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Coldplay And L-Acoustics Headline At Global Citizen India
Biggest L-Acoustics systems ever seen or heard in India brings together prestigious rental companies to join forces to supply the 200-plus loudspeakers
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t the end of last year, over 80,000 people descended on the MMRDA Ground in Mumbai for the first ever Global Citizen Festival India. This was the biggest music festival ever produced in the country and required the biggest L-Acoustics systems ever seen or heard in India. In fact, its sheer scale dictated that India’s most prestigious rental companies join forces to supply the required 200plus loudspeakers. The Global Citizen Festival is organised by Global Poverty Project. Based in New York, it has been running since 2012, bringing together the biggest international stars to raise awareness of extreme poverty across the world, its goals
being closely aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Global Citizen Festival India was produced by Wizcraft India and featured international artists including headliners Coldplay – lead singer Chris Martin is the Festival’s creative director for the next 15 years - A.R. Rahman, Jay Z and Demi Lovato, as well as Bollywood’s brightest stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, ShankarEhsaan-Loy and Arijit Singh. Pulling something of this magnitude together requires precise coordination and cooperation between all parties, as