46664 ARCTIC – LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT
STRONG SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS FOR 46664 ARCTIC
Organisers Announce Concert Line-Up
(LONDON, UK – 10th MAY 2005) Having confirmed that former President
Nelson Mandela will travel from South Africa to Tromsø, Norway, in June
to host the 46664 ARCTIC concert to convey his HIV/AIDS message to the
northern hemisphere countries, and at the same time deliver a strong
caution to leaders of the G8 summit that more needs to be done in the
global fight, the 46664 concert organisers today announced a host of
artists names who have all come forward to appear at the concert in
support of Mr. Mandela and his campaign.
The list of artist bears witness to a truly global endorsement of
the 4664 campaign, with performers and present 46664 ‘ambassadors’
coming together from across the world to appear in Tromsø: Queen’s
Brian May, who will perform with Armenian musician Jivan Gasparyan, Led
Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, UK cult rock band Razorlight, Italy’s
Zucchero, Ireland’s Sharon Corr, Benin’s Angelique Kidjo and South
African artists including Bongo Maffin, Johnny Clegg and Ladysmith
Black Mambazo and many of Scandanavia’s top artists including Ane Brun,
Anneli Drecker, Kaizers Orchestra and Madrugada from Norway, and Saybia
from Denmark. They will all perform in the presence of Mr Mandela.
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