- The One World: Together at Home , organized by Lady Gaga, the WHO and the association Global Citizen, was broadcast in France on France 2, by numerous television channels all over the world and on social networks.
- From Lady Gaga to Lizzo via the Stones, the best moments of the biggest cultural event since the start of the pandemic.
Each major global cause, its mobilization of stars! After Live Aid against AIDS or We are the World against famine in Africa in the 1980s, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Taylor Swift and the Rolling Stones and numerous personalities participated for more than eight hours in the night from Saturday to Sunday at one world: together at home ( one world together at home ), a giant virtual concert to honor caregivers.
This event, organized by Lady Gaga, the WHO and the association Global Citizen, was broadcast in France on France 2, by numerous television channels all over the world and on social networks. The highlights of the biggest cultural event organized since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lady Gaga's "love letter"
On the initiative of this giant virtual charity concert, Lady Gaga's mother, Cynthia Germanotta, also ambassador to the WHO, and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO. "An event to tell and celebrate the men and women on the front line, the caregivers and their acts of kindness," said Lady Gaga at the press conference in early April.
In two weeks, Lady Gaga succeeded in bringing together the many artists who took turns for songs, sketches and testimonies in order to raise funds for healthcare workers on the front line facing the epidemic of coronavirus and the World Organization. of health. "It's really a love letter to all of you around the world, and I hope it is a reminder of the kindness that we are currently seeing," added the singer, who interpreted Smile, before the show. by Nat King Cole.
Global Citizen has urged donors and governments to support WHO in its response to the coronavirus, which has killed more than 160,000 people worldwide. "Music gives us the opportunity to take a break and think to unite in one humanity," Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans told AFP. Some 35 million dollars (more than 32 million euros) were raised for the research fund of the Covid-19 of the WHO, at the time when President Donald Trump cut American subsidies to the organization.
Host trio Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert
The party started with a six-hour show, visible via Internet streaming, followed by a two-hour concert, starting at 2 a.m. (Paris time), broadcast on major American channels and presented by the trio of hosts of the main late-night shows: Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. On the bill, the biggest stars on the planet, live from their home, including Billie Eilish, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez, Céline Dion, Paul McCartney or Stevie Wonder.
The evening was punctuated by numerous videos showing applause from caregivers around the world or acts of kindness towards isolated and fragile people. Jimmy Fallon and the Roots sang Safety Dance to honor health care workers.
The Rolling Stones anthem
You can't always get what you want intoned the four members of the Rolling Stones. A title that resonates sadly in France with the shortage of equipment in hospitals.
In a video where everyone appeared on a screen divided into four, the song started with Mick Jagger, who sang and played the acoustic guitar. He was joined by Keith Richards, also on acoustic guitar, then by Ronnie Wood, on electric guitar, and finally by Charlie Watts, improvising a drums with everyday objects, Mick Jagger gave the camera a kiss at the end.
Celine Dion's prayer
Former footballer David Beckham and ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckam paid tribute to those on the front lines of the epidemic, introducing Elton John who played I'm Still Standing . "Thank you for your knowledge, your love, your care and your humanity," he added to the nursing staff.
Céline Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Lady Gaga, Lang Lang, John Legend performed together The Prayer ( La Prière ).
The emblematic title of Lizzo
Former American first lady Michelle Obama also appeared, as did host star Oprah Winfrey. Beyonce did not sing but she delivered a message in which she underlines the disproportion of the mortality rate of the coronavirus within the African-American community.
African-American singer Lizzo made a sober cover of the emblem of the civil rights movement in the United States, A Change is Gonna Come, released by Sam Cooke in 1964.
The keyboards of Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Taylor Swift opted for a sober piano interpretation of Soon you'll get better.
Just like Paul McCartney, who dedicated his interpretation of Lady Madonna of the Beatles to his mother, who was a nurse during the Second World War.
Stevie Wonder took the opportunity to pay tribute to another soul legend, Bill Withers, who died at 81 years old on March 30, while resuming his title Lean On Me , before playing one of his titles Love's In Need of Love . "During this difficult period, we must be able to count on each other," he said with emotion.
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