Performing at Nelson Madela's 90th birthday celebrations

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Eddy Grant will next month perform in South Africa for the first time; all part of his promotional tour for his new album Road to Reparation. One of his popular songs is "Gimme Hope J’oanna" (Johannesburg) which has become an anti-apartheid anthem. Last year he performed at Nelson Mandela’s 90^th birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park with the band that backed the late Lucky Dube (god rest his soul). They will back him up at his performance in Cape Town next month.

Stephen Marley was to join his brother Ziggy and fellow Jamaican Shaggy at the Rotorua Raggamuffin Festival in New Zealand on Feb. 7th. According to the shows official site, due to a leg injury he will no longer perform. Fans can look forward to performances from the other acts:Eddy Grant, Ali Campbell of UB40 fame, Arrested Development, Inner Circle, Kora,Unity Pacific, Three Houses Down