The Global Poverty Project (GPP), a group who seek to increase the number of “global citizens” engaging in activism to help fight extreme poverty, have announced the launch of Global Citizen Tickets (GCT), which offers free concert tickets in exchange for acts of online social activism.
As The Music Network reports, the program was launched in Australia today, with a number of high-profile touring acts, including Bruce Springsteen, Nine Inch Nails, Tame Impala, and Daniel Johns, pledging tickets to future Australian concerts as a reward for active “global citizens.”
After registering online at the GCT website, users accumulate points via social actions, like sharing a video addressing the 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty, signing a petition, or contacting members of government. The points can then be used to win two free concert tickets.
“Music not only has the ability to stir every last emotion inside you; but also has the power to inspire, educate, and stop and make you think about certain issues,” said Chair of Global Citizen Tickets Australia and co-founder of St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival & And Publishing, Danny Rogers.
“We’re really glad that so many amazing Aussie bands are donating tickets to their shows and raising awareness with their fans about social change,” he added. GCT is the vision of Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis and GPP CEO Hugh Evans, who launched with a free concert in Central Park.
The show featured performances from Neil Young, Foo Fighters, and The Black Keys to an audience of 60,000. Acting Australian Country Director of the GPP Will Watterson believes Global Citizen Tickets is the kind of forward-thinking initiative that could help put an end to extreme poverty.
Readers can check out an extended list of the performers who have pledged to help Global Citizen Tickets below.
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Artists Involved
Nine Inch Nails
Bruce Springsteen
360
Adalita
Art vs Science
Asta
Bernard Fanning
Big Scary
Birds of Tokyo
Bluejuice
Bob Evans
Bodyjar
Children Collide
Cold Chisel
Courtney Barnett
Cub Scouts
Cut Off Your Hands
Daniel Johns
Dappled Cities
D.D Dumbo
Dream on Dreamer
Dune Rats
Dustin Tebbutt
Eskimo Joe
Expatriate
Gotye
Gypsy and the Cat
Gyroscope
Hunting Grounds
Husky
In Hearts Wake
Itch-E & Scratch-E
Jebediah
John Butler Trio
Josh Pyke
Last Dinosaurs
Lior, Loon Lake
Midnight Juggernauts
Missy Higgins
Mosman Alder
New Gods
Northeast House Party
Palms
Parkway Drive
Paul Mac
Pez
Phebe Starr
Pond
San Cisco
Seekae
Shady Lane
Tame Impala
The Grates
The Growl
The Jezabels
The Living End
The Medics
The Mess Hall
The Rubens
The Temper Trap
Tigertown
Twinsy
Vance Joy
Violent Soho
Vydamo
Yacht Club DJs
YesYou
+ Many more
