Nigerian music star, Burna Boy will the only Nigerian musician that will perform at the WHO ‘One World: Together At Home’ global concert in honour of healthcare workers battling the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The Afro Pop art will join the likes of Lupita Nyong’o, Cassper Nyovest, Sho Madjozi, Black Coffee, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah Winfrey, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Lady Gaga, and Victoria Beckham for the ‘One World Together At Home’ global concert in honour of healthcare workers battling the current coronavirus scourge.
Others include David Beckham, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Idris and Sabrina Elba, John Legend, Stevie Wonder among others.
Organisers said the eight-Hour globally streamed event will help uplift local and regional charities that provide food, shelter, and healthcare to those that need help most.
The concert would also feature interviews with experts from WHO as well as stories of frontline healthcare workers from around the world. “The World Health Organization is committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic with science and public health measures, and supporting the health workers who are on the frontlines of the response,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO.
“We may have to be apart physically for a while, but we can still come together virtually to enjoy great music. The ‘One World: Together At Home’ concert represents a powerful show of solidarity against a common threat.”
The event is aimed at educating and informing millions of people about WHO’s critical efforts to prevent, detect and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The concert will be aired across all BET/Comedy Central/MTV/MTV base channels and will be streamed online on multiple global platforms, including Alibaba, Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, LiveXLive, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TIDAL, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube on Sunday.
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