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Please be advised that The Mandela Day concert performance scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden on July 18, 2009 will now take place at Radio City Music Hall.

Tickets marked Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Madison Square Garden will not be honored at Radio City Music Hall. Any patron who previously purchased a ticket to The Mandela Day concert performance at Madison Square Garden will be contacted to receive comparable seats at Radio City Music Hall.

For further information, you may visit www.Ticketmaster.com or www.thegarden.com for updates.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you and look forward to your continued patronage of Madison Square Garden.

NEW YORK HOSTS THE FIRST 'MANDELA DAY' CONCERT

A Special Concert to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 91st Birthday
Radio City Music Hall - Saturday, July 18

CELEBRATING THE IDEA THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE AN IMPRINT

STEVIE WONDER, ALICIA KEYS, WILL.I.AM, T-PAIN, JESSE CLEGG, GLORIA GAYNOR AND EMCEE WHOOPI GOLDBERG TO JOIN THE MANDELA DAY CONCERT LINEUP Additional performers will join Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Forest Whitaker, Aretha Franklin, Wyclef Jean, Queen Latifah, Dave Stewart, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Josh Groban, Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Jesse McCartney, Zucchero, the Soweto Gospel Choir and a host of African artists to help kick-off the first Mandela Day Celebration

Staged by 46664 with the support of the Nelson Mandela Foundation charitable organizations and backed by world figures including President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President Zuma, Forest Whitaker, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, Quincy Jones and many others, the Mandela Day celebrations will bring together a raft of major music names from the US and Africa to perform under the banner of Mandela Day.

Drawing its numeric title from Mr. Mandela's Robben Island prison number (prisoner 466/incarcerated in 1964), 46664 was founded in 2002 when Mr. Mandela gave over the number under which he served 17 of his 27 years incarceration, to Eurythmics' founder Dave Stewart, to use to call attention to finding solutions to critical social issues such as HIV/AIDS and the social injustices that impact the disease such as poverty, gender inequality and the lack of education.

To date, the 46664 campaign has raised millions of dollars applied to supporting projects in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa where current needs are deemed greatest, particularly in assisting those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Many of 46664's ambassadors will form part of a multi-artist concert bringing together leading US artists with many of Africa's foremost performers for 'Mandela Day,' a celebration for Mr. Mandela's 91st birthday, in a day which will be seen as a meeting in music between the US and Africa in a concert for the world.

Further invited guests will include France's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, making a rare concert appearance, as well as Italy's Zucchero, a 46664 ambassador artist who has given support at each of the prior 46664 concerts.

Adding to the star value of the day, Hollywood legends and 46664 supporters Forest Whitaker, Sharon Stone, Susan Sarandon and many others have all committed to attend.

Further artists will be joining the growing line-up and can be expected to be announced in the lead up to the concert.

New York's concert for Mr. Mandela will not only further spread the message of 46664 but aims to have a longer lasting purpose - to mark a day in each year as one of which we collectively reflect on Nelson Mandela's inspiration and guidance and individually strive to make our own contribution.

More information can be found at www.MandelaDay.com.