Eddie Vedder and Chris Martin perform onstage during the 2016 Global Citizen Festival In Central Park To End Extreme Poverty By 2030 at Central Park on Sept. 24, 2016 in New York City. Kevin Mazur ...

On Saturday, music and activism once again converged on Central Park’s Great Lawn in New York City for the 2016 Global Citizen Festival. In its fifth year, the daylong concert — which ...

In the spirit of activism, attendees can earn tickets by participating in the final Festival Campaign via Global Citizen's new app for both iOS and Android, launching this week. The campaign ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Ahead of her headlining gig, Rihanna, 28, was named a global ambassador for education.

The Global Citizen Festival airs 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, live from New York’s Central Park, featuring world leaders and performances by Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Demi Lovato, Major ...

RECOMMENDED: Full coverage of Global Citizen Festival in NYC This will be ... One of the main aims of the 2016 concert is to "help promote and ensure that equitable and quality education is ...

This year's Global Citizen Festival is set to bring in a whole army of citizens to the Great Lawn in Central Park on September 24, 2016. Headlining the festival for 2016 will be Rihanna ...

Here’s an added incentive: Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Metallica, Selena Gomez, Major Lazer, and more are set to headline the fifth annual Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --Rihanna, Metallica, Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer and Selena Gomez will headline the 2016 Global Citizen Festival this fall. The free concert will take place Sept.