Happy Birthday, Nelson !

90 ! (next july 18th)
Friday's concert (in Hyde Park) coincides
with the 20th anniversary of London's
Free Mandela concert, held to demand
he be freed from prison.
He was released in 1990 after 27 years
behind bars, and was elected South-
Africa's first black president in 1994.
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A Nigel Parry's preview on what's going to happen
in Hyde Park...

... Royalty and politicians from both sides of the Atlantic, leading names from
business, sport, film and entertainment -- and some of the most successful
musicians of the past twenty years -- make up the birthday list for three days
of celebrations, culminating in a three-hour evening concert in London's Hyde
Park on Friday June 27, The 46664 Concert Honouring Nelson Mandela at 90...
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