Jung Kook of BTS will make his solo debut on the International Citizen Pageant stage for the 2023 iteration, becoming a member of a lineup that additionally contains beforehand introduced headliners Pink Scorching Chili Peppers, Lauryn Hill, Anitta, Megan Thee Stallion, Stray Children, Conan Grey and extra.
Happening in New York Metropolis’s Central Park on Sept. 23, the International Citizen Pageant is a free, ticketed occasion that will probably be broadcast stay and is driving pressing motion to finish excessive poverty by calling on world leaders to handle the problem together with local weather disaster and fairness for girls and ladies.
In an announcement, Jung Kook mentioned: “I’m so thrilled to hitch this 12 months’s International Citizen Pageant as a headliner! The pageant sheds gentle on essential causes and drives motion and I’m blissful to participate in it. I can’t wait to carry out in entrance of many individuals on the Nice Garden in Central Park.”
Jung Kook beforehand carried out for the worldwide advocacy group’s pageant in 2021 as part of BTS, additionally sharing the stage with Coldplay. His participation additionally comes on the heels of his first solo single exterior of BTS, “Seven (feat. Latto)” which debuted atop the Billboard Scorching 100.
Additionally on the invoice this 12 months are DJ D-Good and singer-actor Sofia Carson. Extra celebrities set to take part on this 12 months’s marketing campaign embody Busy Philipps, Invoice Nye, Carmelo Anthony, Widespread, Gayle King, Jordan Fisher and Sophia Bush, amongst an extended listing of others.
Tickets to the present are free however require becoming a member of International Citizen’s advocacy marketing campaign (see extra info here). Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, the Norwegian minister of worldwide improvement, mentioned: “Excessive poverty, starvation and meals insecurity threaten lives and well being. The decision for motion is crystal clear: We have to improve investments in climate-robust, small-scale meals manufacturing. Development in agriculture is essentially the most environment friendly technique to create jobs, struggle poverty and fight starvation. The International Citizen Pageant is essential to mobilize extra individuals and extra investments in reaching the world’s Widespread Objectives – our Sustainable Growth Objectives.”
