Global Festival

Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band of Horses & K'Naan fought hunger at the Global Festival (pics / setlists)

A crowd of 60,000 strong showed up at the Great Lawn in Central Park yesterday (9/29) for Global Festival, a concert to raise awareness about (and funds to help) global hunger, featuring names like Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Band of Horses and K’naan:The acts seemed especially stunned by the size of the Central Park crowd…

Global Citizen Fest is in Central Park Saturday (and on TV and streaming online) -- who got a ticket?

Tomorrow, Saturday, 9/29, is that huge event in Central Park. If you didn’t get a ticket, you can always just watch it online. Says the PR:AEG Digital Media (AEGDM) is partnering up with AEG Network LIVE to deliver the complete online experience platform for the Global Citizen Festival, the largest syndication of a live music charity webcast and broadcast in history, live from Central Park in New York City on September, 29, 2012…

Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band of Horses & K'Naan team up for "Global Festival" in Central Park

The Global Festival aims to mobilise more than 50,000 people to take action in support of ending extreme poverty, and to secure more than $100m in new commitments from charities, businesses and governments to fight extreme poverty through our NGO partners…