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.
“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.
Past performers at the Global Citizen Festival include Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Metallica.
Check out the 2018 lineup below.
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Viva!
Wow. What a horrible choice to celebrate the life of one of the greatest people of the 20th century. Everything about Beyoncé is phony. Black power in a blonde wig. Mrs independent woman who always told women to stand up for themselves yet stayed silent when her man cheated on her (unlsss you count the financial exploitation of that affair). Misguided fools like Michelle Obama call her a role model, but she’s no different than a stripper suggestively dancing on stage half naked. This is the person you want to honor Nelson Mandela?
I know. I helped support your cause and…..o.ooooooh….o_o
Aww and his buddy barack will be right there front and center sucking him dry while he performs and jay doing the same to him between interludes and michelle will be their with its 9″ of man meat for beyonce
So you bought tickets too?