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Global Citizen Live
Global Citizen Live was the 2021 instance of the Global Citizen Festival, so named because it was broadcast live internationally from cities across six continents around the world on 25 and 26 September 2021. Background Global Citizen (organization), Global Citizen has held an annual music festival since 2012, one of the organization's main events to raise awareness of global poverty and climate change; founded in 2008, it aims to end poverty by 2030. The live 2021 festival, held across six continents, was the largest, as part of Global Citizen's 2021 Recovery Plan for the World program. Added to the festival mission was an aim to help bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on vaccine equity. It was timed to occur during the G20 summit and UN general assembly meetings. Global Citizen had held "Vax Live: The Concert To Reunite The World" earlier in 2021. Festival Compared to Live Aid and one of the biggest international charity events ever, the festival featured live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benefit Concert
A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance (e.g., concert, show, or gala) featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. Benefit concerts can have both subjective and concrete objectives. Subjective objectives include raising awareness about an issue such as misery in Africa (such as Live 8) and uplifting a nation after a disaster (such as America: A Tribute to Heroes). Concrete objectives include raising funds (such as Live Aid) and influencing legislation (such as Live 8 or Farm Aid). The two largest benefit concerts of all time, in size, were the Live 8 and the Live Earth events, which both attracted billions of spectators. Scholars theorize that the observed increase on concert size since the Live Aid is happening because organizers strive to make their events as big as the tragedy at hand, thus hoping to gain legitimization that wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateway Of India's Look In Evening
Gateway often refers to a gate or portal. Gateway or The Gateway may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Films * ''Gateway'' (film), a 1938 drama * ''The Gateway'' (2015 film), a horror film * ''The Gateway'' (2017 film), a science-fiction film * ''The Gateway'' (2021 film), a crime thriller Music * Gateway (band), a jazz trio featuring John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette, and Dave Holland ** ''Gateway'' (Gateway album) (1976) * ''Gateway'' (Bongzilla album) * ''Gateway'', an album by Erik Wøllo Literature * ''Gateway'' (novel), a 1977 science-fiction novel by Frederik Pohl * Gateway (comics), a supporting character in Marvel's ''X-Men'' series * ''The Gateway'' (student magazine), the student magazine at the University of Alberta, Canada * ''The Gateway'' (student newspaper), a UK student business and careers newspaper * SF Gateway, a science-fiction imprint of British book publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd * Gateway Editions, a philosophy imprint of American book publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butter (BTS Song)
"Butter" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released as a digital single on May 21, 2021, through Big Hit Music and Sony Music Entertainment, as the band's second English-language single. A disco-pop, dance-pop, and EDM track, the song was written by Jenna Andrews, RM, Alex Bilowitz, Sebastian Garcia, Robert Grimaldi, Stephen Kirk, and Ron Perry, with production handled by the last three. Upon release, "Butter" received positive reviews from music critics, with praise towards its catchiness. It was a commercial success, topping charts in Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, the United States, and Vietnam, as well as ''Billboard''s Global 200 chart. The song also reached the top 10 in over 30 other countries worldwide. A remix featuring American rapper Megan Thee Stallion was also released on August 27, 2021, which peaked at number three on the Global 200. Recording Speaking on how "Butter" came about, ''Variety'' quoted RM in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permission To Dance
"Permission to Dance" is a song by South Korean boy band BTS. It was released through Big Hit Music and Sony Music on July 9, 2021, as a stand-alone single. The song was also included as part of the CD release of the group's previous single "Butter", and is the band's third English-language single. The song topped the charts in five countries and reached the top ten in ten other territories. Background and release On May 21, 2021, BTS released their second English-language single "Butter" to critical and commercial success. The song was initially released digitally, as a cassette, and as a 7-inch vinyl. On June 15, BTS announced a CD release of "Butter" alongside the announcement for a new song. On June 27, Ed Sheeran revealed in an interview with ''Most Requested Live'' that he wrote a song for BTS, stating "I've actually worked with BTS on their last record, and I've just written a song for their new record". On July 1, the group revealed the tracklist for the CD release, ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sungnyemun Gate
Namdaemun (), the Sungnyemun (), is one of the Eight Gates in the Seoul City Wall, South Korea. The gate formed the original southern boundary of the city during the Joseon period, although the city has since significantly outgrown this boundary. It is located in Jung District between Seoul Station and Seoul Plaza, with the historic 24-hour Namdaemun Market next to the gate. The gate, dating back to the 14th century, is a historic pagoda-style gateway, and is designated as the first National Treasure of South Korea. It was once one of the three major gateways through Seoul's city walls which had a stone circuit of and stood up to high. It was first built in the last year of King Taejo of Joseon's reign in 1398, and rebuilt in 1447. In 2008, the wooden pagoda atop the gate was severely damaged by arson. Restoration work on the gateway started in February 2010 and was completed on 29 April 2013. The gate was reopened on 4 May 2013. Name The South Korean government, as wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show Must Go On (Queen Song)
"The Show Must Go On" is a song by British rock band Queen, featured as the twelfth and final track on their 1991 album, ''Innuendo'' and is the final single to be released before the death of frontman Freddie Mercury. It is credited to Queen, but was primarily written by guitarist Brian May. The song chronicles Mercury's efforts continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life, although his diagnosis with HIV/AIDS had not yet been made public in spite of ongoing media speculation that he was seriously ill.Donald A. GuariscoQueen – The Show Must Go On Allmusic. Retrieved 23 May 2011 When the band recorded the song in 1990, Mercury's condition had deteriorated to the point that May had concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it. May recalls; "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing.' And he went, 'I'll do it, darling' — vodka down — and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal". The power ballad was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Try
"Born to Try" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, written by Goodrem and Audius Mtawarira and produced by Ric Wake for Goodrem's debut studio album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003). The song was released as the first single off the studio album on 11 November 2002 by Epic Records. It was later featured on her first Japanese compilation album '' Innocent Eyes'' (2006). The song was co-written by her while she was staying at her home in Sydney, Australia, for the production of the studio album, as well as written and producing four other songs together. As the song features instrumentation with a piano, guitars (acoustic and electric) and drums, the song is a low tempo pop song, with influences of piano pop and pop rock. Lyrically, the song is about taking chances and leading one's independence. The song was universally praised from music critics, praising Goodrem's vocal abilities and lyrical content. The song is considered as Goodrem's signature song, as it charted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep Climbing
"Keep Climbing" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, co-written by Goodrem with Matthew Copley and Sebastian Kole. It was released to streaming services on 14 May 2020 by Sony Music Australia. The song is a motivational piano-led power ballad A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Balla ... about hope and overcoming hardship. Background The song was first teased in an advert for the Nine Network drama ''Doctor Doctor (Australian TV series), Doctor Doctor'' on 25 April, initially titled "Bridge Over Troubled Dreams". On 14 May, Goodrem premiered the song during a livestream on Facebook and Instagram, and released it on streaming services immediately after. The song was included as a B-side on the CD edition of Goodrem's follow-up single "Paralyzed (Delta Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
