AN INCONVENIENT INSPIRATION

“A few million people saw An Innocent Truth,” says Kevin Wall, the producer of this summer’s Live Earth concerts - nine simultaneous events across seven continents on July 7, on the model of Live 8, to raise awareness for global warming and money for the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-partisan advocacy group of which Gore is chairman.

None of the artists are paid and neither is Wall. His biggest unpaid superstar is Gore himself. On the night of the Grammys this year, Gore went from dressing room to dressing room backstage, recruiting performers. He was in the midst of lobbying the Red Hot Chili Peppers when he was called to the stage to present the award for best rock album–to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. When the group came out to accept the award, they told Gore they’d do the concert.

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