The Live Earth concert for South America was held at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2007.

However, that didn't make it the last to finish, for the New York concert was still going on when things wrapped up in Rio.

A few days before the event, a State prosecutor tried to cancel it, due to an alleged lack of police personnel to take care of security.

The Rolling Stones concert and Live Earth happened at exactly the same spot, in front of the Copacabana Palace hotel.

The following artists performed at the Brazilian Live Earth concert[4] (in order of appearance):