Global Citizen concert raises $6.9bn to tackle Covid-19
The Global Goal: Unite for our Future summit and concert has garnered support from 40 world governments to generate almost $7bn to fund Covid-19 cures
News By IQ | 29 June 2020
International advocacy platform Global Citizen has raised almost US$7 billion in pledges from governments, corporations and philanthropists following its Global Goal live music event and summit.
Global Goal: Unite For Our Future was broadcast on Saturday (27 June), with performances from Miley Cyrus, who covered the Beatles’ ‘Help!’ in an empty Rose Bowl Stadium; Jennifer Hudson, who sang ‘Where Peaceful Waters Flow’ from a boat on the Chicago River; and Coldplay, who dedicated their performance of ‘Paradise’ to Elijah McClain…
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