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LONDON (AP) Nelson Mandela plans to travel to London next month to attend a special concert in London's Hyde Park, organizers said Tuesday.
The South African Nobel Prize-winner is retired and rarely makes public appearances, but a spokesman for Mandela's AIDS charity, Nick Southall, said he would attend the celebration. Organizers for the June 27th concert said invitations to perform have been sent to the Sugababes, Annie Lennox and Razorlight. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey also plan to be there. Proceeds from the concert will go to the 46664 charity, a reference to the number Mandela wore while imprisoned by apartheid authorities. The charity raises money to fight AIDS. The concert coincides with the 20th anniversary of the Free Mandela concert in London, whose organizers demanded that Mandela be freed from prison. Mandela turns 90 on July 18. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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