This year’s Global Citizen Live will take place in Rio de Janerio, London, Seoul, Los Angles, Sydney, Lagos, France’s capital city Paris and US city New York City and will include various artist’s live performances as well as pre-recorded sets. The worldwide concert aims to promote unity whilst rallying citizens of the world to urge major conglobates, governments and politicians as well as philanthropists to band together to help the world’s poverty-stricken communities and help rectify the recent global issues.

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The global event has been dated to take place this September to match with the UN General Assembly which is also taking place this September. Global Citizen Live will also coincide with other important meetings and summits including the G20 and COP26 set to take later on in 2021. Each act performing will be taking part in a 24-hour historic musical event, the concerts will be aired over many broadcasted mediums including ABC, ABC News Live, BBC, FX, IHeartRadio, Hulu, YouTube, TIME, Twitter as well as many more social media and televised channels.

Ed Sheeran will join the impressive list of artists billed to perform in Paris, joining the ‘Shape of You’ singer are hitmakers Black Eyed Peas, H.E.R., Dj Snake, Christine and the Queens and ‘Kiss Me More’ singer Doja Cat.  The line-up featured in Lagos include musician Femi Kuti, singer-songwriter Davido, Made Kuti and MTV Europe music award winner Tiwa Savage.

New York City’s event will take place at the famous landmark, Central Park, Global Citizen has been hosting events at the famed landmark since 2012. Performing at the city’s venue includes a vast array of artists such as ‘Bad Guy’ singer Billie Eilish and former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello. Also included to play the city that never sleeps are British hitmakers Coldplay, legendary artist Jennifer Lopez, ‘Good as Hell’ singer Lizzo, Shawn Mendes and rapper Meek Mill. New York City’s event will also see performances by special guests Burna Boy and Lang Lang, also set to take the stage at Central Park is 80’s pop icon Cyndi Lauper, known for her ‘Girl’s Just Want To Have Fun’ mega-hit.

Other artists donating themselves to the cause include Queen + Adam Lambert singer Adam Lambert, Alessia Cara, Opera tenor singer Andrea Bocelli, Angélique Kidjo, BTS, Demi Lovato, legendary 80’s band Duran Duran, iconic punk rockers Green Day, Hugh Jackman & Deborra-Lee Furness, Jon Batiste, Country music artist Keith Urban, ‘Royals’ singer-songwriter Lorde, The Lumineers, thrash metal pioneers Metallica, Rag ‘ n’ Bone Man, Ricky Martin, The Weeknd and Usher with even more acts to be announced.

Global Citizen’s Head of Music, Entertainment and Artist Relations, Katie Hill, has provided the following statement describing the organisation’s mission statement whilst expressing the organisation’s excitement to work with the host of artists. “Over the last year and a half, we’ve seen music bring communities together and inspire action during one of the most challenging times of our generation, We’re excited to join these incredible artists to unite people across the globe on September 25 as we hold world leaders and business leaders accountable to rectify the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As we carefully resume Global Citizen’s live events, we couldn’t be more grateful to each of these artists for donating their time and performances to make an impact through this urgent campaign.”

Potential ticket-holders must earn their way into the amazing event by winning their tickets and each location has its own draw. You must begin by downloading the Global Citizen app and creating an account, within this app users can sign petitions, write letters to government officials and politicians, share news and messages via social media plus many more actions. These actions can earn users points, which they can then use to enter to win tickets to the event. The first collection of actions was released on 10th August 2021, fans have until 24th August 2021 to fulfil enough actions to place them in the competition to receive tickets. The lucky winners will be selected at random and will be notified via email, once the email has been received, ticket winners have 48 hours in which to claim their tickets.

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The concert will take place this Saturday, 27th June, with host Dwayne Johnson and other acts Christine and the Queens, J Balvin, and none other than Shakira. The full line-up is relatively short compared to the previous event, arranged by Lady Gaga, however it will see David Beckham and Olivia Colman make appearances.

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SAVE THE DATE: The #GlobalGoalUnite Concert is happening on June 27. The event will bring together scientists, philanthropists, artists, and more to fight for equal access to COVID-19 care. Stay tuned for Monday to find out who’s performing: glblctzn.me/GlobalGoalUnite⁠

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Streaming globally through YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch, UK fans will be able to watch from their homes, although the times are yet to be revealed. The campaign’s goal is to call on “world leaders to help bring an end to COVID-19 by urging them to commit the billions of dollars needed to deliver testing, treatments and vaccines to everyone, everywhere,” as Shakira explained.

During this time, while everyone is experiencing difficulty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some communities have not been receiving the same support as others simply because of the area they live in, or their income. Coldplay, who are known to be philanthropists, shared their thoughts, announcing that their hope is “combat the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of colour by calling on world leaders to make testing, treatments & vaccines available to everyone, everywhere.”

 

 

 

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On June 27, we’ll be part of the #GlobalGoalUnite For Our Future Concert to combat the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of colour by calling on world leaders to make testing, treatments & vaccines available to everyone, everywhere. #Equality @glblctzn

 

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On their social media pages, Global Citizen surprised followers with the announcement, saying, “Tune in on June 27 for an event featuring artists, world leaders, scientists, and more are all uniting to ensure that everyone, everywhere has equal access to COVID-19 healthcare.”

Viewers can get involved by signing the petition on the official website, educating on the #BlackLivesMatter movement, donating, and watching the concert on Saturday.

Broadcasting on 18th and 19th April 2020, ‘One World’ will be available to stream on almost every platform imaginable including BBC One, YouTube, and Facebook. Check out the full list on Global Citizen’s official website.

Here’s how you can join us and some of the world’s top artists in the fight against COVID-19, right from your couch. Tune in to One World: #TogetherAtHome on April 18 https://t.co/e8WN0ONHGK https://t.co/dUI8dTONDK

— Global Citizen (@GlblCtzn) April 15, 2020

There will be two parts to the special: a digital live-stream and a linear broadcast, with curator Lady Gaga and hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. A number of artists will appear, including Paul McCartney, Elton John, Sam Smith, Jessie J, Ellie Goulding and many more. UK viewers can watch the digital stream on 18th April from 7pm and the broadcast on 19th April from 7pm to 9pm (BST).

Last week, @eltonofficial launched an emergency fund to respond to the effects of #COVID19 on HIV care. On April 18, he’ll join One World: #TogetherAtHome to ensure the most marginalized people have access to resources to cope with this crisis. Tune in: https://t.co/QetG6FRySo pic.twitter.com/D4yQCAbu9Y — Global Citizen (@GlblCtzn) April 12, 2020

Artists and bands who have already participated by running live-streams on their personal Instagram pages include Chris Martin, Picture This, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Anne-Marie, and Niall Horan. During these sessions, they took requests from fans, answered questions and played original music as well as covers; their joint goal during this time is to unite and protect people in isolation. The broadcast will have a similar theme, though on a much larger scale.

Hugh Evans, CEO and co-founder of Global Citizen, made a statement in which he said “We are grateful to the private sector who have listened to the public’s call for action and come together to support the global response to COVID19. This pandemic is too large for governments to tackle alone.”

His personal hope for the special is that everyone will come away believing that we can “emerge from this moment forever grateful for the work of doctors, nurses, teachers, grocery store workers and all those who are the backbone of out communities.”

Grateful for the artist community who is joining us for #TogetherAtHome! Tune in on April 18 for this global special that promotes social distancing and taking action for global health. @WHO @glblctzn pic.twitter.com/kTtuMj9X1P

— Hugh Evans (@Hughcevans) April 15, 2020

The CEO of Global Citizen, Hugh Evans, said in a statement ahead of next year’s festival, “Our goal, to put it simply, is to engage every single person on the planet in this mission to end global poverty. To do so, we must boldly and creatively reach global citizens where they are: in person, on television, on their phones and online.”

The main goal of Global Citizen is to combat worldwide poverty, climate change and reduce inequality by the year 2030, collaborating with CEO advisory Teneo by setting up a year long campaign as part of a new initiative entitled Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

The news of the festival comes soon after Billie Eilish urged fans to “speak up” about the issues the world faces with climate change, posting a boomerang image through her Instagram of her wearing an outfit decorated with the words, “Tick Tock”. The post reads as follows, “TICK TOCK! our time is running out. the climate crisis is very real. we need to speak up and demand that our leaders take action. #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture”.

A recent study from Pollstar, called Tour & Destroy: The Case for Metallica as the World’s Biggest Touring Act, revealed that Metallica have become the “biggest all time touring band”, as they have grossed $1.4 billion in sales of tickets since 1982, putting the ‘Enter Sandman’ group ahead of Guns N’ Roses and AC/DC. The study also revealed that since 1991, they’ve sold $125 million in merchandise throughout North America.

Their present WorldWired Tour has grossed in excess of $430million through the sale of 4.1 million tickets.

Billie Eilish recently featured alongside Woody Harrelson in the first episode of the new 45th season of Saturday Night Live. In the promo footage from the episode, Harrelson gives Billie a guided tour of the SNL set, regarding her as the “new kid”, while holding a skateboard, as Billie carries a notebook while they visit various parts of the set.