Watch Eddie Vedder & Beyonce Cover ‘Redemption Song’ At Global Citizen Fest

September 27, 2015

At tonight’s Global Citizen Fest in NYC’s Central Park, Pearl Jam ended their 12 song set with covers of John Lennon, Bob Marley, and Neil Young. Sitting without his band on acoustic guitar, Eddie Vedder was joined on Marley’s “Redemption Song” by Beyonce, who performed and introduced First Lady Michelle Obama earlier in the night.

Watch Eddie Vedder & Beyonce duet below – a clip from late civil rights leader Nelson Mandela’s anti-poverty speech inLondon in 2005 plays over the duo mid-song.

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Watch the duet below.

Global Citizen Festival is part of the Global Poverty Project, a UN-backed campaign to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030.

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