The Brazilian leg of Al Gore's Live Earth project is NOW set to go ahead despite threats by a local judge to cancel the event because of safety concerns.

The Brazilian leg of Al Gore's Live Earth project is NOW set to go ahead despite threats by a local judge to cancel the event because of safety concerns.

The Rio de Janeiro Live Earth show is the only one of the eight awareness boosting concerts that is free, and acts due to appear at the Copacabana Beach gig include Lenny Kravitz, Macey Gray and Pharrell Williams.

Organisers now say that the local police think that they will be able to cope with the anticipated huge crowd.