (read: corporations and politicians) aren't going to be swayed by a concert.
People know, corporations and politicians (largely) don't care. That's the issue we're at right now.
delightful_ninja on May 8th, 2019 at 02:02 UTC »
Is a lack of awareness really the problem? Seems like a well covered topic to me. It's lack of concern and commitment from the people and the huge corporations that feed into and prey upon our weakness.