Mandela Day Photos – A Sample

Posted by The G on July 19, 2009 under G Reviews | Read the First Comment

By looking at these photos, you must promise to honor the purpose of Mandela Day: to make this world a better place by doing random acts of kindness, no matter how small, as often as possible.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here’s a sample of what you can expect to see in upcoming posts about this historic concert that I just witnessed.  For his 91st birthday, stars from the music world gathered at New York’s Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to former prisoner number 46664 and world rights activist, Nelson Mandela.  If you like these worldwide exclusive pix, keep checking back  for photos of Whoopi Goldberg, Gloria Gaynor, Jesse McCartney, Will i. Am, Wyclef Jean, Baba Maal, Zucchero and more!

All photos by G.

Aretha Franklin and Josh Groban

Lil Kim and Cyndi Lauper

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)

Stevie Wonder

Angelique Kidjo and Alicia Keys

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Mandela Day Concert

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I just witnessed history for the second time in 2 days!  Last night, I saw Sir Paul McCartney perform the first ever concert at Citi Field (the new Shea Stadium) and tonight, I saw the Mandela Day 46664 show at Radio City Music Hall.  Because there were so many great artists performing tonight, I’ll be dedicating a new post to each one, but in the meanwhile, enjoy this picture from the All-Star Jam at the end of the show.  Who were the performers you ask?  Gloria Gaynor, Angelique Kidjo, Baba Maal, Alicia Keys, Jesse McCartney (no relation to Sir Paul), Wyclef Jean, Zucchero, Will i. Am, Cyndi Lauper, Lil Kim, Queen Latifah, Dave Stewart, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Josh Groban, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder!  The A-List presenters included Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon, Forrest Whitaker, Morgan Freeman and Billie Jean King.

The purpose of Mandela Day is not just to celebrate the birthday of one of the world’s greatest humanitarians, but also to encourage all of us to do random acts of kindness, no matter how small, to help make the world a better place.  Promise yourself (we’ll all look away whilst you do that), that you’ll do your part.

From left: Susan Sarandon, Lil Kim, Cyndi Lauper, Stevie Wonder and in the front, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Photo by G.

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