Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Neil Young to Play Free NYC Global Festival

The Global Poverty Project (GPP) has announced the free-ticketed Global Festival 2012 which will be held on the Great Lawn at New York City's Central Park on Saturday, September 29. Headlining the event will be big-name acts including the Foo Fighters, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, and the Black Keys.

On the Global Poverty Project website, it states the association is "an educational and campaigning organization that activates citizens to be a part of the global movement to end extreme poverty." To get more info on the Project activities and events, visit www.globalpovertyproject.com

The 2012 Global Festival coincides with the UN General Assembly in New York, where world leaders will convene to debate the Millennium Development Goals and make commitments to end extreme poverty. The concert will also feature performances by Band of Horses and K'Naan.

Tickets for the Central Park show can be earned through the new online platform, Global Citizen. In order to snag free admittance, fans must become "Global Citizens" and earn points by "sharing and taking actions against extreme poverty." When you earn three points, you will be placed in a drawing to win two complimentary tickets to the event. The Global Citizen website offers a wide range of information on current international health and development issues. The campaign will also showcase non-profit partners and social entrepreneurs that are working in these specific areas. Writers, celebrity spokespeople, professional academia, and musicians involved in the campaign will also show their support by educating the public on such widespread issues.

Neil Young stated, "With at least 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty on Earth today, there has never been a better time to become a Global Citizen and do whatever you can to make a difference for your fellow man."

The Foo Fighters added in a statement, "We are very proud to be lending a hand to such a creative, important event and are looking forward to adding to the noise in the big park and helping the effort toward reducing the global shame of deep poverty."

The Global Festival serves as the culmination of the Global Poverty Project, which aims to motivate a generation to take 100,000 actions by September.