Jennifer Lopez has a unique parenting style in the first teaser for The Mother.
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Lopez plays an assassin who comes out of hiding to protect a daughter she gave up years before in The Mother, which also stars Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci and Gael Garcia Bernal.
The teaser begins with Lopez’s character living in a remote cabin, and builds to show off various locales the film will cover. The Mother hails from director Niki Caro, who most recently helmed Disney’s Mulan live-action remake. The film has a script from Andrea Berloff, Peter Craig and Misha Green, based on a story by Green.
The Mother is slated for a May 2023 release, with the first teaser coming as part of Tudum, the online fan event produced by Netflix to promote its upcoming slate of films and TV shows.
Michael Bublé engaged in a little market research on Friday (Sept. 23) as he brought his “Higher” tour to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. He asked how many people were seeing him in concert for the first time.
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When a large percentage of the audience signaled that they were, in fact, first-timers, Bublé joked about what their preconceptions of him must be — the Christmas guy who would sing a set of ballads and polite toe-tappers like “Haven’t Met You Yet.” His show shattered those preconceptions. It’s a big, wildly varied show, and Bublé is a master showman.
The term “Great American Songbook” long ago came to refer to a specific strain of American music — the timeless songs that were written by the likes of Cole Porter and Irving Berlin from the 1930s to the ’50s. Bublé sang some of those songs in his set, but he represents what could be called the “New Great American Songbook” — a broad mix of songs and styles, from the Latin rhythms of “Sway” to the exhilarating disco smash “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” (RIP, Barry White). Bublé included songs associated with Nat “King” Cole and Dean Martin, but also Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye. And why not, Bublé seemed to be saying. Let’s enjoy the broad range of popular music rather than limiting ourselves to just a segment of it.
On the “Higher” tour — named after his ninth Reprise studio album, which was released six months ago — Bublé seemed to enjoy his role of introducing his audience to genres they may not have known before. “Enjoy your first big-band song,” he said by way of introducing “When You’re Smiling.”
Bublé is in some ways this generation’s Barry Manilow. Both performers are personable and hammy, and make effective use of self-deprecating humor. (Bublé, catching a glimpse of himself on the video screens, blurted out, “I look like Kermit the Frog.”) Both gained a reputation for showmanship that has allowed them to headline major venues whether they had a current hit record or not.
Bublé is as genial as you would expect from his many TV appearances, but he uses considerably saltier language than they allow on NBC or PBS. Turns out the Christmas guy knows some four-letter words.
Here are five times Bublé reached “higher” on his L.A. tour stop:
Beefing up “Haven’t Met You Yet”
Bublé’s “Haven’t Met You Yet” remains his biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit. The 2009 single, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborators Alan Chang and Amy Foster, has the jaunty quality of Manilow’s sing-along 1977 hit “Daybreak.” But Bublé has beefed the song’s arrangement to something closer to Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (which was among the songs piped into the arena as people were taking their seats). There were welcome Beatlesque touches on the song — a horn solo and the “love, love, love” chorus.
Silencing the chatters
While Bublé was singing “Smile,” the lovely ballad written by Charlie Chaplin and popularized by Nat “King” Cole, there was a steady murmur of chatter coming from the audience. Bublé stopped his performance and said, good-naturedly but with an edge, “I hear people talking. I feel I’m getting in the way of the good time they’re having. I’m going to sing this s— even slower if you don’t shut up.” This is almost certainly a recurring bit in his show. Bublé had introduced the song by asking the audience to give the song the respect and reverence it deserves, which set up this pay-off. And sad to say, audiences nowadays often act like they’re watching TV in their living rooms, so Bublé can usually count on hearing audience chatter. But hopefully he got his point across to at least a few audience members that there’s a time and place for chatting and a time for showing a little respect.
Taking it way down
While most of the show was energetic, Bublé brought the tempo way down for his 2005 hit “Home,” which was his first Hot 100 hit. He sat on the stage and sang the ballad, another co-write with Chang and Foster, with little backup. The song has such a strong melody that it lent itself to this stripped-down treatment.
A tribute to the King
Bublé performed most of his set on the main stage, backed by a large band, but one of the most effective segments in the show was on a secondary stage in the middle of the house. He was backed by a five-piece band on a three-song tribute to Elvis. At another point in the show, he name-checked the King as one of the performers from whom he had borrowed. He also cited Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and The Mills Brothers. And he quoted Bennett, who purportedly told him, “If you steal from one person, you’re a thief. If you steal from enough people, you can call it research.”
Giving his band and back-up singers their props
Bublé had a smart way of sharing the spotlight with his band and backup singers. Their faces were shown, one by one, on the video screens, with their names shown as chyrons. It was a generous way of giving these pros the props they deserve.
Those who have followed her country music career for more than two decades know there isn’t anything that Miranda Lambert can’t and won’t conquer. From winning more Academy of Country Music Awards than any other artist in history to three Grammy statues and eight studio albums, the queen of modern country reigns supreme.
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When her Velvet Rodeo residency rolled into Las Vegas’ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday (Sept. 23) for the first of 24 dates, Lambert ticked another major career box — packing a Sin City venue with a career-spanning repertoire of hits, many of which came from recent albums Palomino and The Marfa Tapes.
The girls-weekend crowd came ready to party and the audience — primarily composed of women a lot like Lambert — packed in with rhinestone cowgirl boots and hats, sequin-and-fringe jackets, denim cutoffs, flannel shirts and trucker hats.
The stage screen, fixed on a graphic similar to Lambert’s pistols and angel wings tattoo, let Lambert fans know they had come to the right place to rock.
As the stage lights rose, the queen appeared center stage in a blue-and-gold mini dress with fringe accents and of course, a sparkly hat. For 90-minutes she rolled through her hits, both new and established, just like the rodeo, from 2022’s “Actin’” Up to 2005’s “Kerosene,” complete with a storm of pyrotechnics. Lambert deftly bounced between albums with almost all represented, showcasing her signature velvety vocal grit. Grabbing the guitar on “Fastest Girl in Town,” she whipped her hair back and forth with ecstatic energy.
For many it was their first time hearing songs from 2022’s Palomino and the 2021’s Marfa Tapes live. “Strange” showed up as an instant classic. To guide the audience, the visuals closely matched the lyrics, with montages of dancing cowboys hats, a small-town theater marquee and starry desert nights.
Noticeable here, Lambert eschewed the Las Vegas residency format. Outside of the standard stage greetings, Lambert kept to the songs, with no long-format storytelling around the music. She also limited it to one outfit with a few modifications, unlike her country-music residency counterparts, such as Carrie Underwood and Shania Twain, whose shows offered multiple looks.
Asking if there are any “cowgirls in the house?” yielded a thunderous response and she also thanked the swarm “for spending your hard earned money on some country music … this is a reminder to be yourself always no matter what … because you might end up on a stage in Vegas with bright lights, who knows?”
During 2010’s “The House that Built Me,” Lambert mustered up a sing-along from the crowd as did “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home).” A roar ripped through the room on 2022’s “Geraldene” with the razor sharp line, “You’re too late baby, I’m the only b—- in the band.” “Tin Man,” from the collaborative, raw album Marfa Tapes, was especially beautiful with its pinpoint spotlights rising high above Lambert like a galaxy of heavenly bodies. On “Gunpowder and Lead,” her jacket shot flames. The show closed with a stream of confetti and an audience of Lambert fans well satiated.
The evening capped off with a Velvet Rodeo afterparty, where invited guests drank Pretty Bitchin’ Jack Daniels signature cocktails and feasted on taco and churros. Lambert, dressed in a gold leopard mini dress hung close to the bar with husband Brendan McLoughlin before taking the stage while being presented with a cake topped with a disco ball in a cowgirl hat, presented by Live Nation’s senior vp of Las Vegas residencies Amanda Moore-Saunders.
Pre-show, Lambert peeled back the curtain for her Instagram followers, showing the routine leading up to taking the stage and also the very lucrative marketing and branding opportunities that exist for Las Vegas headliners. Her beloved pups in tow, Lambert showed them riding to the theater, and then posted a thank you to Caesars Entertainment and Live Nation for their donation to her MuttNation Foundation.
Lambert’s residency continues on Saturday (Sept. 24) and has dates scheduled through early April.
In advance of the annual Farm Aid benefit concert for family farmers in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday (Sept. 24), the organization revealed plans for “a major farmer mobilization in Washington” in March 2023 to advocate for federal support of climate resilient agriculture.
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The march set for the week of March 6 would be “a mobilization the likes of which we have not seen since the 1970s, tentatively called Farmers for Climate, a rally for resilience,” announced Farm Aid cultural impact director Michael Stewart Foley during a live-streamed press conference that preceded the concert at the Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek.
Farm Aid co-founder and board member John Mellencamp, participating in the press conference, recalled when “[Willie Nelson] and I made the effort” to testify before a Congressional subcommittee in the 1980s on behalf of family farmers. And he left convinced that “the government … doesn’t care about you, doesn’t care about anything but greed.”
“So it’s going to take good people like you,” Mellencamp told the audience of farmers and activists at the pre-concert event. “I’m going to come to Washington, D.C., because politics today in the United States has gotten so far out of hand. We’ll get a school bus and we’ll all go down together.”
The mobilization plan results from discussions among “a coalition of 35 farm, food, climate [and] social justice organizations that are actively working on this,” said Foley, citing Farm Aid’s alliance with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
“Farm Aid hears farmer’s voices practically every day all year long,” he said. “What we need for the Congress to hear those voices. It is especially critical now because Congress is starting to draft the next Farm Bill.” That legislation, passed every five years, determines federal funding of a vast array of agricultural programs.
“Congress needs to get the message that farmers are counting on a Farm Bill that delivers climate solutions — climate solutions that center racial justice, that address on-farm climate challenges and prioritize what works for family farmers,” Foley said.
“So to make sure that Congress gets this message, farmers are going to deliver it in person, peacefully, I might add,” Foley said. “Over three days the week of March 6, farmers are going to march, they are going to rally — and we will be there with them. There will be music. We hope some of the artists who come to Farm Aid every year will join us.”
An earlier era of activism by family farmers, who were facing foreclosure, resulted in “tractor-cades” on state capitals nationwide in late 1977, followed in early 1978 by a demonstration that drew an estimated 50,000 farmers to Washington. One of the leaders of that movement, longtime Farm Aid supporter David Senter, was in the audience as Foley made his announcement.
Pharoah Sanders, the legendary tenor saxophonist who performed alongside John Coltrane in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 81.
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Sanders’ passing was announced on Saturday (Sept. 24) by his record label Luaka Bop, which released the influential jazz musician’s 2021 album, Promises, a collaboration with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra. A cause of death was not provided.
“We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away,” Luaka Bop wrote on Twitter. “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.”
Born in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1940, Sanders — whose real name was Ferrell Sanders — moved to the Bay Area in the late 1950s before relocating to New York City, where he met fellow jazz artist Sun Ra, who encouraged him to take the name Pharoah.
Sanders initially struggled while trying to establish himself in New York. “Unable to make a living with his music, Sanders took to pawning his horn, working non-musical jobs, and sometimes sleeping on the subway,” the late saxophonist’s website reads.
Sanders eventually made a name for himself while performing alongside fellow jazz luminaries like Don Cherry and Billy Higgins. In 1965, Sanders joined Coltrane’s group on tenor saxophone. During that time, Coltrane released several avant-garde masterpieces, including his 1966 album, Ascension. Sanders played with Coltrane until the jazz icon’s death in 1967. After Coltrane’s passing, Sanders briefly performed with his widow, Alice Coltrane, before forging his own path as a key figure in the spiritual jazz scene.
In 1969, Sanders released his best known album, Karma, which featured the nearly 33-minute track “The Creator Has a Master Plan.” The album peaked at No. 188 on the Billboard 200 in August 1969. Over the next two decades, Sanders continued releasing music as both a leader and sideman, working with fellow jazz acts including McCoy Tyner, Sonny Sharrock, Idris Muhammad and Leon Thomas.
After a lengthy hiatus from the recording studio, Sanders returned in 2021 with the critically-acclaimed album Promises, a collaboration with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra. The set peaked at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Nicki Minaj ruled over a frigid night at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y., to close out day one of Rolling Loud NYC on Friday (Sept. 23), and she brought along several guests to shake the festival grounds.
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With Nicki being the first female rapper to headline Rolling Loud, expectations for a grand show were high, and the hometown girl didn’t disappoint. Fans were scrambling across the festival grounds when the lights at the Fashion Nova stage turned pink, causing them to hurry over and get a good spot to catch the South Jamaica, Queens, native in all her glory. At around 9:15 p.m., she arrived onstage in an all-black outfit with the sounds of screaming fans filling up the Big Apple air.
The mother of one got the party started with a fiery performance of “We Go Up” with Fivio Foreign popping on the stage to dish out his hypnotizing verse. Minaj wasted no time getting fans into a frenzy as she gave them a treat with a medley of her hits such as “Did It On’em,” “Beez In The Trap,” “Feeling Myself” and more.
Just when fans were still reeling from Fivio Foreign’s appearance at the top of the show, Nicki had a few more friends join her onstage to keep the energy flowing rapidly inside Citi Field.
BIA joined Minaj for a booming rendition of “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY (Remix),” while Lil Uzi Vert arrived shortly after that to hold Nicki’s hand for a duet performance of their touching record “The Way Life Goes (Remix).”
Midway through the set, Minaj dug even deeper into her bag of hits once she knew she had festival-goers in the palm of her hands. Fans burst at the seams upon hearing the instrumental to the rapper’s 2018 single “Chun-Li,” and the Barbz faithful got only louder when their idol performed “Only” and “Truffle Butter” sans Chris Brown and her Young Money brethren Drake and Lil Wayne. The late Pop Smoke was also shown some love when Nicki rode the New York drill train to perform “Welcome to the Party (Remix).”
It wouldn’t have been a true Nicki Minaj show if the day one fans didn’t get to hear more of the classics that lured them into the Barbz fandom in the early 2010s. As Nicki went off stage for an outfit change, the Barbz held it down for the 39-year-old by rapping “Up All Night” and “Itty Bitty Piggy” word-for-word with precision. If Nicki wanted to hand the mic to her fans, she could’ve done so with everyone rapping and dancing to her songs in unison.
Minaj had another surprise for her devoted fanbase when she brought out G Herbo to perform “Chi-Raq.” The crowd roared at his arrival, especially when he couldn’t perform his set earlier in the day due to New York City traffic keeping him from getting to Citi Field in time.
The multi-platinum artist returned to her 2010 debut album, Pink Friday, to close out the night starting with “Super Bass,” but there seemed to be a slight hiccup with her set and the allotted timeframe festival organizers gave her.
Nicki stopped reciting her lyrics to “Super Bass” when she told the crowd: “Rolling Loud is not going to let me do ‘Moment 4 Life.’ But I gotta do it a cappella for my people.”
In the most touching moment throughout her entire set, the hip-hop star dropped to her knees while performing her Drake-assisted track before the audience took the reins and closed her set. Fans left the grounds satisfied with the performance with many people chatting about Minaj reigning supreme on day one of Rolling Loud NYC 2022.
“She’s just the best,” one of the Barbz said walking out of the festival before another said, “It’s because she’s the Queen!”
In 1996, Gloria Estefan became the first-ever award to receive the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award at the 3rd annual Billboard Latin Music Awards.
The Cuban-American singer, who that year nabbed three awards — including Latin dance single of the year for “Abriendo Puertas” — was also recognized for her philanthropic and humanitarian contributions beyond her musical work.
Since its inception in 26 years ago in honor of the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award has been awarded to 22 artists, including two-time honorees Estefan (1996, 2011) and Maná (2000, 2013). No award was given out in 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021.
This year, the special award will be presented to global pop star Christina Aguilera, who in addition to her musical accolades, has lifted her voice to help end the cycle of domestic abuse, been a longtime supporter and ally to the LGBTQ+ community, raised awareness about HIV/AIDS research, and traveled the globe to help feed children in poverty-stricken areas.
Xtina, who is also confirmed for the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Week, is slated to perform during the awards show, which will take place Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Watsco Canter in Miami, and will broadcast live on Telemundo beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
Christina Aguilera
The Billboard Latin Music Awards — where Bad Bunny leads the list of finalists with a staggering 23 nods across 13 categories — will be simulcast on Telemundo, Universo, Peacock, the Telemundo App, and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean on Telemundo Internacional.
Below, see all of the Spirt of Hope Award winners in Billboard Latin Music Award history:
1996 – Gloria Estefan
1997 – Emmanuel
1998 – Willy Chirino
1999 – Olga Tañon
2000 – Mana
2001 – Los Tigres del Norte
2002 – Ricky Martin
2003 – El General
2004 – Soraya
2005 – Juan Luis Guerra
2006 – Shakira
Shakira attends the 2022 NBCUniversal Upfront at Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Radio City Music Hall on May 16, 2022 in New York City.
Elton John said Friday (Sept. 23) that he’d played in some beautiful venues, but the stage in front of the White House, beneath a massive tent on a perfect autumn night, was “probably the icing on the cake.”
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Then he kicked off the show with “Your Song,” his first big international hit.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed the 75-year-old singer, talking about his activism, the power of his music and his all-around goodness. The event was dreamed up and paid for by A+E and the History Channel.
“Seamus Heaney once wrote, and I quote, ‘Once in a lifetime, the longed-for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme,” Biden said. “Throughout his incredible career, Sir Elton John has been that tidal wave, a tidal wave to help people rise up and make hope and history rhyme.”
At the end of the show, Biden surprised John with the National Humanities Medal, for his songbook and his long legacy of advocacy.
Tearing up, John said he was “flabbergasted and humbled.”
The 2,000-person guest list included teachers, nurses, frontline workers and LGBTQ+ advocates, plus former first lady Laura Bush, civil rights advocate Ruby Bridges, education activist Malala Yousafzai and Jeanne White-Ginder, an AIDS activist and mother of Ryan White, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1990.
The night, in fact, was called “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to the poem Biden quoted by Ireland’s Heaney.
It was John’s first White House gig since he performed with Stevie Wonder at a state dinner in 1998 honoring British Prime Minister Tony Blair. At age 75, John is on a farewell tour after performing for more than 50 years.
The show came together after A+E Networks and the History Channel, which footed the bill, asked the White House and John if they’d be up for a collaboration honoring “everyday history-makers” as well as John himself, according to people familiar with the discussions who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.
It’s not clear whether the show will be broadcast. John has worked with A+E in the past on his global HIV/AIDS charity, the Elton John Foundation, which has raised more than $525 million to combat the virus around the world.
John will be in town Saturday playing Nationals Park as part of his final tour. He opened the final leg of his North American farewell series in Philadelphia in July.
The president and first lady are big fans. Biden wrote in a 2017 memoir about singing “Crocodile Rock” to his two young boys as he drove them to school and again later to son Beau before he died of cancer at age 46.
“I started singing the lyrics to Beau, quietly, so just the two of us could hear it,” Biden wrote. “Beau didn’t open his eyes, but I could see through my own tears that he was smiling.”
John played the song Friday, saying someone told him Biden used to sing it.
Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, was also a fan of John. He tried to get John to perform at his 2017 inauguration but John declined, saying he didn’t think it was appropriate for a Brit to play at the swearing-in of an American president.
The White House insisted Friday’s show wasn’t an effort to troll Trump, who has praised John in his books and has often featured John’s music — including “Rocket Man” and “Tiny Dancer” — in his pre-rally playlists over the years. Trump nicknamed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “rocket man” for his record of test-firing missiles.
John did play “Tiny Dancer” Friday, to thunderous applause.
Sir Elton — he was knighted in 1998 by Queen Elizabeth II — has sold over 300 million records worldwide, played over 4,000 shows in 80 countries and recorded one of the best-selling singles of all time, his 1997 reworking of “Candle In The Wind” to eulogize Princess Diana, which sold 33 million copies.
From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
Manuel Turizo & Coldplay
Early in the week, Coldplay invited Manuel Turizo as his surprise guest during his concert in Bogota, Colombia. Ahead of introducing the Colombian artist, he mentioned they were going to sing “the best song at the moment in the world,” referring to Turizo’s “La Bachata.” Turizo, wrapped with the Colombian flag on his shoulders, then joined Chris Martin on stage to sing an acoustic version of his No. 1 Billboard Tropical hit. “I have something in my eye. Last night was incredible,” he expressed on his Instagram, also expressing how he enjoys connecting with good people and beautiful energies.
On Friday (Sept. 23), the Pantelion Films, Cuando Sea Joven, starring Veronica Castro and Natasha Dupeyron, premiered in over 300 theaters in the U.S. An adaptation of the Korean film Miss Granny, the inspirational Latin film narrates the story of a 70-year-old woman who magically becomes her 22-year-old self and gets a second opportunity in life to follow her dreams. The official movie soundtrack is helmed by award-winning hitmaker Julio Reyes Copello and includes classic boleros with a modern twist performed by Dupeyron. Marc Anthony and Reik’s Jesús Navarro are also part of the set. Listen below.
Marc Anthony & Bulova
Marc Anthony and watch brand Bulova announced an exclusive four-year partnership celebrating their iconic Bold at Heart spirits. “The opportunity to work with a historic and innovative brand like Bulova allows me to create timepieces which has been a dream of mine since I appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of a timepiece,” he said in a statement. “I am enjoying the whole experience, from my early sketches to the final product, and I am really excited to create signature pieces that are really meaningful to me. I feel like a kid playing in a sandbox, but with the utmost seriousness, curiosity and detail.”
With the direct involvement of the salsa artist in the design process, the partnertship will include a series of timepiece and jewelry collection named after some of his most iconic songs. Set to launch in November 2022, Bulova will also support Maestro Cares Foundation (Anthony’s charitable efforts), which builds orphanages across Latin America.
“Through my fashion journey in Milan and Paris and watching my risk-taking designer friends, I was inspired to create a collection that would break fashion traditions for everyone,” Maluma noted with the launch of his fall collection “Royalty by Maluma” this week. Inspired by his home country, Colombia, his music, and fans, the unisex collection is both sophisticated and innovative, offering suits, dresses, blazers, and more. Marking the Colombian artists third and final collection sold exclusively at Macy’s in partnership with Reunited Clothing, the collection comes in sizes XS to XXL with prices ranging from $69.50 to $249.50. According to a press statement, “Maluma and Chief Creative Officer, Hilda Batayneh focused on expanding their design philosophy and presenting masculine/feminine elements into each set. “Royalty by Maluma” is now available on macys.com, Macy’s mobile app and at select Macy’s nationwide.
This week, the Latin Recording Academy unveiled the nominations for the 2022 Latin Grammys, where Bad Bunny leads the pack with 10 nods, including album of the year for his 11-week Billboard 200-topping Un Verano Sin Ti. Bunny is followed by Mexican hitmaker Edgar Barrera with nine nominations; Rauw Alejandro with eight nominations; Christina Aguilera and Rosalía with seven nods each; and last year’s top winner, Camilo, with six nominations. The 23rd annual Latin Grammys are set to take place Nov. 17 at the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. See full nominations here.
The World Health Organization foundation announced the launch of an e-store and celebrity raffle Saturday (Sept. 24) that will feature items from the likes of Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding. Fans can win donated one-off personal items in addition to concert tickets, as well as merch sold under the foundation’s Human Kind brand.
Examples of items available to win are a signed Styles vinyl LP, a tour brochure and signed T-shirt from Sheeran, and a signed merchandise bundle from Goulding. Swedish House Mafia and Annie Lennox also have items in the raffle, along with two VIP tickets to Coachella 2023. Raffle tickets will sell at just $10, and the WHO Foundation pledges to put all proceeds toward supporting Ukraine’s health care system.
The announcement of the Human Kind store marks seven months since the beginning of the war in Ukraine on Feb. 24. The blow-up of a longtime military buildup has created a European refugee crisis on a scale not seen since World War II.
Since the country’s invasion by Russia, around 12 million Ukrainians have either fled Ukraine or are internally displaced, according to the United Nations.
This partnership isn’t the first time these celebrities have expressed concern for Ukraine.
Back in May, Styles flew the Ukrainian flag during his “One Night Only in NY” concert at Belmont Park’s UBS Arena while singing his debut solo single “Sign of the Times.” Goulding performed the Ukrainian song of resistance “Chervona Kalyna” at Kyiv’s First Ladies Summit as a guest of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Sheeran teamed up with Ukrainian band Antytila to release a remix of his single “2step.” The track’s accompanying music video focuses on scenes of war and the bandmates’ experiences after the invasion was announced.
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