NEW YORK: The English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will headline the Global Citizen Festival, a free concert in New York aimed at rallying support to fight global poverty.
Sheeran — whose album “x” was last year’s top-seller in Britain and the most streamed worldwide on Spotify — said in a short video Wednesday that he would perform at the concert on September 26 in Central Park.
The festival is free, with fans earning tickets not through money but through activities aimed at eradicating extreme poverty in the world.
The youth-oriented event has been held annually since 2012 when world leaders are in New York for the UN General Assembly.
Ed Sheeran to headline NY anti-poverty concert
Ed Sheeran to headline NY anti-poverty concert
