Jennifer Lopez is heading back to her block — or close to it — to perform at the Global Citizen Live event in New York City on Sept. 25.
The Bronx-born triple threat will be one of the performers taking the stage from Central Park.
“Ms. Lopez’s involvement in Global Citizen Live is a wonderful progression from our partnership during the Vax Live campaign, event, and primetime broadcast,”
Katie Hill, senior vice president of Global Citizen, said in a press release. “With her help, we were able to secure 26 million Covid-19 vaccine doses but our work for vaccine equity continues as the pandemic continues to spread.
The festival is timed to the UN General Assembly scheduled for late September. Besides New York, Global Citizen Live will present events from cities including Lagos, Rio de Janeiro, London, Seoul, Los Angeles, Sydney and more. The event will call on governments and corporations to help defend the planet, defeat poverty, combat climate change, provide vaccine equity and conquer famine.
Other performers set to appear from across the world include just-announced Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, BTS, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Andrea Bocelli, Metallica, Lorde, Doja Cat, Keith Urban, Usher, H.E.R., Duran Duran, Femi Kuti, Lang Lang, Demi Lovato, Ricky Martin and more.
The event will air live on ABC, BBC, FX, iHeartRadio, Hulu, YouTube and Twitter.
The “Hustlers” actress previously joined the VaxLive concert in May when she performed at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium. She sang a cover of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” as well as her hit “Ain’t Your Mama.”
