One talented artist or group will perform LIVE at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival, appear in Rolling Stone, and win $50,000.
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THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME
The search is on to find one exceptionally talented musician, band, or artist to head to New York City this fall to perform live at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival for more than 60,000 attendees, appear in the iconic pages of Rolling Stone magazine, and take home $50,000.
2025 BENEFICIARY
Global Citizen is an international advocacy platform dedicated to achieving the end of extreme poverty, powered by a community of millions of Global Citizens who believe in one world where everyone has an equal chance to thrive. Colossal is proud to support them as they mobilize millions of people and convene across all sectors to drive tangible policy change and financial investments to defeat poverty, demand equality, and defend the planet.
DOLLARS RAISED SINCE 2024
$2,173,906.50
2024 BENEFICIARY
In 2024, Colossal proudly supported MusiCares and their mission to help the humans behind the music, including artists, production crew, writers, engineers, and more. Offering preventive, emergency, and recovery programs, MusiCares is a safety net supporting the health and welfare of the music community.
Making Music History
Rolling Stone is the unrivaled industry leader and one of the most iconic brands of our time—reaching a global audience of over 60 million people every month with cutting-edge multi-platform content. Staying true to its mission to tell exceptional stories that illuminate the culture of our times, Rolling Stone is the authority for music reviews, hard-hitting political commentary, and award-winning journalism.
The Live Performance
Global Citizen Festival is the hottest music festival of the year and the only place you can enjoy today’s top artists while taking action toward ending extreme poverty and promoting social justice. Previous performers include The Black Keys, Stevie Wonder, Jelly Roll, Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe, Ariana Grande, Metallica, Post Malone, and Doja Cat.
The 2024 Top Hitmaker
Duplexity
Meet last year’s winners: DUPLEXITY, the sibling duo from Los Angeles that’s bringing ’90s alt-rock back—with a twist. Blending nostalgic grit with sharp metal undertones, Savannah and Luke Judy are multi-instrumentalists with serious stage presence and raw energy. Their electric chemistry and unapologetic sound made waves at Rolling Stone’s Future of Music Showcase at SXSW, where they shared the bill with Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Ivan Cornejo, Rema, and more at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin.
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SoundCloud is an artist-first platform powered by a global artists and listeners at the pulse of what’s now and next in music culture. With 400+ million tracks from 40+ million artists from 193 countries, SoundCloud is the largest audio discovery platform in the world.
Nearly 70 years after founder Leo Fender built his first electric guitar, Fender has established a worldwide influence that extends from audio to the stage and beyond. Everyone from beginners to acclaimed artists have used Fender instruments, amps, and gear.
Exclusive Interview With The Architect of Shock-Rock
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock.
With a schedule that usually includes six months each year on the road, Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper (in both the original Alice Cooper band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where CNN can present real life shocking images.
Alice insists he’s still motivated to continue touring and recording albums. Currently booked through the end of 2025 across both the USA and Europe, Alice is currently releasing a new album, “The Revenge of Alice Cooper,” that’s a reunion of the original Alice Cooper band that rocked the world in the ‘70’s – their first new album together since 1973, once again produced by Bob Ezrin.
As if that wasn't enough, “Alices Attic,” Alice’s nightly radio show, continues to air in dozens of cities in the USA, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia. The five hour long show features his favorite classic rock songs along with his insider anecdotes about many of the artists five nights a week. Plus he does a monthly golf-themed show on SiriusXM with his longtime pal, golfer Rocco Mediate, called “Rolling The Rock With Alice and Rocco.”
With his influence on rock & roll and popular culture long since acknowledged, there is little that Alice Cooper hasn't achieved in his remarkable career, including platinum albums, sold-out tours and any number of honors and career achievement awards.
As he heads full steam into 2025, Alice shows no signs of slowing down.
