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

Name: Dire Straits with Eric Clapton - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Director: Ken O'Neill
Genre: Music
Released: 1988-06-11
Rating: 7
Cast: Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Jack Sonni, Alan Clark, Eric Clapton

1988

Music

Director: Ken O'Neill

Overview

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.