MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his international music festival debut when he attends the Global Citizen Festival on 27 September in Central Park, New York. Musical acts on the line-up include stars such as Jay-Z, Tiesto, Fun, Carrie Underwood, The Roots, and No Doubt. Actors Hugh Jackman, Jessica Alba and Katie Holmes will be hosting the festival. It will be co-hosted by actor Adrian Grenier, English Actress Bonnie Wright, grandsons of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Kweku Mandela and Ndaba Mandela, popular American broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien.

He would be joined by Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh; United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group; Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway; Sushil Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal; Dr. Roger Kolo, Prime Minister, Republic of Madagascar; the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mrs. Helle Thorning-Schmidt; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Global Citizen Festival is an action rewarded, awareness driven music festival in Central Park where fans take action to earn tickets. The primary aim of Global Citizen is to serve as platform to raise awareness about various issues, especially those affecting the poor, and to find opportunities to support campaigns and organisations that help towards sustainable change. We united around a simple yet powerful idea: that by giving every child a chance to thrive, our generation can end extreme poverty. The festival coincides with the U.N.’s annual gathering of world leaders at its headquarters in the city.