UPDATE: The Long Island Sounds Off bill includes The Kerry Kearney Band, Jacks Waterfall, Paging Grace, Stacy Rock, Wired, Airdate and others. More information
Even before the first note of the Live Earth concerts sounds, the idea behind the event has already succeeded in spawning similar shows around the country, including Long Island Sounds Off, set for the Brookhaven Amphitheatre Saturday.
Organizers say the concert, which will be free and open to the public, will feature music from Long Island bands as well as information about global warming and the Broadwater project, which would put a natural gas barge in Long Island Sound.
"This concert is not about raising money, it's about giving people more information," says James Faith, the Brookhaven Amphitheatre's general manager. "Then people can make up their own minds."