MANDELA 90TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT GOES DOWN IN LONDON TONIGHT.

Here is Will and Jada arriving at the Mandela 90th birthday dinner in London. I wonder if his ex-wife Winnie who waited for him all those 27 years will be there. Will Smith will be hosting the star studded concert in Hyde Park tonight! Our sister blogger Sumit at The Hip-Hop Chronicle should be covering that too.

Meanwhile, AMY WINEHOUSE is preparing a unique treat for NELSON MANDELA's birthday concert tonite - she's planning a duet with THE SPECIAL AKA star JERRY DAMMERS. The Rehab hitmaker is reported to be teaming up with British rocker Dammers to perform his band's hit song Free Nelson Mandela - a track he wrote in 1984 to campaign for the release of the former South African president.

Dammers, a staunch opponent of the apartheid regime, organised the 70th birthday concert celebration for Mandela in 1988, despite the politician and anti-apartheid activist being in jail at the time. He was released on 11 February 1990. His 90th birthday gig is to be held in London's Hyde Park on Friday today.