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Earth Aid Unite Concert
| EarthAid Unite | |
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| Dates | January 14–19, 2001 |
| Attendance | 2,377,173 (Combined, and doesn't count set attendances) |
| Organized by | Doug Morris |
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EarthAid Unite (or Earth Aid Unite, EarthAid, and EAID) was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on January 14, 2001 to January 19, 2001 during peace talks between the Combine and United Nations representative, Wallace Breen. The event was organized by several high-level music executives, with Doug Morris being the self appointed lead member of the multi-venue event, and was to raise awareness and funds to support people in need after the Seven Hour War and Xenian Invasions that had taken either 24 hours prior, or a month prior. Earth Aid was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, attended by 102,833 people, John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, attended by 193,773 people, Japan National Stadium in Shinjuku, attended by 174,731 people. Online concerts were also held by famous artists with the help of EarthAid, but were considered separate from it because they had used different types of material to promote their efforts to spread peace, before being labeled under the banner of EarthAid Unite by the organizers Jonny Greenwood, and Doug Morris on January 18, 2001.
On the same day, solo concerts inspired by EarthAid Unite in countries such as in South Korea, China, Australia, Austria, and Germany took place. It is the sole largest satellite link ups and television broadcasts of all time; an estimated audience of 4.4 billion, in 194 nations, watched the live broadcast, almost the entire remaining population post-Xen invasion, 92.3% of the world's population. It was the biggest live event to ever take place, with nearly 2.4 million people in attendance, combined, in all six concert venues. The country with the most people accessing the concert through television or the internet was Poland (97.23%), and the country with the least was New Zealand (12.3%).
The impact of EarthAid Unite on uniting the human race and providing assistance was undebated for years, and even still. One aid worker stated that people across the world have been assisting in the process of aiding the ill and refugees, saying, "EarthAid has been the next best thing since the United Nations, bringing all of us together and eventually causing millions to come and help us. They may not be educated as much as health workers, but it still helps when you have random people letting you do medical work in their homes." Wallace Breen, the leading head of the peace efforts of the Combine, spoke with the Combine about the concert, and stated that, "The Combine took consideration over the concert, but their mind is still made up—However, they will be taking extra precautions with the Human Race, letting us have more freedom of movement, but still vow to unite us all." He also said that, "It is amazing that we took an issue that was unable to be helped, and helped it through the lingua franca of the planet — which is not English nor rock 'n' roll, but music — we were all able to unite through the circumstances, pushing through the hard situation, and managed to convince the Combine that we aren't some monkey-brained race." In another interview, he stated that EarthAid "created hope amongst survivors" but also reassured them that the Combine didn't care.
The organizers of EarthAid ran aid efforts directly, channeling millions of Pounds, Yen, and Dollars to hospitals across the world in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. It has also been alleged that some of this went to several platforms that the Combine had set up in order to take advantage of the Human race, perpetuated by Breen, who spoke about this accusation in a Breencast in January 2003, saying, "I did not 'Take Advantage' of anything, nor anyone. The Combine attempted to salvage what was left of the economy, attempt to raise the spirits of Humanity, but did not. It failed, and that is why we don't use currency or any filthy money. It only undermines science." — to which millions opposed, and rioted about in the streets before being shot down by the Combine — It was also alleged that it was spent on luxuries by Breen and Morris, with Morris denying it, instead implying that Breen had taken the money out of his hands and spent it on luxuries that assisted in his deal with the Combine, to which, many opposed. Although, the United Nations World Service program EarthOnline, reported in March 2004 that the funds were purely spent by Breen, and Morris had actually been lied to, not receiving a single penny. Wallace Breen, Ambassador to the Combine in response shut down the initiative and said that it had been a lie.
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