# Global Citizen Live

Global Citizen Live was the 2021 instance of the Global Citizen Festival, so named because it was broadcast live internationally from cities across six continents around the world on 25 and 26 September 2021.

## Background

Global Citizen has held an annual music festival since 2012, one of the organization's main events to raise awareness of global poverty and climate change; founded in 2008, it aims to end poverty by 2030. The live 2021 festival, held across six continents, was the largest, as part of Global Citizen's 2021 Recovery Plan for the World program. Added to the festival mission was an aim to help bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on vaccine equity. It was timed to occur during the G20 summit and UN general assembly meetings. Global Citizen had held "Vax Live: The Concert To Reunite The World" earlier in 2021.

## Festival

Compared to Live Aid and one of the biggest international charity events ever, the festival featured live global performances from some of the world's top recording and classical artists across various cultures. More than 60 artists were scheduled to perform. Simon Le Bon, who performed with Duran Duran at both Live Aid and Global Citizen Live, said that the intention of Live Aid had "diminished in people's minds" and become forgotten. The band's bassist John Taylor said that Global Citizen Live was the closest thing to Live Aid in the age of streaming, and would not be possible without Live Aid and Band Aid creating the precedent.
Global Citizen estimated that tens of thousands of people would attend the in-person events, and millions would watch the live broadcasts. Tickets were free, and awarded at random to people who shared Global Citizen campaigns through their app; attendees had to prove either a negative COVID-19 test or vaccination against it. The organization does not aim to raise money with the festival, but encourage people to take action - and pressure leaders to take action - on global issues. However, prior to the festival, Global Citizen reaches out to corporations, organizations and even nations for financial and material pledges towards reaching its aims, which are then announced between performances during the festival.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made an appearance at the New York event, calling for global vaccine equity.

## Performances

Several performances were pre-recorded. Some locations did not have live events open to the public, but were broadcast live. The live performances were held over the 24 hour period beginning at 1 pm on September 25 in New York.
Sources:
| City | Venue | Host(s) | Artist(s) | Songs |
| Oceania |||||
| Sydney, Australia (UTC+1000) | Sydney Opera House | | Delta Goodrem | "Keep Climbing" "Born to Try" "The Show Must Go On" "The Power" |
| Asia |||||
| Seoul, South Korea (UTC+0900) | Sungnyemun Gate | | BTS | "Permission to Dance" "Butter" |
| Mumbai, India (UTC+0530) | Gateway of India | Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Dia Mirza | Farhan Akhtar | "Mard" |
| Mumbai, India (UTC+0530) | Gateway of India | Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Dia Mirza | Ajay–Atul | "Zingaat" "Vishwam Bharatam Swagatam" "Deva Shri Ganesha" "Vande Mataram" |
| Mumbai, India (UTC+0530) | Gateway of India | Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Dia Mirza | Badshah featuring Aastha Gill | "Paani Paani" "No Mercy" "Genda Phool" "Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai" |
| Mumbai, India (UTC+0530) | Gateway of India | Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Dia Mirza | Tanishk Bagchi | Medley (featuring Zara Khan, Yasser Desai and Nikhita Gandhi) |
| Mumbai, India (UTC+0530) | Gateway of India | Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Panday, Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Dia Mirza | Amit Trivedi | "Songs of Faith" medley (featuring Yashita Sharma and Devender Pal Singh) |
| Africa |||||
| Johannesburg, South Africa (UTC+0200) | | | Sho Madjozi | |
| Johannesburg, South Africa (UTC+0200) | | | Muzi | |
| Lagos, Nigeria (UTC+0100) | New Afrika Shrine | | Davido | "Ke Star" "Blow My Mind" "Jowo" "If" "Fia" "La La" (with CKay) "Fall" |
| Lagos, Nigeria (UTC+0100) | New Afrika Shrine | | Femi Kuti | "Water No Get Enemy" featuring Made Kuti and Seun Kuti |
| Lagos, Nigeria (UTC+0100) | New Afrika Shrine | | Made Kuti | "I Won't Run Away" |
| Lagos, Nigeria (UTC+0100) | New Afrika Shrine | | Seun Kuti | |
| Lagos, Nigeria (UTC+0100) | New Afrika Shrine | | Tiwa Savage | "Attention" "Koroba" "Tales by Moonlight" (with Amaarae) "Somebody's Son" |
| Lagos, Nigeria (UTC+0100) | New Afrika Shrine | | Alhanislam | "Conscience" |
| Europe |||||
| Madrid, Spain (UTC+0200) | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid | | Camilo | "Vida de Rico" "KESI" "Machu Picchu" (with Evaluna Montaner) |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Black Eyed Peas | "Let's Get It Started" "Pump It" "Hit It" "Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)" "Girl Like Me" "Where Is the Love?" "I Gotta Feeling" |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Christine and the Queens | "Fais comme l'oiseau" "People, I've Been Sad" "Tilted" "Doesn't Matter (Voleur de soleil)" "Freedom" |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Doja Cat | "Rules" "Juicy" "Like That" "Kiss Me More" "Tia Tamera" "Need to Know" "Say So" |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Elton John | "Tiny Dancer" "Your Song" "After All" (with Charlie Puth) "Rocket Man" |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Angélique Kidjo | ”Mother Nature” |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Måneskin | "I Wanna Be Your Slave" "Bury a Friend" "For Your Love" "Beggin'" "Zitti e buoni" |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Fatma Said | |
| Paris, France (UTC+0200) | Champ de Mars | | Ed Sheeran | "Shivers" "Thinking Out Loud" "Bloodstream" "Perfect" "Shape of You" "Bad Habits" |
| Lajatico, Italy (UTC+0200) | Teatro del Silenzio | | Andrea Bocelli | |
| London, United Kingdom (UTC+0100) | Sky Garden | | Duran Duran | |
| London, United Kingdom (UTC+0100) | Sky Garden | | Kylie Minogue | "Can't Get You Out of My Head" "Dance Floor Darling" |
| London, United Kingdom (UTC+0100) | Sky Garden | | Rag'n'Bone Man | |
| London, United Kingdom (UTC+0100) | Sky Garden | | Nile Rodgers and Chic | ”Le Freak” “We Are Family” |
| London, United Kingdom (UTC+0100) | Sky Garden | | Stormzy with Rabea Massaad | "Crown" "Rachael's Little Brother" "Lessons" |
| South America |||||
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (UTC-0300) | Kirchner Cultural Centre | | Lali | "Boomerang" "Laligera" "Bailo Pa' Mi" |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UTC-0300) | Sugarloaf Mountain | Dedé Teicher | Criolo and DJ DanDan | "Sistema Obtuso" (with Tropkillaz) |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UTC-0300) | Sugarloaf Mountain | Dedé Teicher | Liniker | "Lili" "Baby 95" |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UTC-0300) | Sugarloaf Mountain | Dedé Teicher | Mart'nália | "Chamego Bom" "17 de Janiero" (with Mosquito) |
| Manaus, Brazil (UTC-0400) | the Amazon | Dedé Teicher | Alok | "Amazon" "Jungle Beat" |
| Manaus, Brazil (UTC-0400) | the Amazon | Dedé Teicher | Indigenous peoples of Brazil, including: Mapu (of the Huni Kuin) Aldeia Mutum (of the Yawanawa) Owerá-Kunumi MC Rasú (of the Yawinawá) Guaraní people | "Amazon" "Jungle Beat" |
| North America |||||
| Louisville, United States (UTC-0400) | Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Expo Center | | Metallica | "Hardwired" "The Four Horsemen" "Home (Sanitarium)" "The Struggle Within" "My Friend of Misery" "The God That Failed" "Of Wolf and Man" "Nothing Else Matters" "Through the Never" "Don't Tread on Me" "Wherever I May Roam" "The Unforgiven" "Holier Than Thou" "Sad but True" "Enter Sandman" "Blackened" "Creeping Death" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Jon Batiste | "We Are" "Whatchutalkinbout" "I Need You" "Boyhood" "One Love" "Don't Worry, Be Happy" "Lean on Me" "Tell the Truth" "Cry" "Moonlight Sonata" "Don't Stop" "Freedom" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Burna Boy | "On the Low" "Jerusalema (Remix)" "Kilometre" "Anybody" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Camila Cabello | "Havana" "Never Be the Same" "Senorita" (with Shawn Mendes) "Empire State of Mind" "Don't Go Yet" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Alessia Cara | "Scars to Your Beautiful" "Best Days" "Stay" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Coldplay | "Higher Power" "Clocks" (with Lang Lang) "Fix You" (with Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell) "Viva la Vida" "Human Heart" (with We Are KING and Jacob Collier) "Jehovah" (with Esther Chungu and Jacob Collier) "Yellow" (with Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes) "My Universe" (with BTS) "A Sky Full of Stars" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Billie Eilish | "Bad Guy" "My Future" "Oxytocin" "Your Power" "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" "Happier Than Ever" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Lang Lang | "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Imagine" (with Billy Porter) "The Greatest Love of All" "We Are the World" (with Young People's Chorus of New York City) |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Cyndi Lauper | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "True Colors" (with Jon Batiste) |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Lizzo | "Good as Hell" "Rumors" "Truth Hurts" "Juice" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Jennifer Lopez | "Cambia el Paso" (with Rauw Alejandro) "All I Have" (with LL Cool J) "I'm Glad" "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (with Ja Rule) "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (with Ja Rule) "Jenny From the Block" (with Jadakiss) "On My Way" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Skip Marley | "One Love/Get Up, Stand Up" ("Bob Marley medley") (featuring Nile Rodgers, Angélique Kidjo, Jon Batiste, Chris Martin) |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Meek Mill | "Going Bad" "I'm a Boss" "Dreams and Nightmares" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Shawn Mendes | "Wonder" "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" "If I Can't Have You" "Monster" "Treat You Better" "Summer of Love" "In My Blood" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Great Lawn | | Paul Simon | "The Boxer" "The Sound of Silence" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Pier 17 | | Fugees | "Ready or Not" "Zealots" "Killing Me Softly" "Fu-Gee-La" "Cause and Effect" |
| New York City, United States (UTC-0400) | Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park | | Lorde | "Solar Power" "Fallen Fruit" |
| Berkeley, United States (UTC-0700) | William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre | | My Morning Jacket | "One Big Holiday" "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2" "Wordless Chorus" "Spring (Among the Living)" "Feel You" "Regularly Scheduled Programming" "Love Love Love" "Climbing the Ladder" "Run It" "Tropics (Erase Traces)" "Master Plan" "I'm Amazed" "Circuital" "Wasted" "Steam Engine" "What a Wonderful Man" "Phone Went West" "Victory Dance" "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 1" "Mahgeetah" |
| Las Vegas, United States (UTC-0700) | MGM Grand Garden Arena | | Ricky Martin | "Vente Pa' Ca" "Qué Rico Fuera" "Livin' la Vida Loca" |
| Las Vegas, United States (UTC-0700) | The Colosseum at Caesars Palace | | Keith Urban | |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | 5 Seconds of Summer | "She Looks So Perfect" "Teeth" "Ghost of You" "Youngblood" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Chloe x Halle | "Ungodly Hour" "Baby Girl" "Do It" "Have Mercy" "Cool People" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Green Day | "Pollyanna" Boulevard of Broken Dreams Longview |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | H.E.R. | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" "Bloody Waters" "Fight for You" "Hold On" "Are You Gonna Go My Way" "We Made It" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Adam Lambert | "Superpower" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Demi Lovato | "Anyone" "Mad World" (with Adam Lambert) |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | The Lumineers | "Cleopatra" "Brightside" "Ophelia" "Gloria" "Stubborn Love" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Migos | "Avalanche" "Bad and Boujee" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | OneRepublic | "Good Life" "I Lived" "Secrets" "Apologize" "Someday" "Counting Stars" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Ozuna | "MAMACITA" "Caramelo" "Del Mar" "Taki Taki" |
| Los Angeles, United States (UTC-0700) | Greek Theatre | | Stevie Wonder | "Superstition" (with H.E.R.) "Overjoyed" "The Living Killing Life" "This I Know" (with Sheila E. and OneRepublic) |
| Unknown | Unknown | | DJ Snake | |
| Unknown | Unknown | | Deborra-Lee Furness | |
| Unknown | Unknown | | Hugh Jackman | |
| Unknown | Unknown | | Usher | |
| Unknown | Unknown | | The Weeknd | |

## Appearances
### Politicians and leaders

* Ban Ki-moon
* Xavier Bettel
* Chris Coons
* Bill de Blasio
* Mario Draghi
* Meryame Kitir
* David Malpass
* Micheál Martin
* Strive Masiyiwa
* Narendra Modi
* Nancy Pelosi
* Andrej Plenković
* Pedro Sánchez
* Chuck Schumer
* Erna Solberg
* Aaditya Thackeray
* Ursula von der Leyen

### Conservationists

* Jane Goodall
* Monja Cohen
* Sadhguru

### Entertainers

* Amitabh Bachchan

## Broadcast

The festival was broadcast around the world and was available to livestream on various platforms.
* Nine Network in Australia
* VRT in Belgium
* Multishow and Bis in Brazil
* Caracol Televisión in Colombia
* TF1 and TMC in France and Monaco
* Zee TV in India
* NET in Indonesia
* Sky Uno and TV8 in Italy
* TV Azteca in Mexico
* SABC in South Africa
* RTVE Play in Spain
* BBC in the United Kingdom
* ABC (live) and FX in the United States
The television broadcast in the United Kingdom was stopped for a period to show Strictly Come Dancing, but all performances were available via the BBC iPlayer.
Broadcasting live to the same feed from six continents and the International Space Station posed a technical challenge described as "once in a generation".