{"id":973961,"date":"2019-12-10T08:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=924413"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:25:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:25:06","slug":"sting-jennifer-hudson-to-perform-at-global-citizen-prize-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/sting-jennifer-hudson-to-perform-at-global-citizen-prize-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Sting, Jennifer Hudson to Perform at Global Citizen Prize Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/StingHudson.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/sting\/\">Sting<\/a> will the recipient of this year\u2019s Global Citizen Artist of the Year Prize, given out annually by international advocacy group Global Citizen. A ceremony to honor the musician and Police frontman will be held at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall on December 13th.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Chris Martin, Jorja Smith, Raphael Saadiq, Stormzy and H.E.R. are all part of the musical lineup for the ceremony, which will also include a performance from Sting himself. This year\u2019s other recipients of Global Citizen Prizes include filmmaker Richard Curtis, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, and Chobani CEO and founder Hamdi Ulukaya. The winner of the Cisco Youth Leadership Award will be announced on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to celebrate and recognize these incredible individuals who place the world\u2019s poor at the forefront of their work,\u201d Hugh Evans, CEO of Global Citizen, said. \u201cTheir efforts are a testament to how the worlds of policy, business, the arts and entertainment can make a positive impact toward ending extreme poverty, tackling climate change and fighting inequality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Legend will host the event, and presenters will include Connie Britton, Emma Bunton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leona Lewis, Himesh Patel and Kal Penn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3> Popular on Rolling Stone <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/sting-global-citizen-prize-ceremony-924413\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sting will the recipient of this year\u2019s Global Citizen Artist of the Year Prize, given out annually by international advocacy group Global Citizen. A ceremony to honor the musician and Police frontman will be held at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall on December 13th. Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Chris Martin, Jorja Smith, Raphael Saadiq, Stormzy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 15:05:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}