The Live Earth India concert, scheduled to be held in Mumbai on
Sunday (Dec. 7), has been called off after terror attacks in
India's financial capital killed nearly 200 people.
Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Waters and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan
were to share the stage at the event to raise funds for lighting
homes with solar energy in places where people do not have access
to electricity.
Islamist gunmen held Mumbai hostage for three days last week using
assault rifles and grenades at two luxury hotels and other
landmarks, killing close to 200 people, including 22
foreigners.
"We are all shaken up by this event, and even though we believe in
the cause of global warming, we have indefinitely postponed the
Live Earth concert," said Viraf Sarkari, director of the Wizcraft
event management firm, the local organiser.
Many international artists due to perform at the event were bound
by advisories issued by their countries asking citizens not to
travel to India, making this an "overriding factor" in the decision
to cancel the concert, he added.
"We have artists like Jon Bon Jovi and Roger Waters, so we had to
take this into account as well," he said.
The statement was issued by Live Earth founder Kevin Wall, former
United States vice president Al Gore and R.K. Pachauri, chairman of
the United Nations Inter-government Panel for Climate Change.
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