In all the excitement of the One World: Together At Home concert, it could be easy to forget that the purpose of the massive event was to raise money for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The concert was first announced by Lady Gaga.
The singer revealed she had worked with Global Citizen to raise $35 million towards the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization.
She also revealed she was putting together the ‘One World: Together At Home’ concert.
Many celebrities participated in the benefit concert that lasted over 8 hours with over 60 performances from celebrities like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Adam Lambert, Lizzo, BTS, and Jennifer Hudson.
The concert also featured appearances from other celebrities who aren’t musicians.
Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, and more were all present during the livestream to help raise money for the cause.
Global Citizen just announced that the concert raised over $127 million dollars.
“Thank you @ladygaga for helping @GlblCtzn create this historic global broadcasting event. To everyone around the world: Stay strong, stay safe, we will be together in person soon,” they announced in a tweet.
Amazing!
What a huge amount of money that will be so impactful in this fight against this pandemic!
You can catch the entirety of the show on the Global Citizen twitter account.
