The biggest global charity event on the net ever!

LONDON, UK (Radio 1/46664 websites) - Nelson Mandela's Aids Day Concert is to be webcast globally live and free on Saturday, in what will be the world's biggest charity event on the net.
The concert kicks off the 46664 campaign to raise HIV/Aids awareness through music.
Each song performed by stars including Queen, Bono, Ms Dynamite and Beyonce will also be downloadable for 90 cents (euro).

The concert will feature a special song, 46664 Long Walk to Freedom, by Joe Strummer, Bono and Dave Stewart.

It is thought the live webcast of the concert from Cape Town, which can be watched on the campaign's site from 1630 GMT, will be seen by the biggest online audience ever.
A host of top music stars from around the world, including a number of African acts, will be performing at the concert. Among the performers are: Bono, Queen, Moloko, Ms Dynamite, Peter Gabriel, Eurythmics, Beyonce, Paul Oakenfold, Youssou N'Dour, Anastacia, The Corrs, Jimmy Cliff, Watershed, Lady Black Mombaza and Ready D.

46664 was the prison number of Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, Cape Town where he was held in captivity for 18 years. Mr Mandela asked Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and the late Joe Strummer to write lyrics for a song which included the number. The Eurythmics star finished the song with Bono earlier this year, and it was recorded as the first in a series of tracks penned especially for the campaign.

Another song which will have its debut online during the concert is a track by Queen, Invincible Hope, which features samples of Mr Mandela's voice.

The overall aim is to make the concert the most widely distributed and broadcast programme on HIV/Aids ever, reaching a global TV, radio and online audience of about two billion.

Major net service providers and music portals around the world have collaborated with net company Tiscali to show the concert for free. It will be streamed in the UK, in 14 European countries and South Africa, while other major net service providers and broadcasters like BBCi, Real Networks and MTV Online will be showing it too.
As well as raising money from tracks downloaded after the concert, there will also be a DVD and CD of the gig. Tracks can also be ordered by telephone around the world.