Nelson Mandela's AIDS Day Concert: The Event (2003)

Genres - Music  |   Sub-Genres - Concerts, Vocal Music, Illnesses & Disabilities  |   Run Time - 388 min.  |  
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Synopsis by Jeremy Wheeler

On Saturday, November 29, 2003 at the Green Point Stadium in South Africa, a concert was held that featured over 30 artists banding together to present a wake-up call to the world in the name of Nelson Mandela's prison number to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Contributing artists include Beyonce Knowles, Queen, Paul Oakenfold and Jimmy Cliff performing in front of a live audience of over 40,000 and broadcast to over 2 billion people worldwide.

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AIDS, benefit [event], concert, rock-music, world-music