Shanghaiist: Live Earth Shanghai

guest

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:55:23 +0800

The Shanghai lineup blowed, it was too expensive and it was raining. if the comments here are anyhow representative, then our lovely Chinese neighbors weren't so happy about the lineup either.

guest

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:11:54 +0800

Around the world attendance and ticket sales were less than impressive, not to mention the chartered jets the stars and general VIPs were using to get around. BTW, how much energy was required to put on a show to rally people around the global warming cause? Those shows were not light on electricity use. This was just a big profit take by the global recording and marketing machine.

guest

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:20:30 +0800

Although China's top leaders are concerned about global warming, the Chinese themselves seem not to mind a lot. That's the frst impression when i look at the figures: there was nobody. Only a few 1000 people here in SH whereas in the rest of the world it was massive. Or may be they are deeply concerned but they don't understand how concerts like these can change the world. So they don't go there. 70 years ago they used to fight to free China. That helped. But singing? Or may be the night was too expensive. Tickets in a range of 200-1000 rmb are quite high for some youngsters who earn not more than 3000-5000 rmb per month. Or maybe the stars were too commercial and couldn't be associated as really backers of this important citizen cause. Or maybe the organisers didn't cooperate with the local grass roots movement. Or maybe they should have done it in Beijing? Or .....