AMC was approached by the EARTH LOVE FUND in London (Vic Coppersmith-Heaven & Kenny Young) to finalise the project and handle license negotiations for their charity album project “EARTHRISE” which became the Official album of the Earth Summit in RIO in 1992. Artists included: Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, Paul McCartney, REM, Kate Bush, U2, Sting. The album was licensed to Edel in Germany and to Polygram International and went to No.1 in UK and achieved Gold Status in France. Worldwide sales exceeded 500.000 units generating £500 000 for the charity
Released to coincide with the Johannesburg Summit in August 2002, this charity compilation album features Peter Gabriel, Sergent Garcia, Johnny Clegg, Youssou N'Dour, Bebel Gilberto, I Muvrini & Sting, Touré Kunda, Bill Laswell and Rokia Traoré.
There is also a DVD version including music videos by artist from the audio CD and containing information and film on the main themes of sustainable development covered at the Johannesburg Summit in August 2002.
For full information: www.sos-planet-earth.com
The SOS Planet Earth team are working with WWF, Agrisud and Enda on a three year time scale, starting with a concert in Paris at the Zenith on Sunday 5th June 2005. The promoter for all concerts is Jules Frutos at Alias.
There will be massive publicity around the events. The concert is to be filmed in Hi-Def for broadcast in France on French National Television & in Japan. Other countries are under discussion. Many of the artists will be interviewed on national TV to promote the event and can appear on TV spots building up to the event. There will also be an in depth Nationwide TV programme outlining the problems, but particularly underlining the solutions. Some of the artists will also be asked to appear on this programme to help build a bridge between the experts and the public. Also, subject to approvals, we will produce a DVD & CD of the event for international release in autumn 2005 to continue to raise funds and awareness.