That's enough concerts for good causes now. Did you see any of Live Earth? I must confess I only saw snippets and the Madonna bit at the end. But I saw enough to know it was a load of bollocks. Everyone whooping it up, middle class style. The whitest audience ever seen at a pop concert. The inevitable girl in bikini top on man's shoulders getting in the way, over-excited girls mouthing the words, 'fun' painted faces, middle-aged men punching the air and lots of embarrassing dancing to a succession of car coat rock bands whose music in every Vauxhall Corsa CD changer in the land.
But will it do any good for climate change?
No.
A few thousand people from the sticks at pop concerts worldwide is not going to make any difference. Here, apart from pop star pontificating, of which there was much, every time there was a message about the message the BBC cut back to Jonathan Ross doing yet another awkward interview with a succession of unsuitable guests who plainly couldn't care less about global warming or Edith Bowman desperately trying not to be Fearne Cotton. At least Ricky Gervais knew when to get off this time.
Doesn't everyone know about it already? It's China and India we've got to watch. Nothing will change until they do. So really, what's the point? If this changes anything, I'll eat my carbon neutral hat.
