Lady Gaga And Global Citizen Raise $35M In Virus Plea

The Associated Press reports:

Lady Gaga and advocacy organization Global Citizen have raised $35 million to fight the coronavirus and will launch a TV special featuring Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Billie Eilish to combat the growing virus.

Gaga said on Monday that the money was raised in seven days and will benefit The World Health Organization. The pop star and Global Citizen also announced “One World: Together At Home,” a televised event aimed at fighting the coronavirus. It will air April 18 at 8 p.m. Eastern simultaneously on ABC, NBC, CBS, iHeartMedia and Bell Media networks.

“We want to highlight the gravity of this historical, unprecedented cultural movement … and we want to celebrate and encourage the power of the human spirit,” Gaga said during a news conference Monday.

WHO will have a special guest at today’s #COVID19 press conference: @ladygaga will be joining us to announce the

One World: #TogetherAtHome virtual global special on 18 April 2020.

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— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 6, 2020

Watch Lady Gaga speak at the @WHO press conference: https://t.co/2sSZCVzboj pic.twitter.com/7PdPc2Kqlm

— Gaga Daily (@gagadaily) April 6, 2020