Article: LIVE EARTH MAY BE EARTHBOUND EVENT IS FAILING TO GENERATE MUCH BUZZ.(News)

Byline: Geoff Boucher , Los Angeles Times

Exactly how often can you stage a once-in-a-lifetime event? That's the challenge Saturday for the organizers of Live Earth, the latest in a long line of huge concerts-for-a-cause. This time the issue is global warming -- which is fitting considering the event isn't generating quite as much heat as hoped.

That's despite all-star lineups with such A-list rock, pop and hip-hop acts as Madonna, the Police, Justin Timberlake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West and more than 100 others on stages at eight sites around the world, including New Jersey; London; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Sydney, Australia.

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