The on-again, off-again Live Earth Brazil concert is on-again, after a judge reversed her ruling when organizers were able to convince her there would be enough security to handle the estimated 700,000 fans expected for the free concert Saturday featuring Lenny Kravitz, Macy Gray, Pharrell Williams and others, the Associated Press is reporting.
Now Long Island music fans, doesn't this all seem a bit too familiar? Of course the doomed Field Day concert set for Calverton a few years back didn't have Vice President Al Gore and a bunch of multi-national corporations pushing it, only, you know, music fans. Luckily, the black mark on Long Island's reputation in the concert industry remains to this day, with several other festivals that could have come here finding homes elsewhere.
Of course, that's what Long Islanders wanted, right? Who wants extra income from tourists when you can happily fork over more and more taxes? Oh, by the way, a study showed that the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn., generated about $14.1 million in revenues for the weekend festival, including $412,000 in profits for the local governments, and 191 new jobs. But who needs that?