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Press article By Warren Bright
Nelson Mandela joined music stars on stage at a concert in London's Hyde Park to celebrate his 90th birthday. As well as marking the former South African president's personal milestone, the concert raised funds for Mr Mandela's HIV/Aids charity 46664.
Mr Mandela told the crowd: "Even as we celebrate, let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete - our work is for freedom for all." Up to 50,000 people watched stars including Amy Winehouse and Queen.
Mr Mandela arrived on stage flanked by stars of the show, including Geri Halliwell and Leona Lewis.
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The 46664 charity was named after the prison number which Mr Mandela was given during the 27 years he spent behind bars for his stand against South African apartheid.
Referring to the Free Nelson Mandela concert at Wembley 20 years ago, he said: "Many years ago there was a historic concert which called for our freedom. 
Your voices carried across the water and inspired us in our prison cells far away.
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"Tonight we can stand before you, free." He added: "But even as we celebrate, let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete.
"Where there is poverty and sickness including Aids, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all."
He added to applause: "Friends and those watching all around the world, please continue supporting our 46664 campaign.
"We say tonight after nearly 90 years of life, it's time for new hands to lift the burdens. It's in your hands now, I thank you."
Earlier, actor Will Smith kicked off the concert with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, announcing: "The party begins now." He quoted singer Peter Gabriel as once saying: "If the world could only have one father, the man that we would choose to be our father would be Nelson Mandela."
LONDON -
Will Smith charmed the crowd, Amy Winehouse wowed them just by showing up — but Nelson Mandela proved to be the biggest star of all at a concert Friday in honor of the South African statesman’s 90th birthday.
Acts including Queen, Razorlight, Leona Lewis and a host of African stars joined more than 40,000 music fans for the outdoor show in London’s Hyde Park, hosted by movie star Smith and held to mark Mandela’s birthday on July 18.
Josh Groban and the Soweto Gospel Choir also performed at the event, which comes 20 years after a 70th birthday concert for an absent Mandela at London’s Wembley Stadium. Mandela, an anti-aparthied activist, had at that point been imprisoned in South Africa for 25 years.
He told Friday’s crowd that that concert made a big difference in his eventual release and the fight against the racist system, which was dismantled in the early 1990s.
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