The lineup includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Anitta and Jung Kook of BTS.
A star-studded festival with a global purpose is happening this weekend. ABC13 spoke to founder and CEO Hugh Evans about the Global Citizen Festival.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Anitta and Jung Kook of BTS are set to perform at the 2023 Global Citizen Festival, and the entire event will be broadcast to the world., from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 23. Highlights will also be broadcast on ABC the next day beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
The Global Citizen Festival provides free tickets to the event in exchange for fans taking actions for social change on the group's app and website. Global Citizen supporters are urging governments to take action to address extreme poverty and the system issues that keep millions of people from escaping it.
The festival marks the first time record-setting K-Pop singer Jung Kook will perform live without BTS. His debut solo single "Seven" hit No. 1 in the United States and around the world this summer.Speakers ranging from Bill Nye the Science Guy to rapper Common, TV host Padma Lakshmi to basketball star Carmelo Anthony and numerous advocates from around the world will also be on hand to encourage viewers to take additional actions.
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