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Mumbai, Sep 19: What happens when a superstar and a rockstar come together? Well, there’s a blast! Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Hollywood’s rockstar Jon Bon Jovi have joined forces to set the stage on fire during their live performance for the cause of Global warming.

Yes, with the biggest ever climate change awareness event ‘Live Earth’ to be held in the country, all eyes will be on Mumbai where the music extravaganza is set to unfold. No wonder then, that the who’s who of the filmdom would be spotted adding glitz and glamour to this much-touted event.

The initiative, which would make use of world's celebrity musicians to draw attention to the climate crisis caused by global warming, has won the support of not only Big B but also filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Nobel laureate Rajendra Pachauri.

Though, the last year's ‘Live Earth’ spanned four continents and 150 acts were performed over a 24-hour period, organizers Al Gore and Kevin Wall decided this year to stage only one event in India, in the hope of bringing their message to the developing world.

"India will be among the leading powers of the global economy in the coming decades," Gore said as he announced that the concert will be held in Mumbai in December. "India has a major role to play in leadership by example for the climate crisis and sustainable development."

The concert's proceeds will go to charities including ‘Light A Billion Lives’, a nonprofit organization headed by Dr Rajendra K Pachauri, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Gore for sounding the alarm on global warming.