Nelson Mandela in London to Celebrate Birthday

Nelson Mandela, the former South African president, is in London for the week to celebrate his 90^th birthday. He is set to attend an outdoor concert that is in his honor in Hyde Park on this coming Friday. The performances will include Queen, Annie Lennox, Leona Lewis, and the Soweto Gospel Choir. Amy Winehouse will also perform if her doctors say that it is okay for her to do so. The proceeds from the concert will go to 46664 charity, which is the AIDS charity named after the number Mandela wore while he was imprisoned by South Africa’s apartheid authorities.

Mandela is also set to meet supporters, which include Prime Minister Gordon Brown, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and talkshow host Oprah Winfrey. The concert coincides with the 20^th anniversary of London’s Free Mandela concert. Mandela was released from prison in 1990 after being incarcerated for 27 years and was elected as the first black president in South Africa in 1994.

Nick Lachey’s Choir Wins Clash of the Choirs

Nick Lachey and the hometown choir he put together won in Thursday night’s finale of NBC’s “Clash of the Choirs.” They won $250,000 that will go to Cincinnati Children’s Hopsital Medial Center. Lachey’s choir beat four other choirs that were led by other music celebrities, such as Patti LaBelle, Kelly Rowland, Michael Bolton, and Blake Shelton, who went to their hometowns to find talented singers. The choirs performed live in four different airings in New York. The winner was determined by viewer voting.

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