As ageing British pop star Elton John prepares for the start of what has been billed as his first tour of South Africa on the weekend, locals are recalling his real first in front of South African audiences at the height of apartheid 25 years ago. If John can claim today he never played in South Africa it’s because Sun City, where he played 25 years ago, was back then part of Bophuthatswana - one of the nominally independent, overcrowded “homelands” where the apartheid state dumped millions of blacks. John’s tour kicks off in Cape Town on Sunday before moving to the port city of Durban on the...
46664 Concert Honouring Nelson Mandela at 90; A Gathering of 46,664 Great Friends and Supporters; London, Hyde Park, June 27, 2008
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Presale tickets at http://www.46664.com Tickets on public sale Friday, May 9 at http://www.livenation.co.uk LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the world's most powerful and instantly recognisable figures and a concert...
Simple Minds to play Mandela gig
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Simple Minds have been added to the line up for Nelson Mandelas 90th birthday concert. Frontman Jim Kerr says the band are honoured to be part of the event in Londons Hyde Park on June 27 - 20 years after they took...
Chinese imports revive music business
Business Report
Business Report
By INGI SALGADO Johannesburg - China's booming production of affordable musical equipment has orchestrated a revival for South Africa's musical instrument sales and servicing sector, dormant for the latter part of the...

