Star-studded music event backs health workers

A star-studded international occasion to assist frontline employees tackling the coronavirus outbreak has begun.

The One World: Collectively At Residence present will see greater than 100 artists together with the Rolling Stones and Billie Eilish play dwell from their houses.

Girl Gaga, who helped organise the live performance, will even carry out.

The eight-hour occasion run by the World Citizen motion and the World Well being Group (WHO) is being live-streamed and broadcast on TV.

It started with a montage of individuals below lockdown applauding the efforts of healthcare employees around the globe – from France, Spain, the UK and US and elsewhere.

“To all of our frontline healthcare employees, we’re with you. Thanks for being there for us,” learn an on-screen caption.

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The occasion will even be telling real-life tales of nurses and docs combating the coronavirus outbreak.

Proceeds generated from the live performance will go to the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the WHO, however Girl Gaga has made clear that the present just isn’t a fundraising telethon and can give attention to leisure and messages of solidarity.

The occasion started with a six-hour pre-concert at 18:00 GMT on Saturday, with a two-hour TV broadcast as a consequence of begin at 00:00 BST on Sunday.

Kicking it off, actress Jameela Jamil mentioned: “We’re right here for a second of respite and hopefully pleasure as we have fun our true heroes. Thanks for risking your lives each day to save lots of the lives of others.”

First to carry out was US singer songwriter Andra Day, who sang the ballad Rise Up from her house.

One Route star Niall Horan adopted shortly afterwards singing with an acoustic guitar from his front room whereas US singer Adam Lambert gave a rendition of the Tears for Fears tune Mad World. Contributions have been additionally anticipated from Annie Lennox and Christine and the Queens.

Rita Ora urged viewers to remain protected and observe WHO suggestions, earlier than singing I Will By no means Let You Down.

“We could also be aside proper now, however coming collectively has by no means been extra essential,” Global Citizen said in a statement earlier.

American TV personalities Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon will host the primary two-hour present, which will even function Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Martin, Pharrell Williams, Rita Ora, Sam Smith, Elton John and Paul McCartney.

Your entire occasion is being streamed dwell on Amazon Prime Video, Fb, Instagram, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube; with Apple, Music, Apple TV, and Apple Beats 1 becoming a member of for the primary present.

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Within the UK, BBC One will display highlights of the live performance at 19:15-21:15 BST on Sunday.

It’ll embrace additional performances from British artists like Little Combine, Sir Tom Jones and Rag ‘N’ Bone Man and extra footage will even be accessible on BBC iPlayer for 30 days.

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