Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Neil Young Headlining NYC Charity Concert

The Foo Fighters, The Black Keys and Neil Young with Crazy Horse are joining forces with Band of Horses and K’naan in Central Park’s Global Festival.

This September 29^th at the park’s Great Lawn, Global Poverty Project is hosting this charity concert to defeat global poverty. But don’t jump to buy your tickets just yet.

GPP is holding a lottery of 54,000 tickets that concertgoers could join and work to earn points by signing up for the Global Citizen website or phone app. Earning points is as easy as signing petitions, making posts on your social media or even making charitable donations. After earning your points, you are in the running for winning two free tickets to the show.

The goal is to move more than 50,000 people to fight deep poverty and to generate at least $100,000 to the cause from charities, businesses and governments. Rumors circulate that The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The Sumner Redstone Charity Foundations are largely footing the bill, along with groups such as UNICEF and Rotary International, according to Rolling Stone Magazine.

This benefit concert is a golden bridge to connect with the United Nations, who will be in town that particular day. “I think what’s exciting is all the world leaders are going to be in [New York City] that week for the United Nations meeting,” said Hugh Evans of GPP. “And this concert and the associated campaign will give us the opportunity to ask these world leaders to make a practical and tangible monetary commitments to the world’s poor and to achievement of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals.” Evans also noted that the concert is a “crescendo” to fighting poverty with the upcoming UN meeting so nearby.

All the participating bands are experienced with charitable work, and often perform for free for certain worthy events. “We are very proud to be lending a hand to such a creative, important event and are looking forward to adding to the noise in the big park and helping an effort toward reducing the global shame of deep poverty,” said the Foo Fighters to Rolling Stone.

Are you looking to get involved? Why not see some of America’s hottest acts while doing so. Check out the Global Citizen website now to get started for free!