Current Events 11: Music News

<p>On the 11th episode of Current Events, Al explores the world of music and covers several articles about famous musicians.</p> <p>Recently, there has been a lot of news in the music world with one of the big events being the Global Citizen Festival. The event featured several artists performing from around the world in an effort to raise awareness and end global poverty. Let’s take a look at one of the performances! Also, let’s dive deeper into the lives of two popular female artists and then we’ll end by covering the current Billboard Hot 100 chart!</p> <p>Here are the key vocabulary:</p> <p>Global Citizen Festival<br /> to kick off<br /> countless<br /> star-studded<br /> to join forces with<br /> to drop<br /> vegan<br /> PETA<br /> merch<br /> Air Jordan’s<br /> gender neutral<br /> residency<br /> Cirque du Soleil<br /> conservatorship<br /> a minor<br /> to intensify<br /> exploitive<br /> to pull back the curtain<br /> allegedly</p> <p><a href= "https://chtbl.com/track/23977G/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alsensei/current-events-11.mp3"> Download MP3</a> (30MB) Right Click->Save Link As</p> <p>Articles used in this episode:</p> <p>Billboard.com:<br /> <a href= "https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/9636594/bts-coldplay-global-citizen-festival-2021/"> BTS Brings ‘Permission to Dance’ to Global Citizen, Joins Coldplay Virtually for ‘My Universe’ Performance</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9636559/bts-coldplay-my-universe-best-new-music/"> Fans Choose BTS & Coldplay’s ‘My Universe’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9634004/billie-eilish-vegan-air-jordan-line/"> Billie Eilish Debuts Vegan Air Jordan Line: ‘You Can Be Whoever and Whatever You Want With These’</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9636304/controlling-britney-spears-documentary-revealing-moments/"> 6 Most Revealing Moments From the ‘Controlling Britney Spears’ Documentary</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.b