Global Citizen Festival 2012 was an action rewarded, awareness driven music festival on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park where fans engage with causes in order to get a ticket. 60,000 fans attended and the lineup featured: Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, John Legend, Band of Horses & K'Naan.
Hosts & Narrators: America Ferrera, Beyonce, Blair Underwood, Erin Heatherton, Hugh Jackman, Jeffrey Sachs, Katharine McPhee, Katie Couric, Lauren Bush Lauren, Olivia Wilde, Petra Nemcova, Selena Gomez, Sophia Bush, Quddus, Whoopi Goldberg
NGO Partners: Earth Institute, World Food Program USA. Pencils of Promise, charity; water, Global Partnership for Education. Half the Sky, Rotary International, World Vision, Malaria No More and US Fund for UNICEF