11 June 1988 – NELSON MANDELA’s 70th Birthday Tribute Event At Wembley In LONDON
11 June 2025
On 11 June 1988, 37 years ago today the 70th birthday of South-African, anti-apartheid revolutionary NELSON MANDELA was celebrated by the music world with a massive event at Wembley Stadium in London. It featured an impressive cats of big stars, such as Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Dire Straits, Stevie Wonder, Tracy Chapman, George Michael, Eric Clapton, Chrissie Hynde UB40, Eurythmics, Simple Minds and actors Richard Gere and Whoopi Goldberg.
The celebration was broadcast live on BBC 2
to 40 different countries with an estimated
audience of 1 billion.
At the time Mandela was still in prison for his anti-apartheid politics.
After 27 years he was finally a free man. He became South Africa‘s
president from 1991 to 1997. He passed away in 2013, aged 93.
Three memorable concert moments.
– PETER GABRIEL –
– SIMPLE MINDS –
– WHOOPI GOLDBERG –
