Bob Marley's 60th birthday

Ethiopia to Celebrate Marley's 60th Birthday: "Bob Marley's 60th birthday will be celebrated with a month-long program of events in Ethiopia in February 2005.
The program, titled 'Africa Unite,' will be spearheaded by a globally televised concert on Feb. 6, featuring the Marley children and his former backing singers the I-Threes.
Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones and top African acts including Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal and Youssou N'Dour will also perform.
The concert will be held in Addis Ababa's Mascoll Square, on what would have been Marley's 60th birthday. The singer died of cancer on May 11, 1981. Negotiations are under way for international rights to broadcast the concert. "

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