"Al Gore Appears On Live Earth Tokyo Stage As A Hologram". Triumph could not be reached for comment.

Much more at Hot Air, whose name describes the concert--aka, “Private Jets For Climate Change” perfectly.

And speaking of which, Newsbusters has some thoughts on the private jet-setting Jann Wenner.

Update: "Mostly Mild Weather Greets Live Earth Global Warming Concert Goers. Backstage, the Red Hot Chili Peppers get puritanically scolded (what else did they expect?) for using their red hot private jet.

More: "Whither the Gores’ war on sex, drugs, and rock and roll?"

If, as Gore once claimed, a traffic accident involving Al III was the singular moment that transformed him into the scourge of the automobile industry, I wonder if we can blame today's proceedings at Live Earth entirely on Al being dissed by Courtney Love and desperately trying to recover his leftwing pop culture streed cred. But then, this isn't the first industry that Al's been forgainst.

Related: Is this all a sign that global warming has “jumped the shark”?

Update: Indeed it has.