The duo reunite for a live- streaming concert to support World Health Organisation’s fight against Coronavirus
MID-DAY (April 8, 2020)

Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra Jonas along with singer Billie Eilish and Paul McCartney have united for Lady Gaga’s One World: Together At Home, a mega live-streamed and televised benefit concert in tandem with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) solidarity response fund and in celebration of health workers around the world.

The line-up also includes Chris Martin of Coldplay, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Elton John, John Legend, Lizzo, J Balvin, Stevie Wonder, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Alanis Morissette, Burna Boy, Andrea Bocelli, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban and Lang Lang.

Khan and Chopra are among several stars expected at the event, along with David Beckham, Idris and Sabrina Elba, Kerry Washington, and Sesame Street cast members. Popular US talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert will host the event, which broadcasts live across the US television networks ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as be streamed online on April 18.

BBC One will show an adapted version of the concert on April 19, including exclusive performances by UK artistes and interviews with frontline health workers. The details of the broadcast are yet to be announced. WHO and the social action platform, Global Citizen have partnered to produce the event. The latter’s Together At Home series, which launched last month, has featured performances from artistes in isolation including Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello and Rufus Wainwright.

In a WHO press conference, Gaga said that One World was not a fundraising telethon and would focus on entertainment, messages of solidarity, and urge businesses to donate to the cause ahead of the event.

“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,” said WHO’s general director, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.