The 8-hour show 'One World: Together At Home,' featuring some of the world's top stars, raised nearly $128 million for the World Health Organization
Dozens of celebrities and musicians, including Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder and the Rolling Stones, took part in the 8-hour show called"One World: Together At Home."Global Citizen, an international advocacy group that organized the event, said early Sunday on Twitter that $127.9 million had been pledged in donations. Following the live broadcast, Global Citizen tweeted:"$127.9 million for COVID-19 relief. That is the power and impact of One World: #TogetherAtHome.
Lady Gaga responded to this tweet, saying:"I am so humbled to have been a part of this project."Read MoreThe proceeds will be given to the WHO's Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund.The concert was divided into two parts, a 6-hour"pre-show" and a main 2-hour show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert."To all of our frontline healthcare workers, we are with you. Thank you for being there for us," an on-screen caption read at the start of the show.
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