Lady Gaga announced on Monday that she is teaming up WHO (World Health Organization) for the One World: Together At Home, a Live Aid-style event designed to celebrate healthcare workers around the globe and to support the U.N. Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
#TogetherAtHome @WHO @GlblCtzn https://t.co/9nxv0J96JC pic.twitter.com/3mXi6d5tbF
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) April 7, 2020
The concert will be streamed, following the trend of showing the concert, while making sure everyone is safe such as Together At Home performances on artists’ Instagram pages. The event will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert and feature characters from Sesame Street.
Joining Lady Gaga will be host of both musical and none musical talented including Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan, and Stevie Wonder.
″As we honor and support the heroic efforts of community health workers, ‘One World: Together at Home’ aims to serve as a source of unity and encouragement in the global fight to end COVID-19,” Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen, said in a statement. “Through music, entertainment and impact, the global live-cast will celebrate those who risk their own health to safeguard everyone else’s.”
.@LadyGaga, @Eltonofficial, @Lizzo, and more are standing in solidarity with us and the @WHO to support global response efforts to the coronavirus. Join us on April 18 for One World: #TogetherAtHome and take action now 👉https://t.co/QMSMOngS2h pic.twitter.com/dpPYhmIEF1
— Global Citizen (@GlblCtzn) April 6, 2020
With the state of the world as it is, concerts like these are important because they show both unity and support for those out in the front line. The event is set to broadcast on all the major American television networks. Along with every major social media platform. The concert will air on Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m. ET.
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