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Just finished watching the Live Earth three-hour concert version that I taped from NBC last weekend. Performance highlights include: John Mayer's "We Keep Waiting for the World to Change", a reunited Genesis' "Land of Confusion", Alicia Keys' "Mercy, Mercy, Me" which blended into Corrine Bailey Rae's version in the middle of the song, Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone", Roger Waters' version of his group Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" (though I was surprised at it's inclusion) and the recently reunited Police's "Message in a Bottle". There were also good performances from Madonna, Bon Jovi, Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks, The Dave Matthews Band, The Black-Eyed Peas, and Duran Duran. Additionally, they showed snippets of musical acts in China, Japan, and Australia (which showed an edited version of Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over" that I was disappointed with). All that plus hosts Ann Curry and Carson Daly interviewing public figures like Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Al Gore (Curry) and musicians like Keys and Matthews and actors like Rosario Dawson and Cameron Diaz (Daly). All in all, a mostly enjoyable concert with important pro-environmental messages spread throughout ending with a clip of James Blunt singing "What a Wonderful World".

He introduced the Pussycat Dolls and was interviewed by Jonathon Ross and Graham Norton backstage. He is worth his weight in gold, is Tennant! In fact, he's worth twice, three times his weight in gold, titanium, the works. He showed such vitality and spirit, it was a joy to watch. He worked that crowd in the most engaging, ego-lite way imaginable and they appeared to love it, as did we at home. Watching it, I was again in awe of this man's ability. When interviewed afterwards, he proved to be refreshingly free of the barbed spikeyness that some Big Names can't resist displaying in similar circumstances. Probably they feel out of their element. Not him. He is totally at home in front of a crowd and has the charisma and showmanship to carry off the moment. Tennant can compere any program from now until the end of the galaxy, as far as my family and I are concerned.