by Thinus Ferreira
South African viewers will be able to watch One World: Together At Home, a star-studded global concert as a live broadcast very early on Sunday morning, 19 April on BET, MTV, MTV Base and MSNBC and through online streaming on various platforms, with a primetime rebroadcast on E! on Sunday evening.
The One World: Together at Home broadcast, curated by Lady Gaga will feature appearances by Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan and Stevie Wonder.
Others who will appear include Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, Usher and Pharrell Williams.
Also appearing are Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Awkwafina, Amy Poehler, LL Cool J, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey and Victoria Beckham.
The aim of the broadcast is to raise awareness and to generate funds to fight the global spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, with Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation (WHO) who are partnering together to present the show.
One World: Together at Home will be shown as a live broadcast on BET (DStv 129), MTV (DStv 120), MTV Base (DStv 322) and MSNBC (StarSat 263) in South Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa at 02:00 in the morning on Sunday, 19 April at the same time as it is shown in the United States, with E! (DStv 124) that will show a rebroadcast on Sunday evening at 18:00 in South Africa and across Africa.
Disney's National Geographic (DStv 181 / StarSat 220) is also set to broadcast One World: Together at Home although it's not yet clear whether it will be a live broadcast or a rebroadcast with no announcement from National Geographic in Africa yet.
As a multi-hour digital broadcast streaming online, One World: Together at Home will be accessible on Amazon Prime Video, Facebook, Instagram, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube. This digital special will include additional artists and performances.
The American late-night TV hosts Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show and Stephen Colbert of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert seen on e.tv, are set to be the hosts of the One World: Together at Home broadcast and will be filled with musical performances and comedic sketches, with the core purpose to help raise funds and to educate and inform viewers globally about Covid-19 risks, prevention and response.
The special will also include interviews with experts from the WHO, as well as stories of frontline healthcare workers from around the world and their courage and sacrifice fighting the virus.
"As we honour and support the heroic efforts of community health workers, One World: Together at Home aims to serve as a source of unity and encouragement in the global fight to end Covid-19," says Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen.
"Through music, entertainment and impact, the global live-cast will celebrate those who risk their own health to safeguard everyone else's. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, says "We may have to be apart physically for a little while, but we can still come together virtually to enjoy great music. The One World: Together at Home concert represents a powerful show of solidarity against a common threat."
