Metallica, Mariah Carey, and Jonas Brothers to headline Global Citizen NYC concert

nypost.com:

pledge to take action on the nonprofit’s key issues.With the economic scars of the COVID-19 pandemic remaining and Russia’s war on Ukraine looming, Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans recognizes the concert is coming at a more critical time than ever. “These are urgent issues,” the nonprofit’s exec told The Associated Press. “That’s why our campaign’s focus on ending extreme poverty now — not next year, not the year after, but right now.

We have to address the issues that matter most, whether it’s gender equality, climate change, or the structural issues that keep people poor.”“Quantico” actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas also commented on the urgent need to fight for international issues, commending Global Citizen on their commitment to hold world leaders accountable. “If we are going to do something about that, then we need urgent mobilization,” Chopra Jonas told the outlet.

The nonprofit is aiming to use the concert as a platform for citizens to demand change, including specific asks like getting the U.S.

to donate more to climate change and collecting $500 million in donations for farmers in Africa, so they no longer have to rely on wheat and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia.