Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans tells us how Lady Gaga's mom played a key role in helping to organize last weekend's all-star 'Together at Home' benefit
became the show’s most talked-about performance. Part of the delay for the Stones was that Mick Jagger wasn’t able to discuss the commitment with his bandmates until the last couple of days before production. The Stones assembled their video of the course of four or five days, and then confirmed their involvement with Evans. “Someone said to me that they were sad they missed out on being a part of Live Aid, and they didn’t want to miss this opportunity,” he says. “That was a real encouragement.
Despite all the head-turning A-list support for the show, Evans kept his focus on what he wanted to accomplish with the event. “You want to do something that, when you think about how many people have lost the lost their loved ones and how many people have lost their jobs and how hard healthcare workers are working right now, they’re the heroes of this story,” Evans says. “So I always felt like we had to do justice for them.
He also voiced support for the WHO, which the White House has attempted to vilify in recent weeks. Last week, President Trump. “The WHO is the only organization with the full support of the UN general assembly,” Evans says. “There is no alternative WHO to respond globally.
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