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Guyanese superstar Eddy Grant joins Shirley Bassey, Eminem, Leona Lewis, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith as well as a host of other international artistes in concert on June 27 at Hyde Park in London to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 90th birthday. The concert will help raise funds for Mandela’s charity, 46664, named after his prison number from Robben Island, which helps fight HIV and AIDS worldwide.

Eddy GrantTwo days later, Eddy begins his Reparation World Tour with his first tour dates in the UK in over 20 years, according to a press release from Live Nation. His first gig is at Glastonbury on June 29. Eddy then hits the stage in Bournemouth, Brighton, Manchester among several other places in England, before heading to Scotland and then Ireland. He is scheduled to play in Switzerland on July 18, then Italy the next day, before appearing in concert in Austria, Germany, Holland and Belgium. His tour ends in France on July 29……


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