Katie Melua to perform at 46664 Benefit Concert

Belfast’s Katie Melua will be joining the likes of Queen, Annie Lennox, Will Smith and India Arie at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa to raise awareness of the HIV pandemic.

Mandela, who lost his only surviving son to AIDS at the start of this year, set up the concert with the support of celebrities including Bono, who performed at the first 46664 concert in 2003 alongside Bob Geldof and others.

The event, named after Nelson Mandela’s prison number, takes place at the Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate on Saturday March 19. All profits will be donated directly to the Nelson Mandela Foundation.