Auf der Riesenbühne nur diese junge Frau mit Gitarre: Tracy Chapman wurde am 11. Juni 1988 aus dem Nichts zum Weltstar. Hier erzählt sie vom Londoner Soli-Konzert für Nelson Mandela – und was dann geschah.
The Nelson Mandela, an international tribute for a free South Africa, was scheduled on April 16, 1990 at the Wembley Stadium in London to celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela after 28 years in jail. Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Neil Young, Simple Minds and many others sang to celebrate a great victory for justice and humanity.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Tribute Concert is a concert event held on June 11, 1988 at the Wembley Stadium, London. To celebrate Nelson Mandela, the biggest stars performed songs of freedom, hope and love in front of 72,000 people at the Wembley Stadium and more than 600 million television viewers from 60 countries who watched the broadcast.