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Black Eyed Peas Play Free Benefit Show In South Africa |
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| 2006-05-03 |
Two years after Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas promised a South African crowd that the Black Eyed Peas would return for a free show, the group has scheduled the concert for May 28.
The Peas will perform for 60,000 people at Johannesburg Stadium as the first philanthropic endeavor for their Peapod Foundation.
"We fly all over the world doing concerts everywhere, and you see a big golf course and it's all beautiful and in the next block you see cardboard houses, and it's just inhumane if you don't do something about that or feel obligated to help in some way," singer Fergie explained backstage at a recent tour stop. "Some of these kids have never even seen a show in their life, and they're gonna get to go see a concert ... so it's a beautiful thing."
Billed as Black Eyed Peas and friends, the show will also raise funds and awareness for the Shanduka Foundation and their Adopt-a-School Program, with Nelson Mandela and Oprah Winfrey possibly attending.
The Peas also plan to document their journey for a potential documentary.
"We're gonna ask kids what their dreams are and hopefully put together a nice little presentation and air it on television so people in America can see it," Will said. "And other artists can go out there and pick other Third World countries to do the same efforts for." |
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