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Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis to play Nelson Mandela gig

Leona

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Razorlight and Eminem to play too

Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis are to set to perform at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in London's Hyde Park.

The gig will take place on June 27. Razorlight, Eminem, Duffy, Keane, Sugababes and Jamelia are also set to appear on the bill.

Around 45,000 tickets for the show, priced from £65, will be sold using a Glastonbury-style online registration system which opens for a week from tomorrow (April 29), reports The Sun.

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Belle de Jour fan x x 

Apr 28, 2008

Amy is the best!!!! Good luck to her divorcing Blake.

USA alcoholic getting sober 

Apr 30, 2008

Nelson deserves better. Associating Winehouse's name with this great man is an insult to him. I have rooted for her until just the last couple weeks. She is too self absorbed for words. Who cares anymore. Leona is a delight tho!

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