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Chris Martin Talks New 15-Year Gig as Curator of Global Citizen Festival

Posted by Mike McCready | February 15th, 2015 | No responses

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As his band Coldplay prepares to release its presumed final studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, later this year, Chris Martin has already lined up his next gig: curator of the Global Citizen Festival, for the next 15 years.

Why so long? Because 2015 marks the establishment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a “to-do list” of 17 tasks to end extreme global poverty by the year 2030.

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