December 01, 2008 11:24 EST
Roger Waters
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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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.
COPYRIGHT: (c) Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.
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