Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band to tour South Africa Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band are to perform in South Africa for the first time, almost three decades after the group campaigned against apartheid. Two shows are scheduled for Cape Town on 28 and 29 January, with a third in Johannesburg on 1 February. Dont miss this once in a lifetime opportunity, said a message on Springsteens website. Guitarist Steven Van Zandt founded the protest movement Artists United Against Apartheid in 1985. As part of the campaign, Van Zandt, Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis and various other influential musicians recorded the protest song Sun City. Its target was the gambling resort in the nominally independent homeland of Bophuthatswana, which attracted less politically minded acts to perform there by paying them large sums of money. Apartheid ended in 1994 following Nelson Mandelas election as the countrys first black president.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:06:50 +0000
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