Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nelson_Mandela_70th_Birthday_Tribute_concert

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	music festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	Freedomfest
gptkbp:broadcastOn	televised to over 67 countries
gptkbp:city	gptkb:London
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	11 June 1988
gptkbp:duration	over 11 hours
gptkbp:featuresArtist	gptkb:The_Hothouse_Flowers gptkb:Paul_Carrack gptkb:Aswad gptkb:Harry_Belafonte gptkb:Natalie_Cole gptkb:Stevie_Wonder gptkb:Tracy_Chapman gptkb:Whitney_Houston gptkb:Youssou_N'Dour gptkb:Hugh_Masekela gptkb:Simple_Minds gptkb:The_Christians gptkb:The_Fat_Boys gptkb:Freddie_Jackson gptkb:Eurythmics gptkb:George_Michael gptkb:Midge_Ure gptkb:Al_Green gptkb:Bee_Gees gptkb:Percy_Sledge gptkb:Peter_Gabriel gptkb:Phil_Collins gptkb:Miriam_Makeba gptkb:Chrissie_Hynde gptkb:Dire_Straits gptkb:Eddy_Grant gptkb:Salt-N-Pepa gptkb:The_Communards gptkb:Jerry_Dammers gptkb:Sly_and_Robbie gptkb:The_Pasadenas Sting Joe Cocker
gptkbp:followedBy	Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute concert
gptkbp:hostedBy	gptkb:Denny_Laine gptkb:June_Sarpong gptkb:Lenny_Henry gptkb:Ben_Elton gptkb:Billy_Connolly gptkb:Meat_Loaf
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Wembley_Stadium
gptkbp:notablePerformance	Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Dire Straits with Eric Clapton Simple Minds - Mandela Day Stevie Wonder (performed despite technical issues)
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Tony_Hollingsworth
gptkbp:precededBy	Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute campaign
gptkbp:purpose	campaign for Nelson Mandela's release raise awareness for Nelson Mandela's imprisonment
gptkbp:significance	major event in global anti-apartheid movement helped raise international awareness of Nelson Mandela's imprisonment
gptkbp:targetAudience	over 600 million viewers worldwide
gptkbp:theme	anti-apartheid freedom for Nelson Mandela
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Anti-Apartheid_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7