Miley Cyrus joins Lil Nas X, The Veronicas, and DJ Seb as a headliner for the World Tour Bushfire Relief, a concert being held on Friday, March 13, at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourn.
Just announced! @MileyCyrus will headline the @worldtour Bushfire Relief charity concert to benefit Australian fire relief efforts on Friday 13 March at Lakeside Stadium. This is a separately ticketed event to the #AusGP 2020. https://t.co/fV1uS4yd15
— F1 Australian Grand Prix (@ausgrandprix) February 23, 2020
The concert is a partnership effort by Jada Pickett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Inc, with Apollo World Touring, TEG Dainty and AgBioEN. All proceeds will go to multiple Australian Charities to help restore burned homes and the wildlife that were effect by the wildfire.
The World Tour was created in order to “build a new model of music tour, inspiring global music fans to play their part in accelerating the transition to a climate friendly, sustainable future,” according to a news release.
Back in June 2019, Australia’s fire season began with droughts affecting 95% of the state, followed by dry and warm winds. This combination would lead to an increase in bushfires (both through human error and natural). Despite being common during that time of year, it is the increase of climate change that has had a drastic impact on the situation with the fires becoming even more severe, with a wider reach. With a reported, more than 20% of Australia’s forest burned during the summer season. The cost of the damages is expected to surpass $4.4 billion.
If you want to buy tickets for the event you can visit the ticket site: https://premier.ticketek.com.au/ Tickets go on sale February 25, 2020.