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charity performance that continues for 24 hours connecting major cities around the world has begun. In Seoul, BTS was the first runner to perform, and in New York and Paris, tens of thousands of spectators gathered to enjoy live concerts.
Reporter Kim Soo-hyun, specialized in culture and arts, reports.
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[Welcome to Seoul, Korea] The
'Permission to Dance' stage performed by BTS in front of Sungnyemun marked the start of Global Citizen Live.
It is a large-scale charity performance held as a 24-hour relay connecting major cities around the world.
It was held by Global Citizen, an international charity with the purpose of solving the problems of COVID-19, climate change and poverty together.
Last year, the group also held a global charity concert to overcome Corona, raising $127 million.
Last year, it was an online event composed of videos taken at home by stars, but this year the live concert is back.
[Shawn Mendes/Singer: It is the first time in two and a half years to perform live in front of an audience. It's really magical.] At the
Eiffel Tower Square in Paris, where Elton John and Ed Sheeran sang, 20,000 spectators who were either negative or vaccinated gathered in Paris.
In New York's Central Park, where 60,000 people have gathered, Prince Harry and his wife have called for an end to vaccine inequality.
[Meghan Markle/Prince of Great Britain: People in this country (USA) and other countries can go almost anywhere and get vaccinated, while billions of people around the world don't.]
Also Billie Eilish, this year following Coldplay The 80-year-old Simon & Garfunkel's Paul Simon and others received enthusiastic applause on the New York stage.
The live performance was broadcast on YouTube and broadcast, and people all over the world enjoyed it together.