The 2017 Global Citizen Festival, a free-ticketed concert held annually to promote volunteerism in New York’s Central Park, will feature Stevie Wonder, Green Day, The Killers, The Lumineers and featuring The Chainsmokers at this year’s event. The show takes place on the Great Lawn in Central Park, on Saturday, September 23, 2017.
The organizers announced that Annie Lennox would be this year’s recipient of the now-annual George Harrison Global Citizen Award. The singer will be honored for her humanitarian efforts at an event on Monday, September 18, at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.