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Human Rights Now, Wembley Stadium, 2 September 1988

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My musical odyssey through the 80s was about to come to an end. But there was one more event for me to see the decade out with a bang. The “Human Rights Now” concert had been set up perhaps with the Live Aid phenomena in mind. It aimed to bring the World together in a declaration to end poverty and exploitation particularly in the 3rd World. Nelson Mandela had become a figurehead for the movement as he continued to be held prisoner in South Africa. The entourage came to Wembley, the scene of Live Aid just over 3 years earlier, for the first show of this tour.

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We all received with our tickets the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the concerts were to mark the 40th anniversary of the original declaration. This was always more of a political rather than charitable venture. Amnesty International was behind this series of 20 concerts that aimed at raising awareness of human rights abuses rather than raising money. The concerts which were to take place across the 5 major continents. There had already been a similar tour restricted to the US in 1986 and there would be another 2 tours over the next decade.

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