Beyoncé & JAY-Z To Headline Global Citizen Festival 2018 Honoring Nelson Mandela

Beyoncé and JAY-Z have been booked to headline the 2018 Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, an upcoming event honoring the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela.

The festival will take place on December 2 at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Other performers include Pharrell, Usher, Wizkid, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

Oprah Winfrey will deliver a keynote address as part of the festivities.

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“Nelson Mandela’s life story is a testament to the power of the human spirit and one man’s ability to change the world by standing up for what he believed in,” Winfrey said in a press release. “It is one of the great honors of my life to have spent so much time with him, and I look forward to celebrating his courageous life.”

The festival will serve as the closing event of Global Citizen’s year-long Be the Generation campaign. The organization has set a goal of ending extreme poverty by 2030.

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Past performers at the Global Citizen Festival include Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Metallica.

Check out the 2018 lineup below.

On July 18, 2018, Nelson Mandela would have turned 100. To celebrate his life and legacy, Global Citizen is headed to Johannesburg, where Mandela became a global activist who believed in the power of people working together. Follow in his footsteps, join Global Citizen, and #BeTheGeneration to end extreme poverty! See more at the link in our bio. #globalcitizen #mandela100 #southafrica #nelsonmandela #johannesburg @beyonce #jayz #edsheeran @teddysphotos @casspernyovest @iambangalee #eddievedder @femiakuti @pharrell #chrismartin @shomadjozi @tiwasavage @usher @wizkidayo

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