Simple Minds for Mandela
THE List of artists connexion to keep Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday is growing, with rock band Simpleton Minds adding their diagnose to the Hyde Ballpark concert broadside.
Simple Minds have been added to the agate line up for Nelson Mandela’s 90th natal day concert. Frontman Jim Kerr says the banding ar honoured to be part of the event in London’s Hyde Car park on June 27 - 20 days after they took part in the Free Nelson Mandela concert in the sami metropolis.Kerr and his bandmates penned the song Mandela Day and panax quinquefolius it at a series of concerts round the earth in a campaign for the South African's freedom.Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was imprisoned for 27 long time after opposing apartheid in South Africa. After his release in 1990, he successfully campaigned against apartheid and became the country’s Chairman. Kerr told Scotland’s Daily Record paper: “For us, it’s really, rattling special because it’s 20 age to the day when we took portion in a concert at Wembley Sports stadium. “It was in very different circumstances. Mandela was very much a mysterious man imprisoned on Robben Island. I testament never forget how goodness he made us feel on his press release in 1990, when he told a elbow room full of different artists that when no voice was allowed, he would somehow incessantly learn the voice of the artists.” The line up for the spectacular concert besides includes Amy Winehouse, Leona John Llewelly Lewis, Annie Lennox, Queen, Razorlight, Sugababes and possibly Eminem. The event testament raise money for Viscount Nelson Mandela’s 46664 drive, which raises awareness approximately Acquired immune deficiency syndrome in Africa and across the globe. The campaign is named later on Mandela’s prison house number from the fourth dimension he spent in jailhouse on Robben Island. In keeping with the report, 46,664 tickets volition go on sale on Friday English hawthorn 9th.
Abhishek Ray
