
Annie Lennox, Corinne Bailey Ray, James Morrison, Beth Orton and Marc Almond have all signed on for Peace One Day, a concert for global peace. The event will be held September 21 at Royal Albert Hall in London, and includes video messages and specially filmed pieces by David Beckham, Jude Law and others. Peace One Day began as a film project of filmmaker Jeremy Gilley in 1999. Gilley's goal was to establish the first ever annual day of global cease-fire and non-violence.
In 2001, September 21 was unanimously adopted as Peace Day by UN members states, and by 2006, 200 countries had committed to the initiative.