Global Citizen Festival took place Saturday at the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park. The event featured headliners Beyoncé, Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, and Coldplay. Following her set, Beyoncé joined Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder on stage to cover Bob Marley & the Wailer’s “Redemption Song”. Clips of a Nelson Mandela speech played behind them during the performance. Watch the duet below via Stereogum.
Global Citizen Festival is part of the Global Poverty Project, a UN-backed campaign to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030.
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