LiveEarth, in all its Germanic compound-word glory, descended on six unfortunate corners of the world today. As Madonna declared, surrounded by thirty unusually white and attractive schoolkids, “Tonight is not about entertainment.” She wasn’t wrong.
The splendidly pointless switching-off of “all non-essential lighting” in Wembley did offer the chance for us to check that the splendid halo of light on the southern horizon from our top bedroom is indeed the Wembley arch. They didn’t switch off everything, though - presumably an outbreak of stadium-based criminality comparable only to the New Orleans Superdome wouldn’t quite embody societal unity.
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