Update: After The Weeknd shared that he had to withdraw from the Global Citizen Festival due to personal reasons, Cardi B has been announced as a new co-headliner alongside Shakira.
Global Citizen also announced another addition to the lineup: Rosé will be making a special appearance.
Details on watching the festival appear below.
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Supporting the effort to end extreme poverty, international superstars will again come together for the Global Citizen Festival.
The 2025 iteration of the event will take place Saturday, September 27 in New York City’s Central Park. As has become the norm, a collective of worldwide superstars will participate as performers, co-hosts, or supporters, leveraging their statures and philanthropic spirits to amplify the important call to action.
The Weeknd and Shakira will appear as headline musical acts, with Tyla, Ayra Starr, Mariah the Scientist, and Camilo also performing as part of the festival.
Hugh Jackman will host with Bill Nye, Adam Lambert, Danai Gurira, and Liza Koshy supporting a co-hosts. Fellow celebrities Kristen Bell, Tony Goldwyn, Laurie Hernandez, Vladimir Duthiers, Lydia Kekeli Amenyaglo, Fy Rajaonarivelo, Esther Kimani, Omowumi Ogunrotimi, Valeriia Rachynska, and Taily Terena will join over combined 60,000 other advocates, philanthropists, and global citizens for the occasion.
Solstice Unites and Fogo Azul will be part of a special opening ceremony for the event, which kicks off at 2PM ET on Central Park’s Great Lawn.
There will be worldwide streaming viewership options, with YouTube, Apple Music and the Apple TV app, the Amazon Music En Vivo channel on Twitch, the Amazon Live FAST channel on Prime Video and FireTV, Brut, DITU, iHeartRadio, Mediacorp, Veeps, ViX, VIZIO WatchFree+, the Global Citizen website, and the Global Citizen app all broadcasting the event on September 27. The broadcast will also air in India’s PVR INOX Cinemas on Sunday, September 28.
More details and viewership access are available here.
