Global Citizen, the international advocacy organization behind this spring’s massive Vax Live event at L.A.’s Sofi Stadium, on Tuesday announced Global Citizen Live, a 24-hour live broadcast with events and performances filmed across six continents to unite the world to defend the planet and defeat poverty.
Artists and entertainers participating include Adam Lambert, Alessia Cara, Andrea Bocelli, Angélique Kidjo, Billie Eilish, BTS, Burna Boy, Camila Cabello, Christine and the Queens, Coldplay, Davido, Demi Lovato, DJ Snake, Doja Cat, Duran Duran, Ed Sheeran, Femi Kuti, Green Day, H.E.R., Hugh Jackman & Deborra-lee Furness, Keith Urban, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Lorde, Metallica, Rag’n’Bone Man, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, The Lumineers, The Weeknd, Tiwa Savage, Usher and more to be announced.
With performances in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, Global Citizen Live will take place on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Like Vax Live, the new event will air across multiple channels,...
Artists and entertainers participating include Adam Lambert, Alessia Cara, Andrea Bocelli, Angélique Kidjo, Billie Eilish, BTS, Burna Boy, Camila Cabello, Christine and the Queens, Coldplay, Davido, Demi Lovato, DJ Snake, Doja Cat, Duran Duran, Ed Sheeran, Femi Kuti, Green Day, H.E.R., Hugh Jackman & Deborra-lee Furness, Keith Urban, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Lorde, Metallica, Rag’n’Bone Man, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, The Lumineers, The Weeknd, Tiwa Savage, Usher and more to be announced.
With performances in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, Global Citizen Live will take place on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Like Vax Live, the new event will air across multiple channels,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
International advocacy organization Global Citizen has announced that the Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World campaign helped mobilize over 26 million Covid-19 vaccine doses and $302 million to the Act-Accelerator to provide equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, tests, treatments and other medical tools to the world’s most marginalized communities and healthcare workers on the frontlines.
Vax Live was taped at SoFi Stadium for a Covid 19-compliant audience composed of fully-vaccinated frontline healthcare and essential workers, and is the first large-scale music event held at the stadium. The goal of the Vax Live campaign was to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to Covid-19 vaccines and inspire vaccine confidence worldwide.
Selena Gomez served as host of the special and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, served as Campaign Chairs. Performers included Jennifer Lopez, Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, J Balvin and H.E.R. Special appearances were made by President Joe Biden,...
Vax Live was taped at SoFi Stadium for a Covid 19-compliant audience composed of fully-vaccinated frontline healthcare and essential workers, and is the first large-scale music event held at the stadium. The goal of the Vax Live campaign was to ensure everyone, everywhere has access to Covid-19 vaccines and inspire vaccine confidence worldwide.
Selena Gomez served as host of the special and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, served as Campaign Chairs. Performers included Jennifer Lopez, Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, J Balvin and H.E.R. Special appearances were made by President Joe Biden,...
- 5/11/2021
- Look to the Stars
International advocacy organization Global Citizen has announced Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, a global broadcast and streaming special that aims to inspire vaccine confidence worldwide and help get the Covid-19 vaccines to everyone, everywhere.
During the special, Global Citizen, will call on philanthropists and corporations to donate enough “dollars-for-doses” to vaccinate more than 27 million heroic health workers, that are serving on the global frontlines, in the world’s poorest countries everyday. The special will also encourage global development advocates and changemakers to call on world leaders to prioritize the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines for everyone, everywhere.
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World will be pre-taped at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Airing and live streaming on Saturday, May 8, 2021 on ABC, ABC News Live, CBS, YouTube, iHeartMedia broadcast radio stations and the iHeartRadio App, Vax Live will start at 8:00 Pm Et/7:00 Pm Ct.
During the special, Global Citizen, will call on philanthropists and corporations to donate enough “dollars-for-doses” to vaccinate more than 27 million heroic health workers, that are serving on the global frontlines, in the world’s poorest countries everyday. The special will also encourage global development advocates and changemakers to call on world leaders to prioritize the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines for everyone, everywhere.
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World will be pre-taped at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Airing and live streaming on Saturday, May 8, 2021 on ABC, ABC News Live, CBS, YouTube, iHeartMedia broadcast radio stations and the iHeartRadio App, Vax Live will start at 8:00 Pm Et/7:00 Pm Ct.
- 4/16/2021
- Look to the Stars
This is the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
While Covid-19 cases in the U.S. continue to surge and cripple live music, Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche is busy playing shows in his home country, crediting his ability to do so with an untranslatable Norwegian word.
“We have this word in Norwegian — dugnad — and it describes this sort of community-based activity where everybody gets together and you have a day...
While Covid-19 cases in the U.S. continue to surge and cripple live music, Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche is busy playing shows in his home country, crediting his ability to do so with an untranslatable Norwegian word.
“We have this word in Norwegian — dugnad — and it describes this sort of community-based activity where everybody gets together and you have a day...
- 8/12/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Robert De Niro and Taraji P. Henson will be Alec Baldwin’s first guests when The Alec Baldwin Show premieres Sunday, October 14.
Kim Kardashian West, wife of President Donald Trump’s new Bff Kanye West, will guest the next week, October 21. That day Baldwin will devote his show’s entire hour to talking to the “reality star, entrepreneur and cultural phenom” about her “famous family,” and her recent political advocacy.
Last May, Nearly a decade after President Donald Trump reportedly complained he’d been stuck with Khloe Kardashian on his Celebrity Apprentice reality TV series when he really wanted her “hot” sister Kim, Trump finally got the Kardashian of his dreams on his latest reality series, The White House. Kim Kardashian came to the White House to make the case for pardoning 63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence on drug offenses and had been behind bars for more than two decades.
Kim Kardashian West, wife of President Donald Trump’s new Bff Kanye West, will guest the next week, October 21. That day Baldwin will devote his show’s entire hour to talking to the “reality star, entrepreneur and cultural phenom” about her “famous family,” and her recent political advocacy.
Last May, Nearly a decade after President Donald Trump reportedly complained he’d been stuck with Khloe Kardashian on his Celebrity Apprentice reality TV series when he really wanted her “hot” sister Kim, Trump finally got the Kardashian of his dreams on his latest reality series, The White House. Kim Kardashian came to the White House to make the case for pardoning 63-year-old Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence on drug offenses and had been behind bars for more than two decades.
- 10/9/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Undp Goodwill Ambassadors, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, and R&B singer, Akon joined some of the world’s coolest amateur athletes at the 3rd annual Global Goals World Cup (Ggwc).
The 3rd Annual Global Goals World Cup
The stars and dignitaries fought it out on the pitch at the tournament which shines a light on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), bringing together 16 amateur women’s football teams vying for the trophy designed by world-renowned artist, Olafur Eliasson.
Each team rallied around one of the SDGs, 17 goals that address critical issues including poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality and climate change. The winning team, Goleadoreas from Queens, New York, championed SDG5, gender equality.
On hand to deliver the trophy to the triumphant team were Crown Prince Haakon and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who has refereed previous Global Goals Tournaments in New York, Bangkok and Nairobi.
The 3rd Annual Global Goals World Cup
The stars and dignitaries fought it out on the pitch at the tournament which shines a light on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), bringing together 16 amateur women’s football teams vying for the trophy designed by world-renowned artist, Olafur Eliasson.
Each team rallied around one of the SDGs, 17 goals that address critical issues including poverty, hunger, health, education, gender equality and climate change. The winning team, Goleadoreas from Queens, New York, championed SDG5, gender equality.
On hand to deliver the trophy to the triumphant team were Crown Prince Haakon and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who has refereed previous Global Goals Tournaments in New York, Bangkok and Nairobi.
- 10/3/2018
- Look to the Stars
International advocacy organization Global Citizen has announced that Justin Trudeau will be among the world leaders attending and participating in the Global Citizen Festival Hamburg, taking place at July 6 in Hamburg, Germany. The Canadian prime minister will be joined by Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the festival, which takes […]...
- 7/6/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
America may elect its first female President in just two weeks, but what challenges does a woman in charge face that a man won’t? Full Frontal‘s Samantha Bee got the full scoop from other women leaders during a visit to the United Nations.
In the segment, which aired Monday, Bee chatted with U.S. former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about the misogyny women are subjected to when they hold political leadership positions, before getting the world view from Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, among others.
“Why are men afraid of women?...
In the segment, which aired Monday, Bee chatted with U.S. former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about the misogyny women are subjected to when they hold political leadership positions, before getting the world view from Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, among others.
“Why are men afraid of women?...
- 10/25/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Recently Arjun Kapoor posted on Twitter he was on his way to New York for a very special charity event! We have now learned that the young star is there to represent India and the Global Goals campaign!
Here’s the cool scoop! Arjun Kapoor will be participating at this year’s Global Citizen Festival in Central Park New York, on Saturday 26th September, as an Indian Ambassador for the event.
The annual Global Citizen Festival, organised by the Global Poverty Project, is a free, action-rewarded, and advocacy driven music festival with a live audience of 60,000 people, where fans engage with social and economic development issues in order to win tickets. Hosted by Stephen Colbert, Hugh Jackman, Salma Hayek Pinault, Kerry Washington and Olivia Wilde, Arjun will join an esteemed lineup of talent, which includes performances by Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon,...
Here’s the cool scoop! Arjun Kapoor will be participating at this year’s Global Citizen Festival in Central Park New York, on Saturday 26th September, as an Indian Ambassador for the event.
The annual Global Citizen Festival, organised by the Global Poverty Project, is a free, action-rewarded, and advocacy driven music festival with a live audience of 60,000 people, where fans engage with social and economic development issues in order to win tickets. Hosted by Stephen Colbert, Hugh Jackman, Salma Hayek Pinault, Kerry Washington and Olivia Wilde, Arjun will join an esteemed lineup of talent, which includes performances by Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon,...
- 9/25/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The Grand official opening of the 13th Annual Festival was by the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg on 4th September 2015. Accompanied by his Excellency the Ambassador of India of Norway, Air Chief Marshal (retd) N. A. K. Browne with Bollywood personalities Gulshan Grover, Gracy Singh, Film Producer Amit Khanna, Rahul Mittra, Ary TV Network CEO Salman Iqbal. These honourable chief guest were very well received by Mayor of Lorenskog, Age Tovan and Mayor of Skedsmo Ole Jacob Flaten on the red carpet.
The festival took off with Prime Minister opening the festival with a nice speech about festival and culture importance and its need in Norway and all over the world followed by live dance shows. The Event left the audiences mesmerizing with the spellbinding performances.
The highlight of this mega festival was the most spectacular concert at Lillestrøm kultursenter – The Bollywood Musical night with – Jassbir Jassi, Trygve Seim, Jai Shankar,...
The festival took off with Prime Minister opening the festival with a nice speech about festival and culture importance and its need in Norway and all over the world followed by live dance shows. The Event left the audiences mesmerizing with the spellbinding performances.
The highlight of this mega festival was the most spectacular concert at Lillestrøm kultursenter – The Bollywood Musical night with – Jassbir Jassi, Trygve Seim, Jai Shankar,...
- 9/16/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
The Festival will be officially opened by the Norway Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, along with the Bollywood’s Bad Man Gulshan Grover and the Beautiful Actress Gracy Singh.
Gracy Singh will also have a dance performance during the event at the Bollywood Musical Night along with the Troupe.
The former Chairman of Reliance Amit Khanna will hold a Master-Class program and share his experience.
The 13th Annual Festival will screen more than 20 films this year. This year holds a day dedicated to Iranian Films where 2 of Irani films will be screened – What Men don’t know about women and A cube of sugar followed by the makers and the cast of the film. Both the films did excellent business in Iran.
Festival also holds Yoga day and Dance workshop to engage people with various activities apart from films.
The post Oslo’s biggest Bollywood festival event kicks off with lot...
Gracy Singh will also have a dance performance during the event at the Bollywood Musical Night along with the Troupe.
The former Chairman of Reliance Amit Khanna will hold a Master-Class program and share his experience.
The 13th Annual Festival will screen more than 20 films this year. This year holds a day dedicated to Iranian Films where 2 of Irani films will be screened – What Men don’t know about women and A cube of sugar followed by the makers and the cast of the film. Both the films did excellent business in Iran.
Festival also holds Yoga day and Dance workshop to engage people with various activities apart from films.
The post Oslo’s biggest Bollywood festival event kicks off with lot...
- 9/5/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
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