• June 27, 2008

Rock band Live appears on stage at last year’s 46664 concert in Johannesburg

Nelson Mandela and the performing artists line up to address the crowd at last year’s concert

Johnny Clegg is excited to be playing at this year’s 46664 concert

Crowd party at last year’s concert

This year’s concert will streamed live on 46664.com and can be watched on SABC 2 at 9pm

Nelson Mandela shares a joke with the crowd at the 2007 46664 concert

Wish you were in London tonight?

With some of the hottest artists around set to perform at the 46664 concert tonight at Hyde Park in London as part of Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations, there’s probably no place you’d rather be.

But if you’re not going to be able to make the concert, you’ll be happy to know that London is only a click away. You can watch the concert live, courtesy of 46664.

46664.com will be showing the concert on its website with an easily downloadable media player from 7.30pm Central African Time (CAT) onwards.

If you prefer to watch the concert on big screen, and don’t mind waiting, SABC 2 will be broadcasting the concert in South Africa from 9pm onwards tonight.

Hip hop legend Will Smith will be hosting the show, and several celebrities are set to make an appearance on stage.

With a line-up which includes Leona Lewis and Annie Lennox; the legendary Queen and Paul Rogers; Simple Minds; The Sugababes; Andrea and Sharon Corr; Josh Groban; Papa Weba and Dame Shirley Bassey among many others, a night in front of the computer is starting look pretty appealing.

Amy Winehouse is also scheduled to perform, while several South African artists, including the Soweto Gospel Choir, Johnny Clegg, Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, Loyiso and Kurt Darren, will be rocking Hyde Park with some South African flavour.

Music video channel VH1 will also be streaming the concert live on their website www.VH1.com. Highlights from the concert will be shown on VH1 on Monday, June 30.