| FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life C5

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ONE WORLD: TOGETHER AT HOME

Curated by pop star Lady Gaga, this massive fund-raising livestream show for healthcare workers will feature performances and appearances by some of the world’s biggest stars, including Billie Eilish (above), Taylor Swift, Shah Rukh Khan, Jacky Cheung and Paul McCartney. Organised by the World Health Organisation and music collective Global Citizen, the show will be hosted by US talk-show hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. The main two-hour show will be preceded by a five-hour special that will include appearances from celebrities such as singer Eason Chan and South Korean boy bands SuperM and NCT 127. WHERE: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, , Mediacorp Channel 5 and other platforms WHEN: Sunday, from 3am; main show at 8am INFO: globalcitizen.org/togetherathome

INDIE ROCK/POST-PUNK THE NEW ABNORMAL REVISION MUSIC LIVESTREAM The Strokes Home-grown DJs Rah (left) and Nez Senja (far left) will do a livestream of a The title of New York band The four-hour DJ set comprising jazz, Strokes’ (above) sixth album is eerily soul, electronica and hip-hop. prescient. The New Abnormal, their The livestream is also a donation first album in seven years, comes amid a global pandemic drive for the Vulnerable Women’s and is a fitting soundtrack to these times. Fund by Aware Singapore, which Weaving elements of electronica into their guitar-led provides help for women affected blend of new wave and post-punk, Julian Casablancas and by the Covid-19 pandemic. gang mull over regret in Not The Same Anymore and Why WHERE: facebook.com/ Are Sundays So Depressing? and seemingly question past revisionmusicsg artistic choices in Bad Decisions. WHEN: Today, 9pm Cheery synthesizers drive the verse of Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus, but the quintet also add a melancholic touch to Ode To The Mets, a plaintive homage to the city that birthed the band.

BTS’ BANG BANG CON

Like other music acts, K-pop giants BTS (left) were forced to cancel all their concerts because of the coronavirus pandemic. But fans rejoice – the South Korean group is staging a virtual festival this weekend that will feature free streams of their past performances from recent years on their YouTube page. The eight concerts from 2014 to 2018 include the Love Yourself and The Wings Tour concerts in . WHERE: youtube.com/user/BANGTANTV WHEN: Tomorrow and Sunday, 11am

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