Pharrell Williams, OneRepublic, H.E.R., and Carole King will also perform at the Sept. 28 event in New York's Central Park.
Pharrell Williams, Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, OneRepublic, H.E.R., and Carole King are among the headliners set for the Global Citizen Festival to be held on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York on Saturday, Sept. 28, it was announced Tuesday.
"After next year we will have only ten short years to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals," CEO of Global Citizen Hugh Evans said in a statement sent to, "The policies and progress that we make this year, and into 2020, will determine whether we successfully eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, and failure is not an option for the world's poor.
Queen’s Brian May said, "Like Live Aid in 1985, we believe this concert will be a milestone. It will generate practical solutions to address the world’s glaring anomalies. Global Citizen is an organization which has already moved mountains. We hope this concert will be the beginning of a new era in which all creatures on Earth will eventually benefit."
Keys is returning to the festival after first performing for Global Citizens' 2013 event. "So much progress has been made by Global Citizen towards ending extreme poverty since I last performed at the 2013 Festival. It was one of the most empowering experiences, and I cannot wait to give and feel all the amazing energy in Central Park again," she said.
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