Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Guns N' Roses Live Earth Press Release
By Axl Rose

Guns N' Roses or myself will not be performing at Rio Live Earth or Live Earth for a couple of reasons. The first is that we were not asked until the last couple weeks while we were on tour in Australia and have upcoming sold-out dates already rescheduled in Japan. Our gear is already en route to Japan for these shows. We have attempted to find a solution to be able to perform in Rio, but unfortunately none has been suggested.

I was asked to perform individually with Lenny Kravitz by the promoters and Mr. Gore. As we were working this out, Lenny unfortunately became injured and temporarily canceled his involvement from the event. According to the promoters, by the time they had reconfirmed Lenny's performance, there wasn't enough time to arrange flights for myself to Brazil and then to Japan for our upcoming shows. Unfortunately, I was not informed that Lenny's performance was reconfirmed until our own explorations and in following the media surrounding the event today, which is Saturday morning here in Australia and Friday in Brazil.

Guns N' Roses or I were not asked to play anywhere else such as Japan or Australia (as we are already in the regions on tour) and in which we have formally offered to perform but the offer of our involvement was declined.

We wish all involved, the performers, the organizers, the fans and audiences around the world all the best and a very successful event.

Thank you,
Axl Rose

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/jarmo

So near, yet so far.

WTF is up with them organisors, surely they could of fitted GNR or Axl in somewhere

The public demands it

Damn it. Thats cool of Axl to write and fill us in tho.

Hope the gigs cool. Would have been awesome to see Lenny and Axl tho! Maybe a future quest appearance since both parties were interested? That would be killer.

like anythinggoes said.. fucking organizers.. it would have been huge

Well, I hope they manage to come here to Brasil regardless this misunderstood (or lack of proper organization) by Live Earth crew.

Ah, but do they?

Great decision there by the organizers.? :no: ?Who needs GNR when you already have these cultural icons performing at the Japan and Australia Live Earth events:

Japan:

ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL
AI
AI OTSUKA
AYAKA
COCCO
GENKI ROCKETS
KUMI KODA
LINKIN PARK
RIHANNA
RIZE
BONNIE PINK
MICHAEL NYMAN
RIP SLYME
UA
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
 

Australia:

CROWDED HOUSE
JACK JOHNSON
WOLFMOTHER
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
MISSY HIGGINS
ESKIMO JOE
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM
PAUL KELLY
GHOSTWRITERS
TONI COLLETTE & THE FINISH
BLUE KING BROWN

 

damn it  :rant:


I really, really, cant believe this. Are the Japan/Australia Live Earth organizers STUPID? Guns N' Roses have offered to perform in any of those countries and they said ''no''? What reason can they have to say no?

Damn, this is one of the saddest things about GNR I have read in a long time. I'm half sad, half mad (mad, because I cant imagine which reason can the Japan/Australia organizers can have to decline the GNR offer).

I had a lot of illusions about seeing GNR at Live Earth, because that could have been a great jump to the band and the new members to be known worldwide, to show the world that GNR is fuckin alive and rocking harder than ever before. My feelings would be very different if GNR hadn't offered the organizers to perform.

I really cant believe this, I hope there is still enough time to the organizers to change their minds. The Live Earth lineups are lame. They have the chance to have a major band like GNR and they decline GNR's offer? They have to be retarded.

Awsome of Axl to write that...Sucks though, Coulda had some cool moments there...Ah well, Thanks Axl

That sucks GnR are not able to perform for Live Earth, but in return its awesome that Axl himself addressed the issue in a proper way. It does not take very long for word to travel over the net, and I hope Axl continues to use the official site to speak to us fans.

That duet of Axl and Lenny Kravitz would have been massive!!! :beer:

I am kind of happy GNR aren't playing it

Axl with Lenny Kravitz?

Didnt this same Axl Rose bash SLash for playing with Lenny Kravitz?

Bunch of bands pretending to be about a cause just to promote themselves and their albums..............................

Im sure some do support it but u know most are there for their own agendas.


I remember when Prince didn't take part in the "We Are The World" sessions and he got hammered by the press.

Hopefully Axl's letter will stop that from happening to GNR.

Thanks Mr. Rose for the update.... :)
pitty about the shows, but maybe next time..... :beer:

Maybe the Japanese promoters of Live Earth will pull some last minute strings knowing 'what could have been.' ?:-\

Aren't BJ playing it? :-X



;)

thanks Axl for the update - I'm happy that he's keeping us informed about this, instead leaving us to guess and take wild stabs in the dark. That's a good sign

it is tomorrow...

I think it's cool of axl writing this and that al gore recognized axl and gnr as a band that could perform and give them the chance.. shame it can't happen.. damn lazy organisers

when's the next time an oppurtunity like this presents itself?

D, didn't Lenny Kravitz play with GN'R in Paris during that big Pay Per View Concert special? ?

I don't think Axl has ever had anything against Lenny Kravitz. ?Michael Jackson, yes, but not him.

Plus, Lenny and Slash have a long-standing relationship even dating back to when Slash was still in GN'R, as Slash played on Lenny's "Always On The Run", which I believe was on the Mama Said record.

Ali

Thanks Axl...

This does blow... Oh well mabye next time  :'(

and they went to the same school too

A shame it wasn't to be... But cool to hear from Axl nonetheless :)

It definitely would've been cool and it makes no sense why they couldnt be added to Japan or Australia but oh well.


Last thing about other bands in this thread, BJ is best friends with Al Gore so he is supporting his friend's cause. : ok:

Al Gore is a douche bag : ok:

Still quite a cool show
Though I can do without Gore
Or "causes" at all...

I don't know. ?I guess
If Gn'R is acting
"Politically Correct",

I'd rather they quit.
They have never been wusses
On whining payrolls.

Splash

/Mike

no reason to blame this on al : ok:

No?

Too bad things didnt work out differently, I would have loved to see GNR involved with this.

Well, it's cool that it didn't turn out to happen anyway, the concert here in Rio de Janeiro will be the only Live Earth concert for free, so there will be a lot of people there that don't even know what it's going on and the fans just won't be able to watch the band properly...
Plus, we're going through a HUGE crisis with our airports right now, people can't get a flight to anywhere and lots of people stays IN the airport for DAYS waiting for a flight that they don't even know if it will be done... Imagine if they had arranged those flights to Axl but his flight to Japan get delayed or canceled, and the band would have to cancel a date there or something?

tHANKZ AXLbY uPDATE...  :'( :'(

HBK *

I think that it's really cool of Axl and the band to formally ask to play in Japan or Austrailia.  I think it sucks that they were not taken up on their offer.

Anyway - props to GN'R!! : ok: : ok: : ok:

i`m sad this didn`t happen :'(

axl with lenny kravitz? :drool:

D: axl said something about slash playing with michael jackson i think...

Too bad they are not playing...I believe this is going to be broadcast live.  Looks like they tried to make it happen.

They should have let GUNS play in the Australia or japan shows! :rant:

Damnit... I Wanted them to play... Would have been a very good possibility to promote themself and support the idea of the live earth concerts...

Thanks for the update, AXL!

So Guns N Roses were never asked? ?Just Axl? ? ?...that doesn't surprise me ? ?:(

They were asked, just to late... After, just Axl was asked

That's not fair.

Is it just me or did anyone else get a small headache reading that press release.  I get the gist of it obviously, but the wording made me dizzy.  (I"m American, it's not a language thing, a useage thing, I guess.)  ???
  Wish they could've played in one of the places though. ;)

I dunno man ???

It just seems like they tried hard to be there, but the cards didnt fall into place, at all...

For Christ sake man. How do you know why they are playing? Can't you just be comfortable taking their word that they are playing a show because they actually believe in a cause? Or find the cause admirable?

they are already in japan. the gear is in japan. why not play live earth in japan? how could they not be asked to play there? makes little sense. japan needs a big headliner also....*shakes head*

I don't think the entire band is in Japan right now. I read at the rope that there is a belated birthday party for Dizzy at the Cat Club on Saturday night and hes leaving for Japan on Monday.

well, who knows where they are now. it wouldnt make much sense to fly all the way back to cali and then back to japan again...but maybe they are, i dont know. but its strange how they couldnt make it happen for live earth japan since they are playing there just a few days after live earth so it would be perfect tour scheduling to do live earth...

Depends what you think makes sense.

If you have over a week off and haven't seen your family since May or early June, maybe you'd fly home too.



Who couldn't make it happen?

I assume they is the band since they have shows in Japan starting next week. As you can see, they offered to play but they weren't asked.




/jarmo

no, let me clear it up. by "they" i meant the live earth japan promoter. i cant believe they didnt ask the  band to play....they need gnr there. i still think there is a chance it happens or so im hoping....

Ok, I got confused there because you used "they" to refer to both the band and organizers in one sentence.

My apologies.



/jarmo

not a problem...my point is that im baffled by the promoter in japan..it would be a 5 minute call...unreal...

you think it's that easy to organize? :hihi: :no:

yes i do...

Lets see
How bout all the gas and CO2 that will be emitted by all the traffic driving to and from the concerts?

How bout all the excess power and energy ?that will be used by the bands playing all day long in all these different cities?

If u don't think bands do festivals like this for good publicity and exposure u are dillusional.

Im not sayin All bands but I guarantee a great percentage could care less.

That is being offset after the event by the organizers who are going to be donating a lot of money to help develop more renewable energy sources and to plant more trees etc...

At this point, where there's not enough time to make GNR perform, all I would like to know is why the hell the organizers have rejected GNR for Australia/Japan. I cant imagine what the reasons could be... I try to put myself in their minds, but I still dont see any possible reason(s).

That would've been awesome, Axl with Lenny  :drool:

I remember at the Hammerstein show on the 14th I looked back on the side balcony and Lenny was there with Adrianna Lima. They were really enjoying the show. He was also at the acoustic show at Plumm for Rosario Dawson.

After Kravitz cancelled, the logistics of getting the whole band and crew set up in Asia would have been a nightmare on such short notice. it would be nice if Axl could do a guest appearance though.

Thing is they werent even asked for those areas!!! Mabye they didnt look to see where GNR was touring... Probally thought they were idle...

One reason not asking GNR to do those places probably were time schedule.. not the for gnr but for the ones already in the line up..
like they have dozens of bands, meaning dozens of contracts saying this band will play between this and this period of time etc. they couldn't fit? GNR into that schedule because in one contract it says, this band will start it all, and another this band will be the grande finale..
we GNR fans can't think of a better band to either open this or close it but just because we want it to happen don't make it a 5 minute call

They have Linkin Park who, whether you like it or not, is bigger than GNR now.

Besides, you might not recognize any names on that Japan list, but I'd imagine most of them are japanese musicians that are probably huge in their country.

I think the guy who posted above me got it right though. They probably couldn't be added due to scheduling.

Very cool to get a statement about this.  Maybe it's cuz I don't get around other forums much, but I hadn't seen much controversy or bashing about them NOT playing Live Earth or anything like that.  To me, it seemed that we got statements to dispel rumors or to clarify questions that were being argued about.  Then again, that's just my memory...I'm probably wrong on that :hihi:

Seeing them perform at any of these shows would have been awesome.   :beer:

They are all big inside Japan, mainly amongst young generation except for YMO (Ryuichi Sakamoto is in the band). I would imagine that Live Earth in Japan is a well-prepared music festival where many record companies are behind and they don't like any surprise,?anything spontanous....

It is a pity.
 

Think long term..

Even tho I think long term is doomed anyways..

So GN'R have been hanging out in Australia after the NZ dates finished?  This statement implies it when he says "Saturday morning here in Australia".  Wonder where they are and what they plan to do before going to Japan?  Any sightings?

On a seperate note that's  very disappointing to know that the organisers of Live Earth didn't even bother to ask them to play in Oz or Japan.  It's a bit like the hot looking girl that laments that guys never ask her out - presumably because the guys think she is out of their league and would just say no.  Seems like GN'R have a similar problem, the organisers in Oz or Japan didn't bother to ask probably because they wrongly assumed GN'R were far too big and would simply say no - idiots.

Does anyone even remember or care who played at Live 8?


This isnt a big deal.

Ofcourse, Pink Floyd. For that alone Live 8 will never be forgotten.  :peace:

Are you serious?

The Pink Floyd 4 songs set (Speak To Me/Breath, Money, Wish You Were Here, Confortably Numb) was probably the greatest and most important musical performance of this century.

^ :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

No one cares dude, hasnt changed shit

Is anyone gonna remember that GNR didnt play this?

U think kids are gonna go to the record store and say "GNR, they didnt play LIve Earth, FUck them and their cd........"

NO

I dont think anyone really cares who plays and who doesnt play


Everyone who rants and raves about Global Warming, Id love to see exactly what they are doing in THEIR lives to do something about it.

Living in 50 room mansions,driving hummers and jetting around the globe in private planes doesnt exactly help the cause which is why I dont take any of this shit seriously.

U gotta do more than organize a concert and drive around in a hybrid to make a difference.

maybe, some kids would say, "hey what a cool fucking band, i have to check them out".. or some old fans, "damn axl still got it in him and these guys in the band aint that bad"

good to hear an update, very nice.

on a positive note, maybe they can do the next one? it seems like this is just the first live earth event...

If the prosecutor has her way...the Rio show won't take place.  >:(

Brazilian Live Earth Concert Still in Jeopardy After Prosecutor Files Appeal

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288513,00.html

Now Chinese Democracy will be delayed another year...great.  :-\

Never mind dudes - hold your own exclusive Live Earth Gig as we did last night in a small South Australian country town. Here are some novel energy saving ideas that we came up with:

1. Pack everyone into a small front bar - heating bills nil!

2. Save water, no need to wash hands - enough dancing idiots with drinks in their hands will provide you with enough soakage.

3. Request Gn'R and AC/DC songs only - again much warmth fills the room and  the DJ can turn off the music two lines into the song because the whole bar will be belting out the words anyway.........

4. No need to drive home - a paddy wagon is at the front door closing time..........

Had a hoot!

Damn I wanted to see Guns playing in toh ji (a buddest temple), the  kyoto venue.

It would have been nice but hey ho! The organisers loss! At least we have the shows in Japan to look forward to! However whilst it is always the whole band we would would all like to see play, that would have been cool as fuck to see Axl perform with Lenny!!!

Mike

its a shame the band cant play, as well as being a good cause it would be the ultimate opportunity for the band to be seen by the worlds media.

i dont think there is anything "going on" with regards to them not playing live earth, it just thjink it was all a bit last minute, and trhe band and organisers cant really bend their schedule that much to accomodate..

good of Axl to say somehting about it though.

The Live earth line ups seem to be geared towards a young audience, whereas when Live Aid happened in 1985 the line ups were more universal - Queen, Rolling Stones etc.

The Live Earth gig also seems way too 'greeny' and 'nice' (save the planet m'ok!) - Gn'R make a different statement altogether and would probably give the Live Earth audience nightmares.......

There also seemed to be more anger expressed by the performers for the cause in 85.....

AN UPDATE FROM AXL ROSE!!! :o always welcomed! :smoking:
thanks axl and good luck with the rest of the tour! :beer:

Cool to have an update but I didn't expect nor see any media story suggesting GN'R would take part, or wanted/did want to.. so it's kind of a non event and pointless press release from my point of view..

Hopefully we get some news from Axl regarding other matters soon  : ok:

Would have been neat to see them play it, but it's nice of Axl to explain things, he really didn't have to-I wish he would give more updates like this-I think it's cool-wonder what he would have played with Lenny

Really would have been cool to see GN'R perform on a world stage like this.  As I said in an earlier post, although I am dissapoint they are not there, I think it's really cool that they offered to play.

I can't believe that...A band that did a lot of sold outs in your country has to be in the Austraia/Japan Live Earth. I'm so sad.

Seriously, the more I am watching it on TV, this is not a GN'R gig. The vibe of this gig is so lethargic.......on second thought, maybe GN'r should've been there, if anything to rouse the mainly yuppie, white middle class audience. To the majority of the audience they are just being treated to some nice music..........

bummer!

Seams like the organisers made a dogs bollox of the situation, why not have them play in japan? fuckin retarded..

They're not in Japan .....yet.....

I bitch about Global Warming, and I've cut my petrol consumption by 25%. and lowered my electric use by 10 -15%. The younger people on this forum will see dramatic changes in sea level by the time they reach old age ... and it only gets worse from there.

This was already worked out and the concert will happen here.

metallica played today at the new wembly stadium, much the same way with the same songs as the freddy merc tribute, back in 92

in fact spinal tap also played who played or messed around back then aswell,

guns should have been there it would have been perfect, huge exposure!

They screwed Guns over, the organizers are not very bright. Was there anyone beside Linkin Park who was recognizable in Japan?

It woulda been great for Guns if they coulda played.Could have gone with 3 songs everyone knows, probably all from AFD then when they had em hooked with the old stuff reeled 'em in with TWAT.

"we have formally offered to perform but the offer of our involvement was declined."

wow! i mean all i can say is wow.

Yeah the organizers are real stupid; they only somehow managed to book 150 bands on seven fucking continents.

Did they book U2? No? Well, if Bono didn't think it was important.....

Hear ... hear, I havn't thought of that analogy, but ...

? ? Yeah that is very strange but on the otherhand they could have been declined just because of logistics (travelling, transport of equipment and obviously Axl didn't want to change the Japan dates that had already been rescheduled).

Whatever no biggie, would have been cool to see Axl with Lenny (who by the way wasn't that great yesterday).

But fuck what a hell of flight sched. that would have been;

Australia-Brazil
Brazil-Japan
 

all in a couple of days and for a song or two...holy air miles Batman!

Not very green, that's for sure.

But then again I'm sure all of the artist got off stage and back into their Hummers, Helicopters and Private Jets. Just the way it is I guess. ::)

oh yeah where the fuck was Bono? he couldn't possibly have given up trying to save the world. Now we're really screwed!! :rofl:

I said they weren't very bright concerning Guns. I never said the organizers were stupid. Here is a link that may be useful:

http://www.rif.org/

whatever, I'm not going to argue with a 12-year kid who wasn't even born when AFD came out.

I just don't like it when people put words in my mouth. Let's drop it.  By the way, I'm 34.

I really enjoyed the Tap, liked how they invited like 10+ bass players to the stage for Big Bottom

Shame that it wasn't realized after all but it's nice to know that he/the band tried to take part in the event.

Thanks for the update.

Is it posible that the organizers thought that Axl could bring problems to the Festival because of the delays in the starts of GNR Shows?  It is some stupid to think it but could it be posible?

Oh well - at least Axl didnt get pulled up at airport security for looking like a terrorist  :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Hetfield looks more like Paul Tuddle Snr everytime I see him  ::)

http://sayanythingblog.com/images/james-hetfield-metallica-taliban.jpg

i think axls message was pretty decent, im sure hes pissed he couldnt be involved though.

Very unlikely, at Download last year, they were actually slightly early!

Axl's statement, although disappointed at not being able to sort something out, was respectful and courteous to the organisers.  If involved, I'm sure he wouldn't have dicked them around on the day!

^^ i agree.  i don't think axl would hold something this big up.

The Japan dates is much more important. Concentrate on the tour no. There will be more events like this...  :beer:

Yes SR. !!

HBK *

wow youve done so much for the world... you want an award or something.  How about instead of that worthless nonsense you use that petrol your saving to drive someone to work so they dont have to walk 4 miles, or drive toa  homeless shelter.  The most prevalent greenhouse gas is water vapor by the way, what are you doing to cut down on water vapor.  Youve done nothing, youre efforts were worthless, give it up and do something actually meaningful like helping someone.

This concert was the most hypocritical nonsense ever.  It wasted so much energy.  Its like having an event to raise forest fire awareness by starting a forest fire.  If Axl was smarter he would have said, "I didnt do this concert because it is retarded and Al Gore is fat and uses more energy than 24 average americans combined."

I honestly don't believe the majority of the artists on this bill were even there for the "cause".

I mean, every so often you'd get the "let's all save the Earth" speech, but most people were there to play their new single and generate record sales. I honestly don't see why Axl would get involved by saying anything along the lines of what you're saying.

Exactly, Al Gore, said the first person to call him up was Jon Bon Jovi. Well, hell, who do you think contribued to global warming with all that damn hairspray in the 1980s? :hihi:

ok, talking hairspray, i've probably single handedly caused global warming then!

but i agree, you do have to question the intentions of some of the performers at a thing like this.  i'm sure alot of them are concerned about the effects of global warming, most people are, but i bet their own personal gain was also a motivator in them doing the show. 

I just got the irony of a band like Spinal Tap doing the Live Earth gig!

 :rofl: :rofl:

Apparantly, they wrote a new song specially for it!

 :rofl: :rofl:  :rofl:

Did you see their performance? It was hilarious. I didn't think they could top the "We truely believe Freddie would've wanted it that way" comment from 1991 but they did!

Bringing out all those bass players for "Big Bottom" was priceless. It would've been funny on it's own but the fact that it came about 3 hours after that ridiculous "Drummer thing" done by Chad Smith and everyone else made it even better.

Personally I feel that it was just as well GNR didn't do Live Earth. GNR is huge enough on its own and does not need the publicity, and Axl is well capable of expressing political views on his own, if he wants. No need to jump on the wagon like everyone else.

Today it seems like it's PC that major bands turn up at these events or else they're just arrogant and selfish. That's totally wrong in my mind. For a band's integrity, if they choose to get involved in charity and stuff like that at all, I think it's better to do it low-key and not make a big deal of it. Pearl Jam is one example of a band with great integrity that has done lots of stuff for children in need and other important issues without (as far as I know) doing mainstream, big events like Live 8 / Earth.

I was so happy when I saw the pictures on this forum of Axl visiting a local hospital's children care unit, without it being headline news all over the world.

(It must be mentioned, though, that I don't like the ignorant masses, and I don't want the bands I like to give the average, Rihanna and Black Eyed Peas-digging Joes a treat. If you're not a GNR fan, you don't deserve to experience their show.)

wow, the same style as axl  ;D

couldn't have said it better myself

Why not?

because gnr shows are so few and far between that we hardcore fans would rather have the place packed with people like us, fanatics, not people that would only be into the "popular" songs                                           

News flash, I think most of the people going to the shows these days are only interested in the oldies. Not many people, save for the hardcore fans, seem to say, "God I hope they play CD and not SCOM"

I've been to many wonderful shows that have made me a fan of some band, and in retrospect I don't think I would've liked them if they didn't do the show just because they thought the crowd didn't consist of hardcore fans.

I think it would've been nice to see them do LE, but I do understand completely that they couldn't.

Exactly, if band's only ever played to their hardcore fans how would they grow?  I know some people like their favourite band to stay underground and not "sell out", but come on - this is Guns N' Roses, not Immortal or something.

And re: charity gigs/ publicity:

Sorry, but what does that Psalm mean? I can't figure it out. ???

Are you gonna change your nick name every Tuesday??  :rofl: :rofl:

Its not a Psalm ;)


But its basically about when you give you shouldn't make a big song and dance (pardon the pun) about it and parade your generousity.

^^that is so true.  and alot of these "charity" concerts seem to be just a way for some performers to make themselves look good.  i'm sorry, but what did live earth do?  wasn't it supposed to be for the environment, but look at the tons of electricty and such wasted to put on the show.  doesn't seem too "green" or "anti-global warming" to me. 

It's for awareness that we are destroying the planet and individual people can make changes to help.

I thought it was all about if Guns N' Rosess were performing or not.

See, with Live Aid 85, the crowd had no idea who would be performing - people were there for the cause first!

i don't think you believe that yourself

No I really do believe that people thought that it was all about Guns N' Roses performing.

Not all of us!? ?;D

 ;D Well, lets just say, it seemed to be a more powerful event, for some reason.......

Yeah, it did.? Possibly because it was the first of its kind on such a large scale, whereas these days there seems to be some sort of charity/memorial event practically every few months - (maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but you know what I mean).

Oh and forgot to say earlier...White Rabbits!? ?:D

And to you!  :rofl:

Live Aid also had a better line-up, of course.

live aid 85 kicked the shit out of live earth.  and the concert itself did benefit the cause.  the money earned went directly to fight famine, sending food and fresh water, etc to the impoverished areas of africa, making for immediate relief.  the money for live earth will more then likely go to research, they may or may not do any good.  live earth seemed more like a pagaent for certain pop stars then a benefit.  and i think the spontanaety of live aid made it seem more sincere too.  when certain artists just show up to do a show it means more in my eyes.

you don't need a concert to be aware of global warming.  it's all around us, just watch the climate and such where you live, chances are your seasons and such are getting strange, they are here in northern america.  plus there is no proof that any one thing can stop or slow or reverse it.  they "experts" aren't even sure what causes it or what will stop it.  and there is scientific proof that it is a natural occurance, with some studies even suggesting that polution and green house gases may in fact be slowing it instead of aggrevating it.  the earth has been gradually warming since it's birth, the older the planet gets, the hotter the core gets, therefore warming the planet and atmosphere.  some scientists think the cover of smog and greenhouse gases may actually be acting as barrier to keep some heat from the sun out versus holding the earth's heat.