METALLICA To Perform At 2022 GLOBAL CITIZEN FESTIVAL

METALLICA will perform at the World-wide Citizen Competition on Saturday, September 24 in New York City’s Central Park. Also established to look are Charlie Puth, JONAS BROTHERS, MÅNESKIN, Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton and Rosalía.

Worldwide Citizen Competition: NYC will be hosted by Bollywood star and Worldwide Citizen ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

Considering the fact that it began lighting up Central Park’s Terrific Garden in 2012, the World wide Citizen Competition has develop into the world’s longest-managing world wide campaign contacting for an close to intense poverty that unites thousands and thousands of voices, amplified by the world’s greatest artists, demanding globe leaders just take motion now.

Globally, the disproportionate influence of the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed practically 100 million more folks into extraordinary poverty and is reversing latest tendencies of shrinking inequality, primary to the reduction of at least a few yrs of progress. Without having urgent action now this backsliding will only worsen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has aggravated the circumstance further, with as quite a few as 323 million individuals now dealing with acute starvation, and 1.2 billion men and women now reside in nations encountering a best storm of food stuff, energy, and monetary crises. If we you should not choose action now, as quite a few as 200 million much more people today may well be plunged into excessive poverty by November.

The 2022 World-wide Citizen Pageant will connect with on earth leaders at the United Nations Typical Assembly and ahead of the G20 and COP27 in November to phase up and spend $600 million into the long term of females and ladies, close the annual $10 billion weather financing shortfall, produce $500 million to assist African farmers react to the world meals crisis, and supply urgent aid from crushing debts to end intense poverty now.

With two stages in international cultural capitals, New York City and Accra, Ghana, the 2022 Global Citizen Competition will be broadcast and streamed on ABC, ABC News Are living, Fx, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube, and additional. ABC Information Are living‘s broadcast will air on Saturday, September 24, and a primetime exclusive, “Global Citizen Festival: Consider Motion NOW”, will air on ABC on Sunday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT. Supplemental tune in details to follow in the coming weeks.

Marking the 65th anniversary of Ghana’s independence and the 20th anniversary of the African Union, Accra’s iconic Black Star Square will see are living performances from Usher, SZA, Stormzy, Gyakie, H.E.R., Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and TEMS, with additional to be declared.

Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Worldwide Citizen, reported: “Many years of systemic and political failures have led humanity into the midst of converging and swiftly deteriorating crises — local climate, starvation, health, war and conflict. The most marginalized populations are paying the value of the stagnant inaction of our leaders, and now hundreds of thousands of life, and the potential of our planet, are at stake. We refuse to just stand by and check out! We refuse to take the starvation of multitudes when methods are conveniently at hand. We need a secure future for women just about everywhere. We demand governments hold their guarantees on weather funding. We need reduction from debts unjustly crushing economies. And we need motion NOW, when you will find nonetheless time to modify our collective trajectory.”

Tickets to the festivals are no cost and can be gained by downloading the World Citizen app or browsing www.globalcitizen.org to choose action on the campaign’s difficulties. For every single motion taken, consumers make factors that can be redeemed for tickets to the festivals.

For additional data about the 2022 World wide Citizen Competition, go to www.globalcitizen.org.