Kanye West, The National, Mumford & Sons & More for Global Citizen Compilation Album

By James Pleasant Kanye West, The National, Mumford & Sons and Ellie Goulding are some of the artists who will be featured on Global Citizen’s upcoming compilation album, Metamorphoses. Mumford & Son’s Ben Lovett teamed up with Global Citizen – … Continue reading

Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran & Coldplay to Headline 2015 Global Citizen Festival to Combat Worldwide Poverty

By James Pleasant While most festivals with massive headliners such as Beyoncé, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay would charge an arm and a leg for tickets, the Global Citizen Festival is giving away tickets completely free. But there’s a … Continue reading

Take Action to Win Tickets to the Under 30 Music Festival

By Laura Ferreiro Okay everyone, put away your wallets and take out your pens and cell phones! Instead of purchasing tickets to see Wiz Khalifa, DJ Afrojack, and LP perform at the Forbes Under 30 Music Festival on October 19 … Continue reading

Jay-Z, No Doubt, Tiesto and More to Headline Free Global Citizen Festival To End Poverty

By Travis Clark A movement is coming, and it happens to be spearheaded by some of the biggest names in music. The Global Citizen Movement presents its third annual Global Citizen Festival on September 27. The free concert will take … Continue reading

Design a condom to empower women and see Alicia Keys and Kings of Leon for free — find out how!

By Hilary Gridley Activism doesn’t always pay the bills, so here’s some good news for global changemakers: You can see Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys and John Mayer for free in exchange for taking action around pressing international … Continue reading

Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyonce, One Direction and more give away concert tickets in exchange for social activism

By Laura Ferreiro What could be better than supporting social justice campaigns and getting free concert tickets in return? Jay-Z, Kanye West, Bruce Springsteen, One Direction, Animal Collective, Depeche Mode, Black Sabbath, Rihanna, Beyonce, Pearl Jam, Edward Sharpe and the … Continue reading

Foo Fighters, Neil Young concert yields $1.3 billion in pledges and raises profile of world’s poor

By Laura Ferreiro The Global Citizen Festival, which took place last month in New York City with headliners including Foo Fighters, Neil Young, The Black Keys and K’Naan, raised awareness of global poverty issues around the world and yielded approximately … Continue reading

Foo Fighters, Neil Young & K’Naan to headline Global Festival to end world poverty

By Laura Ferreiro In an effort to raise awareness and bring in money to combat global poverty, the Foo Fighters, Neil Young, Black Keys, K’Naan and Band of Horses will perform at a concert in New York’s Central Park on … Continue reading