Rappers and Rockers Team Up to Help India

April 20 2009 PST

There will be many footsteps taken to help out countries in need, green ones that is. This summer, Denmark's Roskilde Festival will feature some of the biggest and best artists in rap and rock music in an effort to help the environment. Lil' Wayne has just been added to the roster of acts, a who's who in music. Lil' Wayne will be alongside Eagles of Death Metal, Kanye West, Coldplay, Oh No Ono, Lily Allen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Pet Shop Boys, Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds and Peter Sommer. Quite an eclectic group of artists there!

The Roskilde Festival will be taking place from July 2 through July 5. Now on the surface this just sounds like a regular old enormous gathering of artists to perform. It's cool but what's so special? Well Roskilde happens to be one of Europe's biggest concert events. Every year in July 170 bands play for around 80,000 visitors in Roskilde. Even though Roskilde is among the oldest is rock festivals of the world, Roskilde is well known for constant development presenting a mix of well establish music names and new talents. In 2007 the festival presented: Beastie Boys, Bjork, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tiesto and The Who. Coachella and the Reading Festival can also be example of super concerts that happen annually. Stateside, there are many concerts that feature a multitude of artists. Most of these concerts are organized by local radio stations.

The big cause this year that should impress Desis is the focus on cleaning up the environment. Organizers have announced an environmentally conscious theme for the 2009 Roskilde dubbed "Green Footsteps," which will raise global climate change awareness among the estimated 75,000-plus attendees. The festival's Odeon and Sustainable Stages will host CO2-friendly concerts, and donations will go towards environmental projects in India and Bangladesh. That sounds like a worthwhile cause. We all know India and Bangladesh could definitely use the help, and this concert is a great way to spread the message. With the attention coming from this concert, India and Bangladesh can enjoy cleaner air, cleaner water, and all around a better mode of living, so if there's anything you can do to support, it would be greatly appreciated. Whoever thought of this deserves some props.

So what do you guys think of this show? Do you think the proceeds will be going to a worthwhile cause? Are you happy that these artists are on board for this show? Let us know what you're thinking because only good can come out of something like this show.