Selena Gomez To Host Benefit Concert To Support Vaccine Distribution

Selena Gomez To Host Benefit Concert To Support Vaccine Distribution




Selena Gomez, H.E.R, Jennifer Lopez, and more are rallying beyond vaccination against the coronavirus by joining forces with education and advocacy company Global Citizen. The artists will appear during its upcoming benefit concert Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World on May 8, it was reported on Tuesday (April 13).


Hosted by Gomez, the global event's star-studded lineup includes performances by H.E.R, Jennifer Lopez, Foo Fighters, J Balvin, Eddie Vedder, and more as it “aims to inspire vaccine confidence worldwide and help get the COVID-19 vaccines to each person, everywhere” according to a press release. Global Citizen has contained concerts to garner funds for key firms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the past, including the Lady Gaga-curated One World: With each other At Home virtual event in April 2020.


"I'm honored to be hosting Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World," Gomez mentioned in a statement. "This is a historic moment to motivate people around the world to take the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes accessible to them, call on world leaders to share vaccine doses equitably, and to bring people with each other for a night of music in a way that hasn't felt possible in the past year. I can't wait to be a segment of it."


The televised special is segment of Global Citizen’s campaign to support the Access to COVID-19 Equipment Accelerator initiative, which is co-led by the World Health Agency and works to supply access to COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the globe. Through the one-night event, the corporation aims to inspire viewers to call upon their leaders to pledge $22.1 billion so that the program can fund 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, tests, and treatments for the nations that need them by the end of 2021.


The global special will air on May 8 at 8 p.M. ET on ABC CBS, plus it will be livestreamed simultaneously on YouTube and iHeartMedia radio stations. Fox will air the unique at 11 p.M. ET. An extended, 90-minute version of the individual will air on the Global Citizen's YouTube channel and feature added performances and appearances by NCT 127 and popular YouTube creators including the Try Guys and Kati Morton.









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