Mandela Song to Highlight AIDS Benefit Concert

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Mandela Song to Highlight AIDS Benefit Concert

New York Times (12.19.02) - Friday, December 20, 2002
Reuters

Nelson Mandela will be just another prison number again when he hosts an HIV/AIDS benefit concert on Robben Island, South Africa, where he spent 18 of his 27 years in apartheid jails. The Feb. 2 concert - featuring U2's Bono, Shaggy, Queen, and Macy Gray - will be held within the walls of the island prison, which is now a World Heritage site. Organizers say the 84-year-old Mandela will walk onto the stage to the tune of a new song "48864," the number he wore as a prisoner during his time on the island. The Robben Island event will be beamed to a simultaneous concert venue at Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, which has a capacity of 35,000 people. The concert will be televised globally with all funds raised going to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, UNAIDS, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Robben Island Museum.
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