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

Music

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ken O'Neill

Status Released

Release Date 1988-06-11

Storyline

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.