Dave Stewart and France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are confirmed to perform as a duo at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 18 in celebration of Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday. The concert will mark the first annual global "Mandela Day." Aretha Franklin (in her big hat}?, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Jesse McCartney, Josh Groban and Wyclef Jean, and others will also perform.
In other Dave Stewart news, not only does he write music, perform, and sell sex toys, but he has a new photography book available,The Dave Stewart Songbook Vol. 1. ( Talk about jack of all trades)! The book features portrait photographs by Stewart either with or inspired by the works of artists like Annie Lennox, Mick Jagger, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry, Gwen Stefani, Bono, and others.
Did you know:
Dave Stewart was originally approached by Nelson Mandela to help fight the AIDS epidemic. Stewart envisioned a global campaign using Mr. Mandela's prison number "46664" for telephone donations. Stewart wrote songs with a number of artists, including Bono, Paul McCartney, and the rock band Queen, which would only be heard after dialing a prefix on a cell phone or a landline. As donators listened, they were charged a fee, with donations going straight to the 46664 fund.
Dave Stewart, along with Queen, went on to co-create the first 46664 concert in South Africa. Stewart enlisted friends including Bono and The Edge, Beyoncé, Bob Geldof, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Gabriel, Anastacia, and long-time partner Annie Lennox, along with many of Africa's legendary artists for the event. The four-and-a-half hour concert was broadcast live in South Africa on SABC and worldwide on MTV on World AIDS Day to over 2 billion people.
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