Tom Morello and Jon Batiste Will Host Global Citizen Advocacy Concert In NYC

On Thursday, September 22nd Global Citizen will hold its “The World On Stage” event at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The event will feature a number of musicians, comedians, actors, and speakers including recently announced curators Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine / Prophets of Rage) and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader Jon Batiste. They two will be joined by the Kenyan Boys Choir, Aloe Blacc & Maya Jupiter, Regina Spektor, Pete Wentz, Forest Whitaker, Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel, and Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, among others.

According to Rolling Stone, Paul Simon will be presenting the first-ever George Harrison Global Citizen Award to the late Beatles great and humanitarian posthumously at the event. Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and son Dhani will be in attendance to accept the award.

Paul Simon will also present the inaugural George Harrison Global Citizen Award to the late Beatle posthumously. Harrison’s deep commitment to promoting world peace and ending poverty reflects the goals of the Global Citizen organization. “When George rallied the music community to respond to a humanitarian crisis, he set an example that artists of all forms of expression have followed to this day,” Olivia said in a statement. “By using his individual talent in an attempt to help others, his legacy mirrors the goals and mission of the Global Citizen movement.”

“When George rallied the music community to respond to a humanitarian crisis, he set an example that artists of all forms of expression have followed to this day,” Harrison’s widow Olivia said in a statement. Harrison will accept the award on behalf of her late husband with their son Dhani. “By using his individual talent in an attempt to help others, his legacy mirrors the goals and mission of the Global Citizen movement.”

Morello went on to say, ““It’s an honor to be a part of the historic World on Stage event….Music has been, and will continue to be, an important component of the struggle for a more peaceful, just and humane planet. No one knew this better than the great George Harrison.”

[via Rolling Stone]