METALLICA will perform at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, September 24 in New York City’s Central Park. Also set to appear are Charlie Puth, JONAS BROTHERS, MÅNESKIN, Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton and Rosalía. Global Citizen Festival: NYC will be hosted by Hollywood star and Global Citizen ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
Tickets to the festivals are free and can be earned by downloading the Global Citizen app or visiting www.globalcitizen.org to take action on the campaign’s issues. For each action taken, users earn points that can be redeemed for tickets to the festivals. For more information about the 2022 Global Citizen Festival, visit www.globalcitizen.org
METALLICA has also invited Fifth Members to join them in the park by entering to win free tickets to the show. The contest closes tomorrow, August 11, at 11:59 PM EDT and winners will be notified the next day.
Those wanting VIP tickets options should visit Ticketmaster on Thursday, August 11 at 10 AM EDT.
Global VIP: Available on Ticketmaster starting at $99
- One General Admission Ticket in the Global VIP Section (GA Standing)
- Exclusive Global Citizen Festival Premium Merchandise Item
- Premium VIP Entrance at Central Park
- Premium VIP Restroom Facilities
- Premium VIP Concession Food and Beverage Options
- On Site Premium Event Management
Citi Premium VIP: Available on Ticketmaster starting at $150
- One General Admission Ticket in the Citi Premium VIP Section (GA Standing)
- Exclusive Global Citizen Festival Premium Merchandise Item
- Premium VIP Entrance at Central Park
- Premium VIP Restroom Facilities
- Premium VIP Concession Food and Beverage Options
- On Site Premium Event Management
There are a very limited number of Ultimate VIP tickets available, with access to the most premiere front of stage viewing area plus a behind the stage tent offering complimentary catering and full bar, as well as a dedicated fast pass entry lane. The tax-deductible proceeds of these passes support the nonprofit organization Global Citizen and their campaigns, which to date have impacted the lives of over 1.15 billion people living in extreme poverty around the world. If you or your company are interested in purchasing these tickets, please contact R[email protected].
Since it began lighting up Central Park’s Great Lawn in 2012, the Global Citizen Festival has become the world’s longest-running global campaign calling for an end to extreme poverty that unites millions of voices, amplified by the world’s biggest artists, demanding world leaders take action now.
Globally, the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed nearly 100 million more people into extreme poverty and is reversing recent trends of shrinking inequality, leading to the loss of at least three years of progress. Without urgent action now this backsliding will only worsen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has aggravated the situation further, with as many as 323 million people now facing acute hunger, and 1.2 billion people now live in nations experiencing a perfect storm of food, energy, and financial crises. If we don’t take action now, as many as 200 million more people may be plunged into extreme poverty by November.
The 2022 Global Citizen Festival will call on world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and ahead of the G20 and COP27 in November to step up and invest $600 million into the future of women and girls, close the annual $10 billion climate financing shortfall, deliver $500 million to help African farmers respond to the global food crisis, and provide urgent relief from crushing debts to end extreme poverty now.
With two stages in international cultural capitals, New York City and Accra, Ghana, the 2022 Global Citizen Festival will be broadcast and streamed on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, TimesLIVE, Twitter, YouTube, and more. ABC News Live‘s broadcast will air on Saturday, September 24, and a primetime special, “Global Citizen Festival: Take Action NOW”, will air on ABC on Sunday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT. Additional 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 live performances from Usher, SZA, Stormzy, Gyakie, H.E.R., Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and TEMS, with more to be announced.
Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen, said: “Decades of systemic and political failures have led humanity into the midst of converging and rapidly deteriorating crises — climate, hunger, health, war and conflict. The most marginalized populations are paying the price of the stagnant inaction of our leaders, and now millions of lives, and the future of our planet, are at stake. We refuse to just stand by and watch! We refuse to accept the starvation of multitudes when solutions are readily at hand. We demand a secure future for girls everywhere. We demand governments keep their promises on climate funding. We demand relief from debts unjustly crushing economies. And we demand action NOW, while there’s still time to change our collective trajectory.”
