Nelson Mandela Concert
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Musical heavyweights are gearing up to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday with a massive concert in London's Hyde Park.
It is set to be one of the events of the year and Mr Mandela’s appearance is sure to make it an emotional and poignant evening.
You can see all the performances from an extra-ordinary line-up up of musicians on ITV1 from 9pm on Friday.
Those set to perform include Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Annie Lennox, Queen, Sugababes, Razorlight and Simple Minds with further headlining acts being lined up as special, surprise guest appearances.
Will Smith and other major stars will introduce the acts on stage.
Phillip Schofield will host the coverage for ITV while Fearne Cotton will be back stage reporting back with the artists taking part.
Phillip says: "I'm looking forward to a great concert with an already amazing line up of artists taking part, with surprises still to come. It's an honour to be able to host the ITV coverage along with Fearne Cotton and we'll be bringing the viewers great access to the concert and catching up with the artists taking part in this historical day.”
The event is being set up by ‘46664’, Nelson Mandela's global HIV/Aids awareness campaign, after he chose London for his 90th birthday celebrations.
Mr Mandela said at the announcement of the concert: "You all know that I am supposed to be retired but my friends and charitable organisations that bear my name want to use my 90th birthday year to raise funds to continue our work and so of course I want to help them.
"So, we have a bargain – I am going to London and they will host a concert in Hyde Park, which will raise awareness of our continuing work and much needed funds."
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The concert will be shown on Friday 27 June 2008 from 9:00PM - 11:00PM on ITV1.
Image credit: ITV
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