Charitable concerts in different metropolises, we had not seen them since Live 8 in 2005, which took place twenty years after the founding Live Aid of 1985, both at the initiative of Irish singer Bob Geldof.
The Global Citizen Live resumed, Saturday, September 25, with this type of events by displaying its kinship with the previous ones even in the guitar neck used as logo. On a smaller scale, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The twenty-four hours of continuous music, bringing together some sixty artists, focused on two large stages installed on the Champ de Mars, in Paris, and in Central Park, in New York, Los Angeles circling the dial. with a concert at the Greek Theater. Interventions, often pre-recorded, from London, Lagos, Mumbai, Sydney or Rio, completed the system, the logistics of which were provided by a performing arts giant, the Californian multinational Live Nation.
“Music is a powerful mobilizing factor”
The 2005 slogan – “Making poverty an ancient story” – is still on the agenda in 2021 for Global Citizen, founded in Melbourne in 2008 by philanthropist Hugh Evans. If the concept of “citizen of the world” has today on the wing with the offensive of sovereignty, this NGO, little known in France, which intends to eradicate poverty by 2030 has nonetheless been organizing a festival since 2012. annual in Central Park.
“Music is a powerful mobilizing factor, relieves its vice-president, Friederike Roëder. The idea of simultaneous concerts in capitals was planned for 2020 for the five years of the Paris climate agreement. ” The Covid-19 postponed the appointment for a year and the fight against the pandemic was added to the program in order to “Share a billion doses of vaccine with those who need it most”.
Famine, pandemic, climate. It seems to do a lot but Friederike Roëder replies that“We cannot tackle one by neglecting the other: famine, which affects more than forty million people, is worsened by climate change, the fight against poverty includes access to healthcare… Less 3% of populations in low-income countries have been vaccinated ”. Just as Live 8 intended to put pressure on a G8 summit at the time, vsThis mobilization takes place ahead of the G20 scheduled for Rome on October 30 and the COP26, which is due to start in Glasgow on November 1.
In Paris, 20,000 spectators were able to obtain tickets without an untied purse. They had to intervene (by tweet, email or signing a petition) on the Global Citizen platform to get points and be able to participate in raffles.
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