Largest environmental fundraising event

The Rainforest Foundation, established in the UK by the musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler in 1989, held a celebrity benefit concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, on 27 April 1998 to raise a record $2 million (£1.2 million) gross to support indigenous people and the rainforest. The foundation has raised more than $9 million (£5.4 million) net since 1989. The benefit included singers such as Madonna, Elton John and Billy Joel. The street sign outside Carnegie Hall was renamed 'Rainforest Way' during Rainforest Awareness Week, and the Empire State Building was lit up in green.