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46664 was a series of AIDS benefit concerts played in honour of Nelson Mandela by South African and foreign musicians between 2003 and 2008.
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46664 was a series of AIDS benefit concerts played in honour of Nelson Mandela by South African and foreign musicians between 2003 and 2008.
The second time that Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island was in 1964, and he was the 466th prisoner that year. [1] His prison number remained 466/64 until 1982, when he was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison and given the prison number 220/82. [2] "Prisoner 46664" continues to be used as a reverential title for him. Shortly before Joe Strummer's death, he and U2's Bono co-wrote the song "46664" for Mandela as part of the campaign against AIDS in Africa.
On 29 November 2003, an event called the 46664 Concert was held at Green Point Stadium, Cape Town. It was hosted by Mandela and its goal was to raise awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. The following artists performed:
Following the concert, three live CDs and a DVD titled "46664: The Event" were released.
On 19 March 2005, another "annual" 46664 Concert was held at Fancourt Country Club and Golfing Estate, in George, South Africa with people like Katie Melua, Prime Circle, Annie Lennox, Juluka with Johnny Clegg and Queen + Paul Rodgers. Will Smith was the host.
The first 46664 event to be staged in Europe took place from 29 April 2005 through to 1 May 2005 in Madrid, Spain. The concerts named "46664 Festival Madrid" focused on Spanish-speaking artists, as shown in the following list:
("Roots night", 29 April 2005) |
("Pop night", 30 April 2005) |
("Singer-songwriter's night", 1 May 2005)
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On 11 June 2005, the 46664 Arctic Concert was held in Tromsø, Norway. The following artists performed:
On 1 December 2007, International World AIDS Day , a third concert was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The concert was hosted at Ellis Park, with tens of thousands of people in attendance. [3] Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Angelique Kidjo, Ludacris, Corinne Bailey Rae, Goo Goo Dolls, Razorlight, The Who, Prime Circle, Cassette and Jamelia performed for Nelson Mandela on stage. The event was streamed live on iclips.net. All technical services were supplied by the Gearhouse Group South Africa
A concert celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday took place in London's Hyde Park on 27 June 2008.
Artists who performed at this special event included Jivan Gasparyan, Josh Groban, Zucchero, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Simple Minds, Jerry Dammers, Amy Winehouse, Amaral, The Who, Sugababes, Razorlight, Leona Lewis, Eddy Grant, Joan Baez and Jamelia. Will Smith opened the concert with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith later performed his song "Switch". Quincy Jones also made an appearance introducing Leona Lewis. Other celebrities who made an appearance include Lewis Hamilton, Geri Halliwell and Peter Gabriel.
Joining them were South African and African artists Johnny Clegg, Sipho Mabuse, Loyiso, Vusi Mahlasela, the Soweto Gospel Choir, AIDS orphan choir The Children of Agape (the subject of the award-winning film feature We Are Together ), the legendary Papa Wemba, and Sudanese "war child" rapper Emmanuel Jal, among others.
A surprise guest, expected to be the Spice Girls, had been promised, but the girl group did not perform. Dame Shirley Bassey had been confirmed as a guest, but did not appear on advice from her doctors, following recent stomach surgery.
The concert was broadcast live online at Iclips.net and on Virgin Radio, and highlights shown on ITV1 (and MHD in the United States), hosted by Phillip Schofield and Fearne Cotton.
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"46664 (Long Walk to Freedom)", also known as just "46664", is a 2004 song by U2 vocalist Bono and Clash guitarist Joe Strummer, released as part of a series of albums called 46664, both named after Nelson Mandela's prisoner number after his 1964 arrest. The album version, released as a single on October 21, 2003, was originally intended to be performed with Strummer before his death in 2002. Instead, the song was performed by Bono along with Eurythmics multi-instrumentalist Dave Stewart, U2 guitarist the Edge, Senegalese politician and musician Youssou N'Dour, and Abdel Wright. The albums came along with a concert also called 46664 which honored Mandela and benefitted charitable efforts against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Bono and Strummer wrote the song with Stewart and performed it with the album lineup at the 46664 concert at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on November 29, 2003, a recording of which was featured on the 46664 the Event live album and concert DVD.
