Nelson Mandela's London 90th Birthday Party

Nelson Mandela will be celebrating his 90th birthday with a huge party in London's Hyde Park on 27 June 2008. There will be an audience of 46,664 exactly as this was Mandela's prison number. Acts performing include: Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes, Dame Shirley Bassey, Razorlight, Andrea and Sharon Corr, Eddy Grant, and Jamelia. The concert will feature numerous unexpected appearances, with several major artists keeping silent about their involvement in order to take both Mr Mandela and the audience by surprise.

Tickets cost £65 and are on sale today from: www.livenation.co.uk.

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