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Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

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  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 11, 1988

Genres

Music

Original Title

Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Production Companies

Elephant House

Director

Ken O'Neill

Description

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on June 11, 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. It was also referred to as Freedomfest, Free Nelson Mandela Concert and Mandela Day. In the US, the Fox television network heavily censored the political aspects of the concert.