Live Earth India has been called off due to the recent terrorist attacks in India. The follow-up to Al Gore’s successful 2007 environmental awareness Live Earth event was set to take place in Mumbai on December 7.

According to a statement from the event’s organizers, “Everyone involved with Live Earth India, from our U.S.- and India-based staff, artists and crew to our India-based broadcast, production, non-profit and marketing communications partners, is stunned and saddened by the tragic events of the past few days in our host city Mumbai. We always felt very welcomed and safe as we spent more time on the ground in Mumbai to finalize plans for Live Earth India, scheduled for December 7.  Due to circumstances far beyond our control, we are saddened to announce that Live Earth India has been cancelled. We will continue to work for solutions to the climate crisis for the good of the people of India and around the world. But for now, our thoughts and our prayers are with the victims of this terrible attack, with the bereaved, with the people of Mumbai and with everyone in India.”

Bon Jovi, Roger Waters and the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am were among the acts scheduled to appear at the event.

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