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Monat 01-03 2005 (04-06 - 07-09 - 10-12)

04. Januar Bourgoin-Jallieu, France

06.-09. Januar Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, S.A.

06/01/2005 12:15 PM - (SA)
Johnny adds a touch of magic to summer season
070105 http://www.news24.com/Regional_Papers/Components/Category_Article_Text_Template/0,,303-307-312_1643770~E,00.html
In a celebration of compelling combination, Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu perform A South African Story, Part II, at Spier's spectacular outdoor amphitheatre. His story of music, historical insight and personal anecdotes from his career, stretches nearly three decades, and now Johnny and Sipho come together again to entertain their supportive fans with A South African Story, Part II.
If there is one artist in South Africa symbolizing a culturally integrated society, it has to be Johnny Clegg. His mastery of the language, the dances, compositional techniques and guitar styles of the Zulu gave him an opportunity to develop a modern African identity, and confidently be at home in both cultures.
"It's a cultural journey to find out what it is to be a South African in the world, and I find myself at a very interesting time in South Africa where there is so much flux, change and movement," says Clegg.
Johnny Clegg met Sipho Mchunu in 1970 when he was sixteen.
It was the beginning of a friendship otherwise inconceivable in a land under apartheid, and it was the start of a team that was to work together for the next fifteen years.
They played for each other, becoming more and more fascinated by each other's talent and in 1975 they formed Juluka (the Zulu word for sweat).
In 1979, they produced their first album, Universal Man, which was banned on most South African radio stations. They took their music abroad and played with Lady Smith Black Mambazo in West Germany in 1981.
Juluka had a tour of Canada in 1982 and by 1983 Sunday Times rated them as one of South Africa's top bands.
However, in 1985 Sipho felt that the group had achieved their greatest success and the group split.
Johnny continued to pursue music, but slanted towards a contemporary rather than Zulu approach and so launched his new band, Savuka, in 1986.
The band travelled abroad extensively and supported international music icons such as, David Bowie, Tina Turner and Tracy Chapman.
By 1990, EMI International rated Savuka as one of their top four acts.
Clegg's cultural cross over into Zulu tradition encapsulates the goals for a unified South Africa, where colour is no longer used to distinguish people and cultures can be shared.
His music is considered to be representative of our nation and Scatterlings of Africa still brings a feeling of unity and patriotism to most South Africans.
Johnny Clegg will perform at the open air Spier amphitheatre on January 6 to 9 at 20:30.
Bookings can be made through the box office on 809-1177 or e-mail boxoffice@spierarts.org.za.

Johnny adds a touch of magic to summer season
06/01/2005 12:15 PM - (SA) 070105 http://www.news24.com/Regional_Papers/Components/Category_Article_Text_Template/0,,303-307-312_1643770~E,00.html und http://www.samusic.co.za/pageContent.asp?intClassKey=17&intContentKey=2658
In a celebration of compelling combination, Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu perform A South African Story, Part II, at Spier's spectacular outdoor amphitheatre. His story of music, historical insight and personal anecdotes from his career, stretches nearly three decades, and now Johnny and Sipho come together again to entertain their supportive fans with A South African Story, Part II.
If there is one artist in South Africa symbolizing a culturally integrated society, it has to be Johnny Clegg. His mastery of the language, the dances, compositional techniques and guitar styles of the Zulu gave him an opportunity to develop a modern African identity, and confidently be at home in both cultures.
"It's a cultural journey to find out what it is to be a South African in the world, and I find myself at a very interesting time in South Africa where there is so much flux, change and movement," says Clegg.
Johnny Clegg met Sipho Mchunu in 1970 when he was sixteen.
It was the beginning of a friendship otherwise inconceivable in a land under apartheid, and it was the start of a team that was to work together for the next fifteen years.
They played for each other, becoming more and more fascinated by each other's talent and in 1975 they formed Juluka (the Zulu word for sweat).
In 1979, they produced their first album, Universal Man, which was banned on most South African radio stations. They took their music abroad and played with Lady Smith Black Mambazo in West Germany in 1981.
Juluka had a tour of Canada in 1982 and by 1983 Sunday Times rated them as one of South Africa's top bands.
However, in 1985 Sipho felt that the group had achieved their greatest success and the group split.
Johnny continued to pursue music, but slanted towards a contemporary rather than Zulu approach and so launched his new band, Savuka, in 1986.
The band travelled abroad extensively and supported international music icons such as, David Bowie, Tina Turner and Tracy Chapman.
By 1990, EMI International rated Savuka as one of their top four acts.
Clegg's cultural cross over into Zulu tradition encapsulates the goals for a unified South Africa, where colour is no longer used to distinguish people and cultures can be shared.
His music is considered to be representative of our nation and Scatterlings of Africa still brings a feeling of unity and patriotism to most South Africans.
Johnny Clegg will perform at the open air Spier amphitheatre on January 6 to 9 at 20:30.
Bookings can be made through the box office on 809-1177 or e-mail boxoffice@spierarts.org.za.

• Eminem might be cool but Johnny Clegg still gets my 'encore'
  http://www.spierarts.org.za/reviews_view.php?news_id=70 and http://www.spierarts.org.za/reviews_view.php?news_id=70
  
  Big Dada - The rise and fall of Idi Amin
  CAPE TIMES 10 Jan 2005 Page 8, 12 Jan 05
  
  The last of the Christmas gifts for ' my son, and hell, it wasn't as if he didn't have enough of them, was a gift voucher for a music store. On New Year's Day we ventured forth to the Waterfront to execute it.
  
  The boy stood in awe as he pondered the merchandise and finally narrowed it down to two choices. One was a compilation of covers of hits, quantity aplenty.
  The other was by an original artist. I tried not to shudder as I discovered it was Eminem's Encore. The boy hovered and finally decided on Encore. We took it home to the friends we were spending the day with. It was not without some pride that I told them that he had chosen to buy a CD by the artist himself.
  Trying not to look like 40-something dinosaurs my friend's husband and I agreed that the anti-war song by Eminem was very important and cutting edge. My friend just gave a firm instruction that the sound be turned down (showing that her brain was still functioning).
  Having kids is an education in music (among other things) for people like me who were never the cool kids at school who knew everything about pop music. But on Thursday I was able to show my son that I knew something about music he didn't know.
  We spent the night at Spier Hotel (a great extravagance but worth it for the pure pleasure it brings). When we got there I discovered that Johnny Clegg was playing,
  I also discovered that it is not true that you never forget how to ride a bicycle, but that is another story.
  I was torn: did we go and see the concert or did we hover outside and just listen to the music. In the end the concert won, although the girls were parked at the hotel's clubhouse for children - a wondrous invention.
  I had shivers down the back of my legs before Clegg even hit the stage. The stars were shining fiercely, the African sky was set.
  And the table was one of pure joy. It didn't matter that Clegg spoke a little more than I would have liked because he was at his instructive best. What
  mattered was that the music was pure and the child was impressed.
  He was a little confused about why I was crying during The Crossing, but why wouldn't one cry at the thought of the passing over into the great hereafter (well I hope it's all it's cracked up to be).
  When Clegg roared: "Impi" we roared back.
  How do you explain to someone who is nine years old that a song can take you back to your 20s; to a time when hurtling down the road between Stellenbosch and Kalk Bay on the way to the Brass Bell was infused by one man's songs played on a ropey cassette deck in a battered old Golf with a door with a tendency to fall off.
  That, in a line of a song or the beat of a drum your youth is wound together with the longing of that time, with
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  the hope and the dread that was so much part of our youth.
  Better just to settle back and look up at the stars and let your soul dance with the sound.
  The next morning at breakfast my son, Alex, reckoned he spotted Clegg in the hotel. He was impressed that I was torn with a sudden childish desire to hunt the man down and throw myself at his feet metaphorically.
  In the end I settled for another cup of coffee and decorum. But if I had had one thing to say to Mr Clegg it would have been: I still burn for your music.
  I would also have told him that Eminem might be a compelling social commentator on war, according to the folks who know, but it was Juluka and Savuka and a host of those missing and present in action who helped fuel my revolution.
  CROCKER'S CORNER
  JEN CROCKER

02.2005 Braai at Johnny's house Early feb 2005 Johnny held a braai (barbecue) for as many of the surviving people that played for him in his career as could make it. These are a few snaps from the event - more to come. Pictures available from the French tour (Sanary)- click here

04.03.2005 ICC Durban, SA http://www.realsa.co.za/concerts/JC_eastcoast.htm

EAST COAST RADIO proudly presents Johnny Clegg in concert! Johnny, one of South Africa’s most loved entertainers, and a global superstar, will be performing one show only at the Durban Exhibition Hall 2 on the 4th March!

Clegg and his music have become symbols of South Africa’s proud heritage and rank amongst our finest exports. Think Castle, Marmite, Mrs. Ball’s Chutney, koeksisters, the Protea, the Springbok, and of course the White Zulu. Standing the test of time, Johnny, together with Juluka and Savuka, has provided us with songs that have become soundtracks to our lives. From the anthemic “Impi”, “Asimbonyanga” and “The Crossing”, to the smash hits including “Cruel, Crazy Beautiful World”, “Crocodile Love”, “I Call Your Name”, “Take My Heart Away”, and “African Sky Blue”, Johnny undoubtedly makes us proud to be South African!

“East Coast Radio is very excited about supporting the Johnny Clegg concert.” says Gavin Meiring, the station’s programme manager. “Johnny is an icon in the South African music industry and we know that from the response we get every time we play one of his songs, ECR listeners will undoubtedly flock to see him live in concert!”

Catch this exciting show, where old and new fans will undoubtedly experience the magic of Johnny Clegg!

4th March at the Durban Exhibition Hall 2 on the 4th March for one show only!

Tickets are available from Computicket and cost
R150-00 (excludes Computicket’s service charge). For more information visit their website www.computicket.com or call them on 083 915 8000.

19.03.2005 2nd  Fancourt SOUTH AFRICA PRESS RELEASE, S

http://www.brianmay.com/queen/tour05/pressreleases.html
ANNIE LENNOX, KATIE MELUA, INDIA.ARIE TOGETHER WITH HOST OF TOP SOUTH AFRICAN TALENT JOIN QUEEN FOR 46664 SOUTH AFRICA CONCERT SUPPORTING WOMEN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS
JO’BURG, South Africa – 24 January 2005.
One of the world’s greatest female singer/songwriters, Annie Lennox has confirmed that she will join Queen + Paul Rodgers at the forthcoming second 46664 concert now in the planning to take place at Fancourt on March 19. ....
Also now confirmed to appear to support 46664’s ongoing campaign against HIV/AIDS are some of South Africa’s top artists, among them: Mafikizolo, Prime Circle, Kabelo, Danny K and Mandoza, Blk Sonshine, and Karen Zoid. Highly anticipated is a return to South Africa from the USA by Just Ginger founding member Art Matthews, and what promises to be a magical performance by Johnny Clegg who will be joined by massed Zulu dancers. Who’s performing?
Queen and Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Katie Melua, India Arie, Johnny Clegg, Kabelo, Mandoza and Danny K, Mafikizolo, Prime Circle, Karen Zoid, Art Matthews (from Just Jinger), Black Sunshine and Mel Botes. The African Children’s Choir will also be on stage.
Movie star Will Smith is to join the forthcoming Nelson Mandela 46664 South Africa concert taking place in Fancourt, South Africa. Smith – a recently appointed 46664 ambassador – has agreed to be Master of Ceremonies at the concert taking place at Fancourt on March 19.
http://www.realsa.co.za/concerts/46664_2005.htm

Will Smith leitet Aids-Konzert http://www.vol.at/engine.aspx/page/vol-article-detail-page/cn/vol-news-yvhunnius-20050318-100626/dc/tp:vol:leute
Will Smith war der Erste, der dem Ruf von Südafrikas Ex-Präsidenten Nelson Mandela folgte. In Südafrika wird an diesem Wochenende ein international übertragenes Aids-Benefiz-Konzert leiten.
Rund 25.000 Zuhörer werden auf dem Fancourt-Golf-Anwesen von SAP-Mitbegründer Hasso Plattner erwartet. An der so genannten Garten-Route wird Smith neben Künstlern und Gruppen wie Annie Lennox oder Queen auch seine eigene Frau Jada Pinkett ankündigen: sie will den Zuhörern mit ihrer neugegründeten Band Wicked Wisdom einheizen.
Bei der Veranstaltung soll Bewusstsein für die Aids-Problematik und die Auswirkungen der Krankheit auf Frauen im Speziellen geschaffen werden. „Unsere Zukunft hängt von ihnen ab, und wir sowie die ganze Welt müssen unsere Verantwortung ihnen gegenüber anerkennen“, betonte Mandela. Allein in dem Kap-Staat sind 5,3 Millionen Menschen mit dem Aids-Virus infiziert.
Der frühere südafrikanische Präsident hatte erstmals im November 2003 zum fünfstündigen Aids-Benefiz-Konzert nach Kapstadt geladen. Damals waren seiner Stiftung 5,7 Millionen Rand (650.000 Euro) zur Aids-Bekämpfung zugeflossen. Insgesamt traten gut 30 internationale Künstler bei dem Konzert auf, das nach Mandelas einstiger Häftlingsnummer “46664“ in den Apartheid-Gefängnissen benannt war.
Das Konzert in Fancourt knüpft an den Erfolg dieser Veranstaltung an und stellt den Auftakt für eine weltweite Serie ähnlicher Konzerte dar. Das nächste ist bereits am 11. Juni in Tromsö (Norwegen) geplant und vereint nationale Musiker wie Ane Brun, Annelie Drecker oder Madrugada auf der Bühne.
In Fancourt treten alle Musiker kostenlos auf, während Plattner alle Kosten übernimmt. Der Erlös - zu dem auch Einnahmen der CD- und DVD-Mitschnitte gehören - geht an Mandelas Stiftung. Die Organisatoren versprechen ungewohnten Musikgenuss durch Künstler, die noch nie miteinander aufgetreten sind. So soll Katie Melua mit den Queen-Mitgliedern Brian May und Roger Taylor Stimmung machen, die ihrerseits erstmals mit Paul Rogers von der Gruppe Bad Company auftreten werden.
Ein Teil des Konzerts ist Südafrikas Musikerelite gewidmet - vom „weißen Zulu“ Johnny Clegg über Kwaito-Star Mandoza bis hin zur Afropop-Gruppe Mafikizolo oder der Afrikaans-singenden Rocklady Karen Zoid.

In case you haven't seen it, I was looking on http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/features/46664_2005.html  for some way to replay the concert and I found this in the Video section:
"This is were you will be able to enjoy some great 46664 videos including the historical 2003 concert (see below), plus highlights of the live webcast on March 19 soon on Tiscali.
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH SPECIAL THE HOUR-LONG 2003 CONCERT FOOTAGE!
Check back for video updates. "
So if you haven't already checked out last year's concert, you can see a few minutes of Johnny Clegg footage starting at minute 21:21. They show the duet with Jimmy Cliff, Asimbonanga and Johnny talking about Asimbonanga.
And it looks like there will be footage from this year's concert there too. I'd like to see it again, as I'd never seen them perform Impi or Tatazela (with the Zulu dancers). The live coverage also had an interview where Johnny talked in Zulu. There was nothing off of the new album, but it was all great, especially Brendan's sax solos on Scatterlings and CCBW. Great Heart started with a new intro, but otherwise, the rest of the band looked and sounded the same. Johnny even wore the same jacket!
Posted by Jamie 22.03.2005 01:27

26.03.2005 Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2005, SA

"The Festival organisers have also announced that Johnny Clegg will be making his debut appearance at South Africa's biggest Jazz Festival. The popular ex-Juluka and Savuka frontman is regarded as a South African musical icon and ambassador and he recently completed a very successful US tour."
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503240955.html, http://www.news24.com/News24/Entertainment/Local/0,,2-1225-1242_1680963,00.html

• 14 Stunden Jazz und mehr / Ein unvergessliches Erlebnis: Das Cape Town International Jazz Festival
  ... Eine halbe Stunde später: Johnny Clegg singt ,,Sitting on the top of Kilimanjaro" im Kippies und tanzt wie der Zulu, der er eigentlich ist. ....
  http://www.az.com.na/index.php?page=news/news.php&identifier=1079864025&id=10848

• Stars, Tears And Lots of Loud Singing / The Nation (Nairobi)
  ... It was not any different for South Africa's international star Johnny Clegg who eventually manipulated the crowd into singing back-up for him, to very good effect. He clearly has a magic grip on a good many of his countrymen and women across the racial divide. When he sang Scatterlings of Africa, it was the audience that one heard, and not even the powerful equipment could raise his voice or the sound of the band high enough! ....
  .... This applies to Johnny Clegg, whose is not a jazz artist per se, leaning more heavily to traditional Zulu folk and rock influences. ....
  http://allafrica.com/stories/200503310773.html

• ....Fünf Bühnen, je sieben Stunden abwechslungsreiches Programm über zwei Abende, knapp 40 verschiedene internationale Musikgruppen und 15000 Besucher pro Tag.....
  Eine halbe Stunde später: Johnny Clegg singt ,,Sitting on the top of Kilimanjaro" im Kippies und tanzt wie der Zulu, der er eigentlich ist. ....
  http://www.az.com.na/index.php?page=news/news.php&identifier=1079864025&id=10848 01. April 2005

Monat 04-06 2005 (01-03 / 07-09 - 10-12)

02.04.2005 Pretoria, SA - JC is going to be performing with Luciano Pavarotti,

who will be there for one night only in April as part of his Farewell world tour, as he's retiring this year. Pav, JC, Sibongile Khumalo, Sibongile Mngoma and a 15-voice choir. http://www.goingplacessa.com/article_detail.asp?Article_ID=548 "The Maestro will share the stage with Italian soprano, Simona Todaro and two of South Africa’s favourite sopranos - Sibongile Mngoma and Sibongile Khumalo - as well as “le Zulu blanc”,Johnny Clegg."

Pavarotti tour changes date
While excitement mounts for fans anticipating the forthcoming Luciano Pavarotti's Farewell from Africa concert taking place at Supersport Park, Centurion, on Saturday, April 2, concert Promoters, Rand Merchant Bank, announced a change in the
line-up.
Because Pavarotti has extended his Russian and Eastern European tours he will arrive in the country with limited time to rehearse
before his South African performance.
Subsequently, our own superstar Johnny Clegg, who was booked to perform at the concert, has withdrawn.
The reason for this decision is that Clegg's management believe there is not enough time for him to rehearse and, given a performance of this nature, insufficient rehearsal time would not do justice to the event.
The good news is that the South African contribution to the concert has been given a boost through the inclusion of the fabulous Afro Tenors, who will share the support bill with the enchanting and most gifted sopranos Sibongile Khumalo and Sibongile Mngoma. - Tonight Reporter
Published on the web by Tonight on March 18, 2005. http://tonight.co.za/general/print_article.php?fArticleId=2452265&fSectionId=514&fSetId=251

12.05.2005 Lucasfilm Ltd. Selects Ten Charities for Benefit Premieres of Star Wars:
Episode III Revenge of the Sith; Premieres to Be Held Simultaneously on May 12, 2005

• more information about "Charity Profile: Artists for a New South Africa"
  http://www.ansafrica.org/ and http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/charity/news20050328.html and Lucasfilm Ltd.’s press release about all of the national fundraising premieres.
  see 'Our People' > BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
  ... JOHNNY CLEGG - Recording Artist ..

CARNIVAL: Rainforest Foundation Concert
sound sample: Ufomeni Uyangithanda - Johnny Clegg
http://juluka.free.fr/carnival.htm

Johnny Clegg (with Caramba Spectacles) new album debut 2005 - Tour Summer and October 2005 www.johnnyclegg.com

27.05.2005 Cadillac, France

31.05.2005 Troyes, France

copyright & more pictures

03.06.2005 Perpignan - Festiva Ida Y Vuelta, F

04.05.2005 Spécial Festival Musiques Métisses d'Angoulême :Mahotellas Queens et Johnny Clegg

http://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/em/pontdesartistes/index.php?id=33542

05.06.2005 Bobigny, F

• We uploaded 66 pictures from Bobigny concert (last Sunday)
  Johnny and the group were very happy to be on stage, a good concert... :-)
  The set list : Africa, African sky blue, Giyani, I call your name, Take my heart away, Emalonjeni, Dela, Digging for some words, Dela, Woza Friday, Bullets for Bafazane, Gunship ghetto, Cruel crazy beautiful world, In my african dream, Great heart, Umfazi omdala, Scatterlings of Africa, Asimbonanga
  Bad news, the new CD will not be released before the year end :-( Good news (perhaps) its style will be between Juluka and Savuka, more Zulu than New Word Survivor- Other thing, Concord will release a new CD soon, and later a DVD...
  Posted by Daniel 10.06.2005 00:51

11.06.2005 Tromsø 4664 Artic Concert mit Johnny Clegg (UK/SA) http://www.46664arctic.no/index.php?cat=36578a

The live broadcast starts at 17:00 European and lasts till 01:00 European.

Johnny Clegg (UK/SA) http://www.46664arctic.no/index.php?language=en&cat=36578

Sometimes Johnny Clegg is called "the White Zulu", who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka. He is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu and English lyrics, and African / European / Celtic music styles.
In June 2004, Clegg and Savuka toured North America for the first time in over eight years, doing 22 concerts in one month. Even though they had no albums for sale in North America during those eight years, they filled most of their venues. At the close of the final concert at the Keswick Theater in Philadelphia, he stated that he was amazed at the reception they had gotten, and promised to return the following year with a full band. He then thanked his Internet fans for their support. In 2004 he was voted 23rd in the Top 100 Great South Africans. For more information, see: www.johnnyclegg.com

Noen ganger blir Johnny Clegg kalt "the White Zulu", som har spilt inn og opptredd med sitt band Juluka og Savuka. Han er en viktig figur i sørafrikansk popmusikkhistorie, med sanger som blander zulu og engelske tekster, og afrikanske/europeiske/keltiske musikkstiler. I juni 2004 turnerte Clegg og Savuka Nord-Amerika for første gang på over åtte år, med 22 konserter på en måned. Selv uten et eneste album til salgs i Nord-Amerika i løpet av de åtte årene, spilte de for det meste for fulle saler. På slutten av den siste konserten i Keswick Theater i Philadelphia, uttalte Clegg at han var imponert av mottakelsen de hadde fått og lovte å komme tilbake neste år med fullt band. Han takket så sine internett-fans for deres støtte. I 2004 ble han kåret til nummer 23 på lista over de 100 største sørafrikanerne. For mer informasjon, se: www.johnnyclegg.com (http://www.46664arctic.no/index.php?cat=36578a)

http://46664.tiscali.com/minisite/arctic/

17.06.2005 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo theatre

Tickets are for sale on ticketmaster for £20 - add on a Service Charge of £3 and a processing fee of £4.75. That's almost a 40% fee on top for ticketmaster. http://www2.ticketmaster.co.uk/cgi/asp_events/byid.asp?event_id=17003A99F6BB369F&affiliate=ENT3&brand=uk_ents24

Look Who´s Talking
Johnny Clegg http://www.tntmagazine.com/uk/regulars/displayPage.asp?ID=lookwhostalking
The legendary musician explains how honing his talents in and around South African Zulu worker settlements shaped a career spanning four decades.
You’ve had a couple of decades to hone your live performances, so what can we expect from your show this week?
Our live performance has always been our strength. We’ll have strong visuals, strong dance, strong energy and no monotony. There is so much going on you will never have a dull moment.
Do you still indulge in the high-kicking Zulu dancing?
Yes, of course! It’s still a part of the show and I’m proud to say that I am still able to do it. There is one dancer with me and the music covers the whole range of my career.
Let’s go back in time. You hung around the hidden world of Zulu worker settlements as a teenager. You must have been a pretty strong-willed kid.
I think I was a loner. I was 14 or 15 years old and the twilight world of the migrant Zulu worker, who is living and working illegally in South Africa is, yes, a very hidden world. In a profound sense, I felt privy to a great secret, a world on the fringe of society, where you didn’t know where they came from and where they went to at night.
So it was an adventure for you. Did you find a harsher reality than you expected?
In some ways. In workers’ compounds, in hospitals, in warehouses, at the top of apartment blocks is where they’d end up, and they’s take their Zulu warrior culture. They’d invade a block of flats and slowly push other people out of there to bring in their families. I was flung into this head first with no preparation, solely because I was into the music. Music was the core to the social life of these people and it helped them cope with reality. But for me, it was always an adventure.
What drew you to the music, and how did you cope with the social pressures?
I was equipped with a bit of talent with the guitar already, and was deeply fascinated at the way the guitar had been changed and adapted by Zulu musicians. Strings had been put a different way around, the tuning was different and the plucking style was completely unique. I felt that I was welcomed warmly for taking an interest in all of this. My youth was a passport to this world because I could always plead ignorance to the police when I was arrested. So in a way, being young made the cultural and political pressures easier to cope with. I feigned ignorance of everything around me, while the police screamed at me that I wasn’t allowed to be in the area. They said, “This is a black area, you’re a white boy. You’ve got to learn the law!” I didn’t understand the ramifications of the racial segregation of the time. I just knew I had to find a way around it.
What are your most striking memories of those migrant settlements?
The settlements were constructed along tribal divisions. They developed and mirrored the different districts from Zululand, so you’d find, on the first floor of the west wing, migrants from one part and on the second floor, to the north, a different group. You can imagine, this was a deeply amazing thing for a young, white South African. It was truly another world with corruption and drama and muti murder.
Did you ever pick up an interest in muti magic?
Not so much in a direct sense. I was interested in the symbolic way medicines were mixed, and what their properties were.
Your first introduction to music was via a challenge from your long-time collaborator, Sipho.
I had developed an urban legend around me as a kid for being a much more accomplished guitarist and dancer than I actually was. The fact that I was white, I guess, made it a great story and people just couldn’t believe it. I was the storm player, the killer. It was just the right kind of statement to get another guitarist’s blood boiling because it is like gun slinging — we all competed against each other in the street. Sipho heard of me and turned up at my house and challenged me. He said, “I hear you are a bull, and your bellowing has been heard all over the town. I also am a bull”. That signified a competitive confrontation. But Sipho was far more advanced — he was an actual songwriter. I asked him to teach me more.
Your parents must have been very open-minded about all this.
I was in a single parent family and yes, I was always raised in an open-minded household. My mother was a jazz singer. She took it in her stride. Her only worry was when I was going into areas that were known for gang violence or tribal wars. In those days it was very dangerous. The police would tell my mum that when I turned 18, I would be arrested for what I was doing.
Were you initially appreciated more outside South Africa?
We were successful, but it was very hard. There’s always designation in music, whether it’s hip-hop or rock. The music industry creates divisions, it makes it easier for them to market. We were crossing over jazz, rock, Zulu street guitar, Celtic. These are melodies that you will never have heard before.
Johnny Clegg plays the Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 on Friday, June 17. See www.amabala.co.uk for details. Tickets £20. — Sean Maher tntcm230305

• Johnny Clegg: a South African hero: Johnny Clegg: Hammersmith Apollo, London 4/5
  Copyright 2005 Guardian Newspapers Limited The Guardian (London) - Final Edition June 23, 2005 Guardian Leader Pages, Pg. 24
  Robin Denselow http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1512657,00.html
  Unexpectedly wild scenes at the Hammersmith Apollo. The venue is packed to capacity although there has been almost no publicity, and the girls pressed around the stage are screaming for a singer who started recording before many of them were born. Johnny Clegg is not exactly a household name in Britain, but back home in South Africa he has the status of a national treasure, and it seems that every (predominantly white) South African in town has turned out to see him.
  Clegg has a unique place in African musical history. Born in England, and brought up in apartheid-era South Africa, he's a white one-time university lecturer who was taught Zulu guitar styles by a gardener with whom he formed the band Jaluka in the 1970s. Together they set out to mix Western melodies with English and Zulu lyrics and Zulu musical structures, and to play to mixed-raced audiences, despite the hostility of the apartheid authorities. His later band, Savuka, had a more conventional Western pop approach, and with them Clegg became something of a superstar in Europe.
  It's difficult to understand why he has been ignored in Britain, because he is in remarkably good form. He is singing with more conviction and attack, and is still an impressive dancer. As for the songs, the old favourites like Impi and Scatterlings work well against the newer material, and Asimbonanga is still one of the most stirring and moving of all the anti-apartheid anthems, especially when he is joined by his mighty female vocalist Mandiswa Dlanga.
  He has achieved a clever blend of Western rock and African influences (many of the best songs are those in which he switches from guitar to township-style concertina), and in future he could expand his acoustic work. With a performance this good, he shouldn't just have to rely on his South African following.
• So whatever happened to Johnny Clegg, the talented, energetic white songsmith who dared fight against apartheid within South Africa, studying Zulu music, language and dancing, playing with mixed-race bands in the townships when just thinking about that kind of thing could get you arrested? His anthemic singles like Scatterlings Of Africa and Asimbonanga were massive in Europe in the '80s, even bruising the charts in the UK; his approach and sound was adopted wholesale by Paul Simon for Graceland. His '80s tours were tremendous, but we last saw him at Womad in the mid '90s and since then nary a whisper. So when a South African friend (and one time student of Johnny's) told me she'd heard he was playing this barely advertised gig, I went along expecting a thin house and a Clegg probably diminished by age.
  How wrong can you be? For a start, on this first hot night of the summer, the venue was jammed to the rafters. I had no idea so many white South Africans lived in London! For a second, Johnny put on a show as good or better than anything I saw in his glory years in the late '80s. He's a little stouter and thinner of hair than he was then (aren't we all?), but his dancing - greeted with ecstasy by the crowd - was almost as spectacular and his voice still hits all the high notes. Where on earth does he get the energy from?
  In a repertoire spanning from his Juluka days in the '70s to date, he included all the old favourites and crowd pleasers - Asimbonanga, Scatterlings, Take My Heart Away, Great Heart, I Call Your Name. But whereas some of the old records do now rather suffer from dated production techniques and keyboard cheese, his current band are truly tremendous - massive and contemporary. Guitarist Andy Innes can do everything from a hint of soukous through SA styles to beefburger rock with class, putting all those leather-trousered French blokes who used to turn up with Salif Keta to shame. Bassist Concord Nkabinde and drummer Barry Van Zyl are rock solid, fluid and inventive; sax player and relatively restrained keyboard-cheesist Brendan Ross deservedly got plenty of spotlights on his horns; and voluminous but light-footed singer Mandisa Dlanga oozes charisma. Johnny himself still occasionally puts the guitar aside to grab the Zulu squashbox, and the front line four or five-part vocal blend is just magnificent.
  The huge crowd roared, swayed and pogo-ed - I've rarely been at a gig where the applause hurt my ears rather than the band! There was something life-affirming about the way this almost entirely 20-something white audience, most of whom can only have been children in the apartheid years, clearly adore the band's heavily Zulu-influenced music with Clegg's strong political and humanist message, punching the air and yelling approval when the names of Steve Biko and Victoria Mxgenge were checked in Asimbonanga. I do know some people here who still hold subliminal misgivings about white South Africans, although they know that many supported the struggle in the bad years: if they had been at this gig, they would have come in for heavy reality re-arrangement. I came away buzzing!
  Posted by Ian 07.07.2005 23:27 (http://www.frootsmag.com/content/ia/cv/)
• I went to the london concert this year and last year as well. I think both shows were just as good when it came to the audience. I was standing at the front against the barrier both times, so I could hear the audience(loudly) as they were all shouting towards me. The crowd were good natured both times.
  This years concert felt different to last years. 1stly, last year, we had to queue up at least an hour before the doors opened and there was a huge queue. This time, there was no queue outside, people just filtered in. There was a bit of a queue inside and it looked empty for about 10 mins after the doors opened then within about half an hour, the whole auditorium was full.
  No warm up acts this year, just straight to johnny(after a bit of a delay as they were waiting for more people to come in.
  Main reason I said it felt diff to last year's is that last year, it was held on johnny's birthday. Near the end(before the encore), the brought out a birthday cake, some of the audience passed a home made happy birthday sign forward which was draped in front of the drums for the encore. Over 2000 people then sang happy birthday to him.
  This year, although there was no zulu dance at the end, johnny seemed much more energetic on stage and hardly stopped dancing.
  Overall, both concerts(this year's and last years) wre as good as each other but in a different way. Cannot wait to see him again.
  Posted by nw86281 10.07.2005 23:25

18.06.2005 Palaiseau, F

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26.06.2005 Besancon, F

28.06.2005 Toulon, F

30.06.2005 Fougeres, F

10.07.2005 Köln, SUMMERJAM D ***Cancelled***

Die Rückkehr des weissen Zulu
Lange war es still um den Mann, der in den 90er Jahren mit seiner Band Savuka in ganz Europa Triumphe feierte. Titel wie "Asimbonanga" oder "Scatterlings of Africa" wurden selbst in Deutschland im Radio rauf und runter gespielt, in Frankreich bekam die Band einen "Victoires de la musique" Preis, in den USA wurden sie für einen Grammy nominiert. Das so etwas in Zeiten von "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" unmöglich geworden ist spricht eher gegen unsere Radiolandschaft als gegen Johnny Clegg. Sein neues Album "New World Survivor" ist vorerst nur in seiner Heimat Südafrika erschienen ( wo es allerdings auch schon Goldstatus erlangt hat ). Live überzeugt der Gitarrist und Sänger, der seine Karriere zu Zeiten der Apartheid als Strassenmusikant begann und durch sein gemeinsames Auftreten mit Zulumusikern mehr als einmal mit einem Fuß im Gefängnis stand, nach wie vor mit einer mitreissenden Bühnenshow - Inhlangwini Tänze inklusive.

10.07.2005 SA - JOHNNY CLEGG - White Zulu at Emperor's Palace http://entertainment.iafrica.com/music/recommended_gigs/457858.htm

Johnny Clegg, one of South Africa’s most loved entertainers and a global superstar, is back home after a whirlwind season of successful international tours. Fans of the iconic Johnny Clegg can experience the magic of the man and his music, for one show only, at Emperor's Palace on the 10th July.
Back in South Africa after performances in Germany, Canada, the UK and France as well as at the recent 46664 concert in Norway, where Johnny headlined with other legendary performers such as Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel and Robert Plant.
This your only chance to see Johnny as he departs shortly after to take on some more of Europe and the US.
Enduring almost three decades (Juluka's first smash hit "Woza Friday" was released in 1976) in a somewhat unpredictable industry, Clegg and his band still play to sell-out venues both locally and internationally.
Johnny and his music have become symbols of South Africa's proud heritage and rank amongst our finest exports.
Standing the test of time, Johnny, together with Juluka and Savuka, has provided us with songs that have become soundtracks to our lives. With every high and low experienced a Johnny Clegg song comes to mind.
From the anthemic "Impi", "Asimbonyanga" and "The Crossing", to the smash hits including "Cruel, Crazy Beautiful World", "Crocodile Love", "I Call Your Name", "Take My Heart Away", and "African Sky Blue", Johnny undoubtedly makes us proud to be South African.
Catch Johnny Clegg at Emperor's Palace on the 10th July at 3pm for one show only!
Tickets are available from Computicket and cost R125 (this price excludes Computicket’s service charge). For more information visit their website www.computicket.com or call them on 083 915 8000.

12.07.2005 Firmini, F

14.07.2005 Blanc Mesnil, F

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18.07.2005 Karslruhe, D Tollhaus - http://www.tollhaus-karlsruhe.de/ Konzert für Südafrika

Zeltival: http://www.zeltival.de/programm/johnny-clegg
Als vor 11 Jahren in Südafrika erstmals freie Wahlen stattfanden, die Nelson Mandela zum ersten schwarzen Präsidenten des Landes machten, da hatte zu dieser längst überfälligen Entwicklung eben auch Johnny Clegg beigetragen. Im Land am Kap nennt man ihn den weißen Zulu. Der Sänger und Gitarrist, der als Zweijähriger mit seinen Eltern nach Südafrika gekommen war, trieb sich schon als Teenager in den für Weiße verbotenen Townships herum. Hier lernte er die Sprache, die Lieder und Tänze der Zulus kennen. Mit dem gemeinsamen Auftreten mit JULUKA und später SAVUKA stand er mehr als einmal mit einem Fuß im Gefängnis. Diese beiden Bands waren die ersten, in denen Schwarze und Weiße gleichberechtigt miteinander auftraten und mit europäischen, amerikanischen und afrikanischen Musiktraditionen experimentierten. Er wurde mit Grammies, Goldenen Schallplatten und vielen Awards geehrt. Titel wie »Asimbonanga« oder »Scatterlings of Africa« wurden selbst in Deutschland im Radio rauf und runter gespielt, in Frankreich bekam Johnny Cleggs Band einen »Victoires de la musique« Preis. Live überzeugt der Gitarrist und Sänger nach wie vor mit einer mitreissenden Bühnenshow, Inhlangwini Tänze inklusive.
In Südafrika nennt man ihn den weißen Zulu. Titel wie "Asimbonanga" o. "Scatterlings of Africa" wurden selbst im deutschen Radio rauf & runter gespielt. Live überzeugt der Gitarrist & Sänger m. einer mitreissenden Bühnenshow, Inhlangwini Tänze inkl.
18.07.2005, 20.30 Uhr
Ort: Tollhaus Kulturzentrum

• Die "Zeltival"-Bilanz
  Viel Lob und kein Defizit
  Das "Zeltival" nahm Abschied, und das gar nicht leise...... Ausverkauft waren die Auftritte von Johnny Clegg, De Phazz, Götz Alsmann......
  http://www.ka-news.de/karlsruhe/news.php4?show=pbd200581-142H 
• I heard a new song too and it reminded me a little of Great Heart. That type of zulu/english song. I got to hear it about 20 times during sound check/rehearsal and it is a beautiful song. 'Might have to make the trip to Vegas... I had so much fun and so did my kids.
  Posted by Mylène 23.07.2005 20:20
• Mo. 18.07.2005 – “Musik, Zensur und politische Verfolgung”, special guest: Johnny Clegg
  Ausverkauftes Zelt und beste Stimmung beim weißen Zulu, der die Einladung zum Geburtstagsfest von Nelson Mandela ausschlug, um wieder einmal in Karlsruhe zu spielen. “Wie immer, total genial!!!!! Gehe schon seit 20 Jahren zu Johnny-Clegg-Konzerten – jedesmal ein Erlebnis!!!!” Diese Meinung eines Zeltivalbesuchers am 18.7. teilten viele andere auch. Mit dem “Konzert für Südafrika” machten wir einmal mehr auf das Ingwavuma-Aidshilfe-Projekt aufmerksam.
  http://www.zeltival.de/archiv/programm-2005

19.07.2005 Würselen, Burg Wilhelmstein, D http://www.burg-wilhelmstein.com/single.php?cid=62

Es kommt nicht oft vor, dass internationale Künstler die Gelegenheit haben, zwei Jahre hintereinander auf Burg Wilhelmstein zu spielen. Umso mehr freut es uns, dass es bei Johnny Clegg, dem nicht nur in musikalischer Hinsicht legendären Südafrikaner, diesmal klappt.
Denn als vor 11 Jahren in Südafrika erstmals freie Wahlen stattfanden, die Nelson Mandela zum ersten farbigen Präsidenten des Landes machten, da hatte zu diesem ganzen sensationellen Prozess eben auch Johnny Clegg beigetragen, den man im Land am Kap den weißen Zulu nennt. Er, der als Zweijähriger in’s Land gekommen war, trieb sich schon als Teenager in den für Weiße verbotenen schwarzen Townships herum, wo er die Sprache, Lieder und Tänze der Zulus lernte. Und er gind trotz der restriktiven Rassenpolitik das persönlich grosse Wagnis ein, mit JULUKA und später SAVUKA die ersten Musikgruppen Südafrikas zu formieren, in denen Schwarze und Weiße gleichberechtigt miteinander musizierend öffentlich auftraten und keltische Folk-Traditionen, Rock-Gitarren-Riffs, Zulu-Walzer, die Polyrhythmik und die einzigartige Gitarrenkunst Schwarzafrikas zu einer eigenwilligen, musikalisch neuen Mixtur verbanden. Die wurde im Zusammenwirken mit Cleggs engagierten teils englischen, teils afrikanischen Texten in Südafrika auch politisch immens wichtig und musikalisch darüber hinaus global immens erfolgreich. Dass Clegg dabei auch noch eine bedeutende Rolle beim Entstehen der südafrikanischen Musiker-Gewerkschaft spielte, sei nur nebenbei erwähnt.
Der Rest ist (Musik-)Geschichte. Heute gilt Johnny Clegg wie etwa auch Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela oder Abdullah Ibrahim als musikalischer Botschafter seines Landes. Seine Mandela-Hymne ASIMBONANGA ging um die ganze Welt, aber auch DELA, SCATTERLINGS OF AFRICA, OSIYEZA oder AFRICAN DREAM wurden Mega-Hits. Welchen Stellenwert Johnny Clegg in der aktuellen Musikwelt innehat, lässt sich schon an den Namen der Künstler ablesen, für die es eine Ehre darstellt, mit ihm die Bühne zu teilen, zu denen u.a. Paul Mc Cartney, Bono, Beyonce, Anastasia, Dave Stewart und Queen gehörten und gehören.
Wer im letzten Jahr seine auch in tänzerischer Hinsicht beeindruckende physische Bühnenpräsens erlebt hat, freut sich mit uns auf diesen Ausnahmekünstler und seine exquisite Band.

Johnny Clegg & Band auf Burg Wilhelmstein
Der Sound Südafrikas heute in Würselen http://www.netecho.info/schlagzeilen/rubrik.asp?a=%7BE707A5E0-EDE9-4B5C-AD23-
Als vor elf Jahren in Südafrika erstmals freie Wahlen stattfanden, die Nelson Mandela zum ersten farbigen Präsidenten des Landes machten, da hatte zu diesem ganz sensationellen Prozess auch ein Mann beigetragen, den man im Land am Kap den weißen Zulu nennt. Denn Johnny Clegg, der als Zweijähriger ins Land gekommen war, sich dort schon als Teenager in den für Weiße verbotenen schwarzen Townships herumtrieb, wo er die Sprache, Lieder und Tänze der Zulus lernte, wagte es trotz der restriktiven Rassenpolitik, mit Juluka und später Savuka die ersten Musikgruppen Südafrikas zu formieren.
In diesen Bands konnten Schwarze und Weiße gleichberechtigt miteinander musizieren und keltische Folk-Traditionen, Rock-Gitarren-Riffs, Zulu-Walzer, die Polyrhythmik und die einzigartige Gitarrenkunst Schwarzafrikas zu einer eigenwilligen, neuen Mixtur verbinden.
Die wurde im Zusammenwirken mit Cleggs engagierten teils englischen, teils afrikanischen Texten in Südafrika auch politisch immens wichtig und musikalisch darüber hinaus erfolgreich. Dass Clegg dabei auch noch eine bedeutende Rolle beim Entstehen der südafrikanischen Musiker-Gewerkschaft spielte, sei nur nebenbei erwähnt. Der Rest ist (Musik-)Geschichte.
Heute gilt Johnny Clegg wie etwa auch Miriam Makeba und Hugh Masekela als musikalischer Botschafter seines Landes. Seine Mandela-Hymne Asimbonanga ging um die ganze Welt, aber auch Dela, Scatterlings of Africa oder African Dream wurden Mega-Hits.
Welchen Stellenwert Johnny Clegg in der aktuellen Musikwelt innehat, lässt sich alleine schon am Line-Up des weltweit gesendeten MTV-Staying Alive Konzertes ablesen, wo er mit Paul McCartney, Bono, Beyonce, Anastasia, Dave Stewart, Queen u.a. zugunsten der Aids-Hilfe auftrat.
Nach Würselen kommt Johnny Clegg mit einer wie immer aus Schwarzen und Weißen gemischten neunköpfigen Band, die seine unwiderstehliche in die Beine und das Herz fahrende afrikanische Musik auf der Bühne zelebriert und uns einlädt, mitzufeiern.
Am heutigen Dienstag, um 19.30 Uhr im Amphitheater Burg Wilhelmstein in Würselen/Aachen. Tickets gibt es bei allen bekannten deutschen Vorverkaufstellen; Online-Tickets unter www.burg-wilhelmstein.com.

• last night's show in Aachen was great once again.
  The band seems to be really tight together meanwhile, same line-up as last year and it's such a joy to watch Mandisa on stage, on top of everything else.
  And we even got to hear two new songs!
  Johnny said, the new album is recorded and will now be post-produced at Peter Gabriel's Womad studio in Bath and will be out (South Africa probably) in January. Definitely, he added...
  Only bad news: Not really that much dancing (...your ballroom days are over...?), at least not in a separate tune like Hambile.
  But keep looking forward to it! Great shows coming towards you!
  Posted by Eberhard 20.07.2005 08:57

• Don's guess about the song Jon Gosi is probably right, at least I know that it's not a song of the new CD. It does have English lyrics with Zulu chorus and I agree with Andrea that it sounds more like Juluka stuff.
  The other new one was indeed played instead of gunship ghetto, it is all in Zulu as far as I remember.
  And I can put in the introduction that Johnny gave here .....
  So this is what Johnny said before the song:

Ahm, as you get older, you start to go thru all the accounting. And you start to remember moments that shaped your life or gave it a, ah, dimension which was... (somebody in the audience volunteered "Like december african rain"), like december african rain, correct, but, ahm, one of the moments is the first time I went to my friend Sipho in a place called Makhabalele in Zululand in 1969.
I was a very young man and it was a very wild and tribal place and we stayed there, we managed to stay there for three days before members of the security police arrested us.
And, eh, it was a very special three days and at that time it was a very integrated and very special community which has now collapsed after 30 years because everything, eh, everybody's moving to the city to learn breakdancing and hiphop.
But ehm this takes us back to those times and it's really a tribute to that generation of people in the Makhabalele area who were very gracious and were very kind to me very generous and welcomed me ... and this song is called (something in Zulu) Makhabalele "I remember Makhabalele".

Anyway, those of you who're bound to see them soon, enjoy!
Posted by Eberhard 21.07.2005 17:13

• Eberhard is right, it was a great show - again!
  Here's the playlist of last nights Aachen concert - although marked with 'Karlsruhe' in handwriting - so it is probably the same for the Summer tour 2005:
  Jon Gosi, Take my heart away, Africa, African sky blue, Bullets for Bafazane, Giyani, I call your name, Woza Friday, Wanderers, Emalonjeni, Crossing, Gunship, 3rd world child, Tough enough, Great heart, African dream, Umfazi, Scatterlings, Cruel crazy beautiful world, -- Asimbonanga, Dela
  Enjoy the coming shows!
  Posted by Andrea 20.07.2005 13:48

• Mitreissend (Frank Creter aus Bad Neuenahr-Arweiler, 24.07.2005)
  Johnny Clegg reisst seine Zuhörer mit. Wer kann da schon sitzenbleiben? Im letzten Drittel tanzten und klatschten alle mit! Ein Konzerterlebnis allererster Güte. Wir hoffen auf ein Wiedersehen im Jahr 2006. http://www.burg-wilhelmstein.de/single.php?cid=62

• clegg.davidata.net Fotos Johnny Clegg in Würselen (Germany) July 2005

• Botschafter mit explosiver Lebensfreude: Johnny Clegg & Band
  http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=521557&_wo=News:Politik&_wobild=menue_news.gif&template=detail_standard_azan
  Würselen. Die Magie wirkt. Für den geheimnisvollen Zauber südafrikanischer Rhythmen in Verbindung mit der Kraft einer vitalen Musik, die Rock-, Blues- und Soulelemente virtuos verknüpft, gibt es zurzeit nur einen Namen: Johnny Clegg. Zusammen mit seiner erprobten Band - jedes Mitglied ist auch solistisch perfekt - schafft er es mühelos, die Open-air-Arena von Burg Wilhelmstein auch im zweiten Auftrittsjahr in Folge bis auf den letzten Platz zu füllen.
  Von Anfang an ist der Beifall stürmisch, und irgendwann sind alle hingerissen vom «weißen Zulu», der so gern seine Gitarren wechselt, und von diesen leidenschaftlichen Songs, die so ehrlich sind.
  In den Townships
  Als zweijähriger Junge kam Johnny Clegg nach Südafrika. Der Sohn einer irischen Mutter erfuhr in Südafrika hautnah, was Apartheid bedeutet, als er sich - verbotenerweise - in den Townships tummelte.
  Die Eindrücke sollten sein Denken und Fühlen bestimmen. Und in ihm wuchs nicht nur die Liebe zur Zulu-Kultur, die er mit keltischen Elementen verknüpfte, sondern auch das Bewußtsein, dass sich der Einsatz für Humanität und Gleichberechtigung lebenslang lohnt.
  Mit allen Fasern seines Körpers setzt Clegg dies als lebendige Botschaft bei jedem Bühnenauftritt um. Seine Freude an Bewegung, Gesang und Musik ist unbändig, den Tanz der Zulus hat er im Blut, lässt sich ab und zu davon packen, vollführt abenteuerliche, federnde Raubtiersprünge, die eine eigene, archaische Sprache sprechen.
  «Take My Heart» - «Nimm mein Herz» - der Song geht unter die Haut, kraftvoll, empfindsam, programmatisch.
  Clegg und seine Band sind eine verschworene Gemeinschaft, ein wahrer Glücksfall. Da stimmt der Sound, vermittelt man in beeindruckender Gelassenheit und Ruhe das Zusammenwirken musikalischer Perfektion und persönlicher Virtuosität.
  Sängerin Mandisa Dlanga im rot-bunten Gewand, die Frau mit extrem runden Hüften, spitzbübischem Lächeln, liebenswertem Charme und absolutem Rhythmusgefühl, steht treu an Cleggs Seite, sorgt mit kraftvoller Stimme für Brillanz und noch mehr Tiefe in den Songs.
  Atemberaubend Brendan Ross (auch Keyboard), der mit seinem Saxophon intensive Glanzlichter setzt. Ein fantasievoller Profi auf der Gitarre ist Andrew Innes, Concorde Nkabinde ist der zuverlässige Mann am Bass, Barry Vanzyl bestimmt selbst beim plötzlichen Wechseln noch sicher Takt am Schlagzeug.
  Sie alle beherrschen nicht nur ihre Instrumente, sie bieten Clegg auch - wie beim festen Stammesgesang - eine stets zuverlässige Basis, um im Gesang mal rau und beschwörend, dann wieder sanft und harmonisch frei zu bleiben. «Africa», «Bullets», «Woza Friday», «Umfazi», «Great Heart» - stets neu leuchten die hellen, warmen und dunklen, mystischen Farben Südafrikas auf in diesen Liedern, die gelebte Geschichten sind, Erinnerungen an Freunde, an Emotionen, Kummer, Hoffnung und Sehnsüchte.

  Er sorgte für einen heißen Abend auf Burg Wilhelmstein in Würselen Bardenberg: Der südafrikanische Musiker Johnny Clegg – hier mit Sängerin Mandisa Dlanga und Bassist Concord Nkabinde – gastierte vor einem Publikum, das ihn und seine Band stürmisch feierte. Foto: Sevenich

  Gänsehaut-Gefühl
  Das spüren die Zuhörer und lassen sich willig ein auf einen ganzen Kosmos der Impressionen. Sie werden bis zum Gänsehaut-Gefühl elektrisiert von einer geschickten Dramaturgie, die immer wieder den Wechsel zwischen stiller Ballade und packender Rhythmik sucht.
  Clegg schlägt in der Auswahl seiner Songs geschickt den Bogen von «Juluka» und «Savuka», den ersten in den 70er- und 80er-Jahren von ihm gegründeten Gruppen, in denen Schwarze und Weiße gleichberechtigt spielten, bis zu heutigen, noch ausgefeilteren Produktionen.
  Ob nun «Asimbonanga», die Hymne für Nelson Mandela, oder das berührende «Scatterlings of Africa» und der herzergreifende Ruf nach «Dela» - sie alle sind fest mit dem Namen Johnny Clegg verbunden.
  Stürmischer Applaus, zwei Zugaben. Alle hoffen, dass er noch ein bisschen tanzt. Aber Clegg & Band sind müde. Sie haben alles gegeben. «Thank you for the support, God bless you!»

20.07.2005 Kassel, Kulturzelt, D http://www.cityzine.de/kulturzelt/

Als vor 11 Jahren in Südafrika erstmals freie Wahlen stattfanden, die Nelson Mandela zum ersten schwarzen Präsidenten des Landes machten, da hatte zu dieser längst überfälligen Entwicklung eben auch Johnny Clegg beigetragen. Im Land am Kap nennt man ihn den weißen Zulu. Der Sänger und Gitarrist, der als Zweijähriger mit seinen Eltern nach Südafrika gekommen war, trieb sich schon als Teenager in den für Weiße verbotenen Townships herum. Hier lernte er die Spache, die Lieder und Tänze der Zulus kennen. Mit dem gemeinsamen Auftreten mit JULUKA und später SAVUKA stand er mehr als einmal mit einem Fuß im Gefängnis. Diese beiden Bands waren die ersten, in denen Schwarze und Weiße gleichberechtigt miteinander auftraten und mit europäischen, amerikanischen und afrikanischen Musiktraditionen experimentierten. Er wurde mit Grammies, Goldenen Schallplatten und vielen Awards geehrt. Und nun macht sich der charismatische Weltenbummler mit seinem neuen Projekt ‚New World Surviver’, begleitet von einer exquisiten Band wieder auf den Weg, die Menschen zu erobern – Inhlangwini Tänze inclusive.
 VVK 14,-/ AK 16,- EURO http://www2.hna.de/dil/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&page_id=1774

• shit happens....
  Heute mit Ilka, Sarah, Evy und Ralf im Kulturzelt gewesen und ein tolles Konzert von Johnny Clegg erlebt mit dem Titel "New World Surviver".
  Kurz: Die 14 Euro Eintritt sind es wirklich wert gewesen!
  Sarah (13) bekam danach im lockeren Plausch mit Clegg noch ein Autogramm und ein paar Fans aus Hannover wunderten sich, dass "wir hier in Kassel so nah an Clegg rankommen! In Südafrika füllt der doch Fussballstadien!". Wie auch immer: Hat sehr viel Spass gemacht!
  Die Macherinnen vom Kulturzelt Kassel haben einmal mehr ihr Händchen bewiesen für musikalische Koryphäen...
  I call your name ↓ Asimbonanga (Nelson Mandela Song)  ↓ Ibhola Lethu  ↓ Scatterlings of Africa  ↓ Umfazi Omdala
  von asco  am  Donnerstag 21. Juli 2005, 01:00 Uhr  in " Privatleben" http://asconet.org:8000/antville/asco/stories/1480/

21.07.2005 Jena, Kulturarena, D 20.00 http://www.jenaonline.de/kulturarena/ und http://www.monoteque.de/event,19,3784.html

• Wer sich aber am Donnerstag auf das Abendteuer Wetter einließ, erlebte spannende Musik, großartige Musiker, mitreißende Rhythmen und einen interessanten Mann." OTZ 23.07.
  "Die Musik des Südafrikaners schaffte eine Wärme, die dem schäbigsten Wetter standhält." TA 23.07.
  http://www.jenaonline.de/kulturarena/rueckblick/2005/

Es war lange Zeit still um den Mann, der in den 90er Jahren mit seiner Band Savuka in ganz Europa Triumphe feierte. Titel wie "Asimbonanga" oder "Scatterlings of Africa" wurden selbst im deutschen Radio rauf und runter gespielt. In den USA wurde die Band 1993 für einen Grammy nominiert, in Frankreich bekam sie einen "Victoires de la musique"-Preis. Johnny Clegg's erstes Soloalbum "New world survivor" von 2003 ist bisher nur in Südafrika erschienen, erlangte dort aber schon Goldstatus. Endlich kommt er mit seiner neuen Band auf Tour durch Frankreich und Deutschland.
Von vielen wird Johnny Clegg auch der "weiße Zulu" genannt. Der Brite kam mit zwei Jahren nach Zimbabwe, dem Land seiner Mutter und später zog die Familie nach Südafrika. Dort lernte Clegg mit 14 Jahren von Charlie Mzila, einem Straßenmusiker, die Grundlagen der Zulumusik und den traditionellen "Ihnlangwini"-Tanz. Er begleitete Mzila zu den Lagern der Wanderarbeiter und war fasziniert von der fremden und geheimen Welt der Zulus. Johnny's Beziehung zu den afrikanischen Musikern brachte ihn jedoch oft ins Gefängnis. Während jener Zeit erwarb er sich einen guten Ruf als "Masikande"-Gitarrist. Dieser Ruf kam Sipho Mchunu zu Ohren, einem anderen Straßenmusiker. Er forderte Johnny zu einem Gitarrenduell heraus - der Beginn einer Freundschaft. Es folgte eine bis heute andauernde musikalische Zusammenarbeit, die die Weiterentwicklung südafrikanischer Musik stark beeinflusste.
Die beiden gründeten die Band "Juluka", die englische Texte und westliche Melodien mit der Musik der Zulu verband. Der weiße und der schwarze Zulu spielten zusammen auf der Straße und in privaten Venues. Da das damalige Rassentrennungsgesetz die Vermischung von Sprache, Rasse und Kultur verbot, konnten sie nur durch Live-Auftritte ihr Publikum erreichen.
Trotz dieser Hindernisse veröffentlichten sie 1979 ihre erste Platte und tourten 1983 durch die USA, Kanada, Deutschland, England und Skandinavien.
Nachdem sie sich nach zehn Jahren auflösten, gründete Johnny die ebenso erfolgreiche Band "Savuka" und mischte dort afrikanische Musik mit keltischer Volksmusik und internationalen Sounds. Die Songs seines aktuellen Soloalbums handeln vom täglichen Leben im 21. Jahrhundert. Wieder beweist er seine einzigartige Gabe, unterschiedlichste Stilrichtungen zum typischen und unverwechselbaren Clegg-Sound zu verbinden.

• .... Pause ist nicht zur Halbzeit der Kulturarena, nur Zeit für eine kurze Zwischenbilanz: Zu den bisher 33 Veranstaltungen, Ouvertüre, Theaterspektakel, Kinderarena, Konzert- und Filmabenden, kamen 32 000 Besucher. Eine Zahl, mit der die Arena-Macher zufrieden sind. .... Bei den Konzerten von Jorane, Johnny Clegg und Terry Callier regnete es, drei Tage hintereinander, was nicht nur die Stimmung im Arena-Team zeitweise gegen Null sinken ließ, sondern auch die Sorge heraufbeschwor, dass die Konzertbesucher ausbleiben könnten.... http://www.tlz.de/tlz/tlz.jena.volltext.rahmen.php?kennung=on8tlzLOKStaJena38565&zulieferer=tlz&kategorie=LOK&rubrik=Stadt&region=Jena&auftritt=TLZ&dbserver=1 
• New World Surviver- Johnny Clegg
  Heute mit Ilka, Sarah, Evy und Ralf im Kulturzelt gewesen und ein tolles Konzert von Johnny Clegg erlebt mit dem Titel "New World Surviver".
  Kurz: Die 14 Euro Eintritt sind es wirklich wert gewesen!
  Sarah (13) bekam danach im lockeren Plausch mit Clegg noch ein Autogramm und ein paar Fans aus Hannover wunderten sich, dass "wir hier in Kassel so nah an Clegg rankommen! In Südafrika füllt der doch Fussballstadien!". Wie auch immer: Hat sehr viel Spass gemacht!
  Die Macherinnen vom Kulturzelt Kassel haben einmal mehr ihr Händchen bewiesen für musikalische Koryphäen...
  http://asconet.org:8000/antville/asco/stories/1480/

22.07.2005 München, D click here for bookings map http://www.muffathalle.de/

Johnny Clegg kam zweijährig nach Afrika. Mit 14 lernte er vom Straßenmusiker Charlie Mzile traditionelle Zulu-Tänze und die afrikanische Gitarre zu spielen. Mit 16 schloss er sich mit Sipho Mchunu zusammen. Der weiße und der schwarze Zulu spielten zusammen, ständig in Gefahr, im Gefängnis zu landen, die Apartheid verbot solche Verbrüderungen. In den 90er Jahren feierte er mit seiner Band Savuka mit Titeln wie "Asimbonanga" oder "Scatterlings of Africa" in ganz Europa Triumphe. Sein letztes Album "New World Survivor" erreichte in seiner Heimat Südafrika Goldstatus. Live überzeugt der Gitarrist und Sänger nach wie vor mit einer mitreißenden Bühnenshow - Inhlangwini Tänze inklusive. VVK 20€, AK 24€ http://www.muffathalle.de/Programm/Monatsprogramm/Juli_2005/22_07_2005.htm

• The concert in Munich at the Muffathalle in Munich was great yesterday. Johnny didn't jump around as much as he has in the past, and he didn't even make a single kick, but his voice was top notch, as was Mandisa's. The kicking was left to Concord, the bass player, and Mandisa.
  After the concert, while hanging around with Andy, Karen and Bettina, Concord came down for a chat, and, pleasant chap that he is, he signed a copy of the evening's play list for me. It was a copy of the play list for Jena, and here it is.
  Jon Gosi - ???, Take my heart away - Shadow Man, Africa - Best of Johnny Clegg and Savuka?, African sky blue - African Litany, Bullets for Bafazane - Work For All, Giyani - Third World Child, I call your name - Shadow Man, Woza Friday - Ubuhle Bemvelo, Wanderers (Digging For Some Words) - Scatterlings, Emalonjeni (Journey's End) - Crocodile Love, Crossing - Heat, Dust and Dreams, nakhabelene - ???, Third world child - Third World Child, Tough enough - Heat, Dust and Dreams, Great heart - Third World Child, African dream - Heat, Dust and Dreams, Umfazi Omdala - Ubuhle Bemvelo, Scatterlings of Africa - Scatterlings, Cruel crazy beautiful world
  Posted by Roy 23.07.2005 16:07
• MUNICH:
  After having visited the concerts in Munich (Friday) and Zurich (Saturday) I was too tired to write a review immediately after my returning home but I now slept a couple of hours and will take some time to write it down.
  When I arrived at Munich around noon I met with Karen and “we” I went for a meal. Later we proceeded to the Muffathalle where the concert toke place. Arrived there we saw Concord sitting on a bench and reading a book. I crept towards and sat down next to him. We had a short talk before they started with their sound check on the small stage of a rather small and dark location. At one point of the sound check, Johnny and Mandisa hadn’t shown up till then, the boys plaid “Purple Rain” with Andy on the vocals. It sounded great ;-) and was a sign that they were in a good mood.
  When Johnny and Mandisa showed up they plaid, amongst others the two songs that were mater of discussions during the last couple of days: “Amajonghosi” which is one of the Rugby World Cup 2003 songs found on “WHO LEFT THE BOKS OUT?“ (see: http://juluka.free.fr/who_left_the_boks_out.htm) this one was given on the play list as “Jongosi” and was to be the opener of the gig. They also plaid “Makhabelene” (not “Nakhabelene”) a song from the new album that should, according to Johnny, come on sale in January 2006. This song is deducated to the mamas and papas of Sipho’s home village where Johnny for the first time went to at the age of 17 and was arrested after 3 days. He says that this song is a special thanks to the persons he then met and still remembers and keeps deep in his heart. In connection of this song he also mentioned that the greatest gift you can give to the world is a family. As it seams he found sort of a family in Makhabelene.
  After the sound check we had a little talk about which song was on which album, when Johnny mentioned having a couple of them stocked at home and humorously added he should think about bringing out a collectors box of all albums in a limited edition to satisfy the hardcore collectors. – To be honest, I don’t think that will ever happen.
  The concert itself was great with the songs already given in Roy’s mail. But I’ll just add the reason why they used the same play lists as in Jena: The French roadie was not able to find a copy machine at the Muffathalle and so decided to use the same as the day before :-).
  As this was an all standing venue people were dancing a lot but it is right that Johnny doesn’t do kicks anymore, this is up to Mandisa and Concord. But he and the band danced more then on last years tour if I remember well and Johnny even did a jump..............
  Posted by Andy 25.07.2005 19:12

• Bericht Johnny Clegg in der Muffathalle am 22. Juli 2005
  Damals noch in den Achtziger Jahren bewegte er sich auf einem schmalen Grad. Er wagte es als weißer Südafrikaner mit schwarzen Musikern zusammenzuspielen. Die Rede ist von Johnny Clegg. Sein frühes Interesse über seinerzeit verbotene Barrieren zu steigen, brachte ihm bald den Namen der „weiße Zulu“ ein. Viele seiner Erlebnisse aus dieser und der früheren, bewegten Zeit hat er aufgeschrieben und zu Liedern verarbeitet. Zuluka und Savuka hießen seine Bands. Einmal gesehen und gehört, konnte man sich schon in der Vergangenheit  dieser Mischung aus verschiedenen Rhythmen, die er zu einem eigenen Sound kreierte, nicht entziehen. Wurde es in der zweiten Hälfte der Neunziger Jahre etwas ruhiger um ihn, so ist er seit einiger Zeit wieder auf Tour.
  Mit einer kleinen, aber feinen Musikerschar lieferte er an diesem Abend seiner doch beachtlichen Anhängerschar einen schönen Abriss seines bisherigen Musikerlebens. Ein bisschen runder um die Hüften ist er geworden. Auch bewegte er sich nicht mehr ganz so oft über die Bühne. Wenn er es aber tat, flammte in seinem weitgreifenden Zuluschritt doch noch viel Energie auf. Jedes seiner Stücke leitete er mit einer kleinen Geschichte über dessen Entstehung ein. Seinerzeit waren diese Geschichten brisant. Jetzt sind sie Historie, aber nicht weniger interessant und erinnern mahnend an bewegte Zeiten. Die, die sie schon kannten, hörten sie sich gerne noch mal an. Für andere waren sie neu, dafür vielleicht umso spannender. Gleichzeitig blieb die Botschaft, dass auch ein relativ stabiles Fundament, wie es in seinem Heimatland mittlerweile besteht, leicht wieder Risse bekommen kann. Stephan (alias el misionario) Zu den Fotos
  http://www.salsa-munich.de/fotos/050722_Johnny_Clegg_Muffathalle_Muenchen/Bericht_Fotos_Johnny_Clegg_Muffathalle_Muenchen.htm

23.07.2005 Live at Sunset, Zürich, CH bookings

Live at Sunset: 10 Jahre Musik - 04.07.2005  Die Sommernächte in Zürich versprechen noch heisser zu werden, wenn die "Live at Sunset"-Bühne zum 10. Mal in Folge aufgebaut wird. Erneut treten vom 14.–24. Juli unvergessliche Stars von Weltformat an diesem einzigartigen Schauplatz auf.
....sowie Johnny Clegg, der mit seinen einzigartigen Afropop-Kompositionen Wegbereiter für die Bewegung des World Beat war....
http://emagazine.credit-suisse.com/article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=103246&lang=DE
African Power. Rock, Township-Jive, Zulu-Traditionals und Afro-Pop, das ist die explosive Mischung aus der Johnny Cleggs Hits komponiert sind. In der Nähe von Manchester geboren und im Apartheit-Staat Südafrika aufgewachsen, ist der studierte Ethnologe seit den 80er Jahren einer der spannendsten Wegbereiter des World Beat. Das wird kein Abend zum Stillsitzen, denn Clegg bringt die besten Songs aus seiner langen Bandleader-Karriere, die auch einen unvergesslichen Auftritt mit Nelson Mandela umfasst.
Johnny Clegg – Vocals/Guitar/Concertina
Andy Innes – Guitar/Vocals
Brendan Ross – Keyboard/Sax/Flute
Mandisa Dlanga - Backing Vocals
Concord Nkabinde - Bass
Barry Van Zyl - Drums http://www.liveatsunset.ch/cnt_02/23.html

• Fast wie in Zululand
  Die Magie südafrikanischer Rhythmen brachte Johnny Clegg am Samstag in den Hof des Landesmuseums.
  Dieter Langhart, Zürich http://www.thurgauerzeitung.ch/ops_includes/print_artikel.cfm?id=248836&vDest=vtArtikel
  http://www.thurgauerzeitung.ch/default2.cfm?vDest=vtArtikel&id=248836&b1=clegg&o1=&b2=&o2=&b3=&re=&ra=AM&da=&startrow=1
  Vital wirkt er immer noch, der 52-jährige «weisse Zulu», der in Zürich nicht nur seine eingefleischten Fans begeisterte. Auch wenn er die Zulu-Tänze reduziert hat, überzeugt seine völlig unaffektierte Bühnenshow. Und mehr noch seine Musik, die die vitalen Rhythmen und Gesänge der Schwarzen mit Rock-, Blues- und Soulelementen vermengt. Dem Zürcher Publikum schien er umso besser, je mehr er nach Schwarzafrika klang.
  Johnny Clegg und sein Publikum mussten sich einige Stücke lang warmlaufen, dann ging es zwei Stunden lang ohne Pause weiter - leider bremste die enge Konzertstuhlung im Innenhof die Tanzlust aller. Johnny Clegg schlug geschickt einen weiten Bogen von seinen frühen Gruppen Juluka und Savuka bis zu einer ausgefeilten Komposition seines bald erscheinenden neuen Albums.
  Gut gelaunt und perfekt eingespielt war die Band: spitzbübisch lächelnd Sängerin Mandisa Dlanga mit den runden Hüften und dem absoluten Rhythmusgefühl, brillant der Saxofonist Brendan Ross (auch Keyboard), fantasievoll und mit folkigen Einsprengseln Gitarrist Andy Innes, zuverlässig Concorde Nkabinde am Bass und Drummer Barry Van Zyl. Das Publikum erkannte «African Dream» oder «Woza Friday» sofort, vermisste vielleicht «Scatterlings of Africa», genoss die Geschichten rund um die Lieder, stand immer wieder auf. Und wusste, dass «Asimbonanga» noch fehlte, Cleggs Hymne auf Nelson Mandela, klatschte sie als Zugabe heraus.
  auch http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/zuerich/522548.html
• ZURICH
  ........I left Munich at 08:14 in the morning by train, returned back home and left again after just two hours later to be in Zurich in time for the sound check. Sitting on a bench, this time it was me :-), it was Barry who showed up earliest and addressed me telling me he liked my bag. That one I received as a thank you for letting the Swiss National Radio have a glimpse at my Johnny Clegg collection in February. Part of the show can still be listened on the web (Realplayer) or here.
  Only a few minutes later Concord showed up and lead my through the securitycheck point to the stage and so I was able to do some pictures before the show at the show itself it was prohibited to take pictures. Before the sound check had ended I was addressed by a security and asked about the badge that I had to admit I didn’t have, I then had to leave the area and returned for the concert which was a sit down venue. Doors opened early as there were drink and snack bars around the area and so I had some talks with other fans not known to our group but some of them may join in the next couple of days.
  I had a seat in at the right end of the front row and just behind me were a couple of girls that were to see Johnny and the Band for the first time it took two songs for the crowd to get on their feet but from that point most of them, including me, were standing and dancing for the large part of the gig. As I am rather a giant than a dwarf I stepped down the small step my tows jut out of when I was standing when a security rushed to me and demanded me to step on again.
  Johnny was a bit more talkative that night than the night before explaining some songs or putting them into new contexts as “Third World Child” which he now uses against globalisation. He once said (cynical) that the best way to become a global citizen is to become a consumer.
  Pictures of both venues you can find on: http://fotoservices.bluewin.ch/fotopage/scatterlings/
  Posted by Andy 25.07.2005 19:12

26.07.2005 Napoli, I

29.07.2005 Valence, F

30.07.2005 Beziers, F

02.08.2005 Glenside, PA, USA - Keswick-Theatre

• The band kicked off their North American tour last night in Glenside, PA, and what a great show it was!
  They chose the Keswick for their first show because they felt the most "confident" about the setup. He said last year's tour had shown them that there was "a core audience" they could rely on "year after year," which certainly bodes well for an annual return to North America! Yes! He also mentioned that Jenny and his son (who was taking time off from school) were going to be with him for the first two weeks.
  I thought the show was better in every way than last year's (a tough feat to pull off). The banded sounded really tight, and Concord, Andy, and Brendan got some great solos. The show was longer (same song list as the European shows, I think)
  Posted by Julia
• Oh, why did you have to say that this year's concert is better than last years? Now I'm going to regret not making a vacation trip to a location where he is performing. I'm disappointed that he snubbed Atlanta this year. If someone meets him backstage, please ask him for me why he left Atlanta off his schedule. Tell him the guy who gave him the Virginia and Utah license plates is asking! :)
  I guess while everyone gets to see him live again this year, I have to stick with the concert DVD, as dated and poorly edited as it is. I will envy everyone who sees this concert...and especially those who are seeing more than one. Please don't rub it in too hard. Just let me know if you get backstage and ask him the question for me. Atlanta's audience last year was pretty full venue...certainly double or triple the amount who saw Angelique Kidjo at the same venue in 2002.
  Posted by Nicholas 03.08.2005 21:33
• On the Atlanta question I did not get to talk to Johnny this year. Maybe one of the others did. I asked Concord and he did not know. They are not in on the scheduling.
  Someone asked Brendan if they are going to make this an every year thing-surely the audiences have proven that they have a good following in the states. We can only hope!
  Great show- Rather short. Sell-out crowd- very close and kinda cramped. Not much dancing or even standing. until he got to Great Heart and Dela. Most sat back down for Asimbonanga- I did not. I gave the salute (slowly rising a bit with each chorus, just as the oppressed have done- rising, slowly unsteady at first, but gaining strength as the numbers swell and people come together. - Okay, so call me hokey- but how can you not feel a fierce emotion and pride in humanity's ability to overcome even the most dreadful oppression and terror. That songs never fails to move me- the music swells and hope grows stronger until the sun starts breaking through the darkness of oppression, the night of the spirit, and lifts the curtain, the caulover the soul.
  I started trying to write down the songs- But I am not good with titles, or writing in the dark without glasses. Unfortunately there was a fellow sitting next to me with very broad shoulders. He was just a big guy- with my girth in the next seat, neither of us were very comfortable. I felt bad. Rustling around with a little key light and pen and paper was probably really annoying to him,, so I stopped. A fellow did manage to get the set list from Brendan after- I told him he had to post it on the Scats Yahoo list- don't think he was a member :-(
  Well, this year I only drove around getting lost looking for parking for a half hour instead of last year's hour and a half. Boston is NOT a handicapped-friendly town! And VERY high curbs.
  Okay- Here's the best news of the night (to me, any way!) Concord will have a new CD coming out in the beginning of next year. (about the same time as Johnny) Shortly after, he will have a DVD. Folks, I am telling you. If you haven't not gotten Concord's CD, you must get it! It has something for everyone. Very eclectic- So many different genera of music and a few that defy classification or entail more than one (I never believed in defining music. When you define it, it becomes science. Music simply defies definition. How can you describe the smell of a magnolia or the morning view of a deep mountain enshrouded in mist? It's two dimensional in a multi-dimensional world!)
  Mandisa had ants in her pants. She was in fine form, as always, but it was such a tiny stage it was obvious her body was ready to boogie and there was no room to do so. She has a way, though, of moving in place that could move the walls back in awe! She has some of the most sensual movements- Not easy for a woman of size, but I doubt anyone could disagree. She can shake it better than those ol' skinny-minny teeny-boppers wearing the midriffs can any day! That woman is a marvel. And her voice was as clear and strong as ever. She'd get her little boogie on, and Concord would egg her on, try to get her going. Then every so often, Johnny would sneak up behind her and do that little flirty-grabby spooning thing (if you know what I mean- It's hard to describe,. He sorts of scootches his body under her backside and looks lecherous!) eventually she turns around and sees him and he runs off, caught again! <LOL> They have so much fun with it. And yeah, he even sdances a bit in the restricted space.Brendan had some great sounds tonight. He came together more, to me, than last time- the synthesizer- (Korg?- I don't know synthesizers) he made sounds that shouldn't be able to come out of that thing- wailing, crying sounds, dirge-like sounds, and more, and the soprano sax just melted the notes.
  Concord has such a boyish grin. He told me tonight he is EIGHTEEN! Well, you could almost believe it, he has such boyish charm. Not sure home many years he's been eighteen for now, but he wears it well! His hair isn't quite as shockingly blond this year. Only on the sides. It's a little darker on top. But it still looks great. And let me tell you, those legs still reach all the way to the ground (What can I say! I like tall guys!)
  Well, I'll leave something for someone else to report on. Very small venue- the crowd was a little bit reserved til the end, but I think livelier than last year- or maybe it was just where I was sitting. People were bopping, but from their seats.
  Too short! Only around an hour and a half to an hour 45. Started past 8- was over by around 10. Not sure exactly. Shorter this year, but still worth the 2 hours drive up, the half hour finding parking and the two hours trying to find my way out of Boston, and two more hours (finally) home!
  Posted by Karie 04.08.2005 09:02
• Karie covered many good points.
  I didn't think it was too short...just about right for me. The ultimate Clegg concert for me would be if he came out and just played the Scatterlings album and Stand Your Ground in their entirety. I'd be in heaven! But I digress....
  The stage was definitely on the small side, but I kind of like the fact that you could view everyone on stage without having to divert your attention. It made it a little tough for Johnny to dance around as much, but he made do just fine, IMHO.
  The first song, Amajonghosi, was really a standout.  Very Juluka-ish. I hope they put that on the new album. (Johnny mentioned from the stage that the new
  record is being mixed right now.)
  Down in the front where I was (thank you Crystal) no one danced or stood until near the end. We just grooved in our seats. While there's something to be said for getting up and dancing to the music, it's also a nice treat to not HAVE to stand for the full 1:45 show. What, me getting old? Yes I admit it.
  My petty complaints: The sound mix up front was kind of "delayed". By the looks of the speaker stacks on the edges of the stage, the music appeared to be aimed toward the back and the balcony. It created a slight echo effect, where you could see their mouths moving but you didn't hear the words until a split second later. It seemed to get better as the show went on, so either they adjusted something or I just got used it. Also, Johnny seemed kind of pissy with his roadie/guitar tech. It seemed like every time he switched guitars, he would have some brief terse words with the guy. He had to interrupt the start of a couple songs to make adjustments to his equipment. I think he got over it in the 2nd half of the show, but he looked like he was kind of frustrated during some of the early part of the set. That could be why he seemed less chatty than last year. He definitely told less stories (although I don't recall him previously telling the part about Bafazane's dancing shoes being made from old tires - yes I know it's in the lyrics!)
  Mandisa's voice was really excellent tonight. Heavenly almost. The interplay of the everyone's voices was really tight tonight. Whether they were harmonizing or each chanting something different, the meshing of their voices was just perfect.
  I guess that's about it. If he's coming to your town, or your state, or your region, GO SEE HIM! And for anyone who actually gets a chance to speak to him, make sure you tell him that we want him to come back again next year!
  Last thought: I'm pretty sure, and maybe someone else can confirm this, that his parting words from the stage at the end of the night were, "See you next year!"
  Posted by Gary 04.08.2005 15:03
• I saw the show at the Keswick Tuesday night. It was downright unbelieveable. This is my second Clegg show and it moved me just as much as the 1st one.
  Brendan rocks ...my favorite is his soprano sax spotlights.
  Johnny kicks it with Mandisa together their dance moves and voices bring me tears of joy. honest. the energy on stage radiates right through the audience.
  The Keswick is an interesting theater in that...you want to respect peoples right to sit and enjoy the show ...yet when a band like Clegg & Savuka come along...I cant help but move move move. Needless to say, I ended up in the side aisles just like last year.
  My dad and I met the band last year and got some photos taken with them. They loved to hear come back next year...and they did. We were more than thrilled.
  I'd love to travel to see other shows w/in driving distance next year, but my dad isnt really up for road trips of that sort. So...next year if anyone is traveling and looking for a traveling buddy w.the same love for Clegg & Savuka...count me in.
  Posted by deirdre 04.08.2005 15:31
• Before the show, I was a bit concerned because the playlists I had seen from the European concerts were so similar to last year's U.S. shows. But in many important ways, this was a very different performance. The few songs from the new album (tentatively due in Jan. 07, per JC) were wonderful - both a return to a younger, less pop, Clegg and a serious examination of culture. The older songs had some significant and beautifully done rearrangement definitely worth hearing. The dancing on stage was really a token amount and everything was clearly done barebones (light, sound, stage) but for me that really drew my attention to the performers, who were in fine form. Mandy had more singing than last year and the woman is simply a force of nature.
  The crowd was very different. The adults seemed older and there were many more kids - I don't quite know how that worked out. The audience was moresedate except for a few numbers at the end. Also the theater seemed ready for the audience dancers and had stationed dance police on both sides of the stage before the concert began. There were so many fewer dancers though that I didn't feel cramped. I danced near three expat Zulus who I think were friends of Concord's and were teaching the rest of us traditional dance (high kicks and all). It was a memorable experience.
  It was unfortunate for the band that there were so many empty seats but it made it much easier to dance and have a good time.
  The band did not seem as weary as I think they should be after so many European concerts but in part the calm might have had to do with the Clegg family being along. I met 17 year old Jesse Clegg and he was a sweetie (as expected he towers over his dad).
  As it turns out, this was the only Clegg concert I will see this year but I feel good about it.....
  Posted by Jack 04.08.2005 16:50

03.08.2005 Somerville - Boston, MA, USA - Somerville Theatre

JOHNNY CLEGG BAND -- at the Somerville Theatre on Wednesday. Clegg will forever be remembered for breaking down the racial divide of South African apartheid by starting the group Juluka with his Zulu friend Sipho Mchunu back in the '70s. Clegg later launched a groundbreaking Afro-rock group called Savuka -- and he remains a bona fide world music icon. 617-876-4275; worldmusic.org. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/31/critics_picks_1122781287/

• OK - here is the Play list: JONGOSI, , TAKE MY HEART, AFRICA, SKY BLUE, BULLETS, GIYANI, I CALL YOUR NAME, WOZA, WANDERERS, MALONJENI, DECEMBER RAIN, TATZELA, CROSSING, 3RD WORLD, TUFF ENUFF, GREAT HEART, MABELANI, AFRICAN DREAM, SCATS, CRUEL, ASIMBONANGA, DELA, I don't recall him playing Woza Friday though ??
  The theatre is a rather old and 'tired' building and the stage was very small, which restricted Johnny's dance moves. I think he may have been a bit peeved about this. The sound was not as good as last years show and there was constant hand signs between the band players and the sound man to make the necessary adjustments. Brendan noticed early in the show, that his was turned down and instructed the sound engineer to make the adjustment however Concord's mike remained below par for the entire show, and his beautiful voice just wasn't as dominant as it had been last year. I felt the same way about Mandisa's mike too.
  I'm not sure I would go so far as to call Johnny's 'managing' of his roadies pissy - more along the lines of an artist issuing commands to the staff. Who know - perhaps they weren't pulling it together fast enough for him. I'm sure it's a challenge to be playing a different venue you each night - all of which have their own unique features that make the stage setup and sound engineering a huge challenge (or headache) for the musicians. I think there are a few in the band whose dispositions are more tolerant and easy going and it shows in the way they take the time to graciously interact with their fans at the end of the show. Johnny and Madisa looked stressed for a while - going through their paces without the energy and connection that seemed to come as the show progressed. Maybe it had just been a bad day. We should take into account (on their behalf) that they not only have just come off an intensive European tour but are already caught up in the frenzy of their American tour. Brendan made a comment that led me to believe they are actually looking forward to a different pace while here in the US. Additionally, the American market/fan base/audience/culture is very different to anything they've experienced elsewhere in the world and it is a huge adjustment to make when one is a foreigner to the shores of America. Brendan mentioned that the tour last year was largely sponsored by SA Airways and a few other tourist groups whereas this year, Johnny is doing the whole thing on his own without any corporate support - that includes all the bookings of the venues and handling of the support (roadies, etc...) That in itself is to be an overwhelming undertaking.
  Back to the show - it was still awesome in every way. The audience was very sedate/reserved for most of the show - although you could feel the energies of those who wanted to just get up and dance out. Finally, when Great Heart opened, a couple of rabble-rousers in the third row couldn't handle it any longer - and they were quickly and enthusiastically joined by the rest of the theater/theatre!! There were no dance police and it was possible for some people to even take pictures of the band. BTW - the front row did NOT get up and dance - at least not those who were center front??!! It was kind of them not to block our view:-) One of my observations was how quite a lot of the newer music is foreign to the fans who are non-scatts. A shame really, they really need to find a way to open the market to their 'lost CD recordings from the past ten years.
  We chatted a bit afterwards with Brendan, Andy and Concord - Johnny and Madisa high tailed it off the stage, never to be seen again! (too bad really ....) I heard that the new CD has been send to Peter Gabriel's studios in Bath, UK to be rework, remastered, re-everything to come up to where Johnny wants it to be for a potential release in Jan of 06. I have to say, I loved the one cut they played (Mabelani??) which referenced the expansive roles of mothers and fathers within tribal African culture. It was sophisticated, tight and smooth with influences reminiscent to me of Oliver Mtukudzi et al. I am really looking forward to hearing the rest of the album!! As for Johnny's offspring, we did see a young (13?) man hovering in the wings throughout the concert - could this have been Jaron?? Concord was a delight to see again and remembered us from last year's concert. Unfortunately the ban is pretty much out of merchandise - but good news for West coast concert attendees - they are having a large (probably not large enough) shipment being sent to San Diego for the Humphrey's concert.
  So there's my diatribe. I hope you all have as much fun as we did last night - right now the band is in full swing at their New York venue!! I believe they are intending to return next year - let's hope they at least break even so they are inspired to come back!!
  Posted by Markie 05.08.2005 02:48

04.08.2005 New York, NY, USA - Irving Plaza http://www.villagevoice.com/nycguide/ev75120,6.html

Music may not be a gun, but Clegg’s apprenticeship to Zulu dancers and his onstage partnerships with Zulu musicians during Apartheid South Africa produced an Africanized rock that gave solidarity to the right-minded and pressurized the powers-that-be as much as any international censure. Grab this rare chance to witness a white boy kick it Zulu style. (OUMANO)  Price Info: $23 9pm Thu, Aug 04, 09:00 pm
Johnny Clegg August 04, 9
As a young white kid emigrated to South Africa, Johnny Clegg studied Zulu culture, hooked up with guitarist Sipho Mchunu, and began an amazing Afro-pop career—which was still a dangerous move back in 1976. As his reward, in his adopted homeland Clegg is now considered to be about as hip as Laura Branigan. His initial stint as Johnny Clegg & Juluka still produced some great songs, with “Scatterlings of Africa” a welcome distraction from the brooding Eurorockers of 1983. The band became Johnny Clegg & Savuka after Sipho’s retirement. There were plenty more bright moments, and Clegg would eventually be honored with a soundtrack appearance in the big-screen whateverfest George of the Jungle. The unwashed motif continued with Clegg’s bid this year to work the Southern festival circuit as a kind of jungle jam-band. He seems to have given up touring under both his former band names, but Clegg’s earned the right to market himself however he sees fit. If nothing else, it’s a rare opportunity to hear a musician with little patience for Western artists bitching about imaginary repression.
Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Plaza (15th St.), 212-777-6800; 9, $15 --- J.R. Taylor http://www.nypress.com/listings/listing.cfm?listings_id=109608

• ...It was great! Johnny didn't talk much, as a matter of fact he didn't really talk with the audience or explain the songs like i have seen him done in the past. However, it was really great!...
  Posted by Donna 05.08.2005 08:02
• Small venue, and a small crowd for the small venue, according to the wandering waitress. I saw Johnny ask if they were doing just one set (sounded like a plea)....they did 2. Not a lot of talk or dance....
  They played The Crossing in the 2nd set and made me cry like a baby.....
  Despite the small, albeit enthusiastic crowd, and the knucklehead  yelling out "Black Rain", it was great. Even lightly motivated, they are amazing. The music is amazing. Thank you for coming JC.
  Posted by musicsidewinder 05.08.2005 08:17
• we heard the guy yelling Black Rain all night, and I was getting elbowed all night ... but enough bitching. Its the first time I had seen Johnny in 8 years, and I was thirsty. They played enough Julaka/Savuka so that my new fiancee knew some songs well enough to sing along. Sound mix was off a bit(drums too overpowering, bass muddled), and Johnny tried to keep tweaking all show long. Toads Place in New Haven is a much better sounding venue for this band. Bigger
  stage as well. All in all, a professional performance, I wish Johnny had prefaced some of the songs with his lecture/stories like I have been used to in the past, my future wife was expecting them. But I did predict about a dozen of the songs he would play that I burned onto a cd for our ride down from Connecticut. It came in handy during a 45 min traffic jam.
  Great show. Great man. Johnny Clegg, FOREVER!!
  Posted by Paul 05.08.2005 10:01
• Review: Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Edmonton Folk Music Festival, 7 August 2005 Posted by Randy Reichardt on August 14, 2005 09:36 PM http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/14/213614.php
  .: Last weekend, I participated in my 14th consequtive Edmonton Folk Music Festival as a volunteer. I was blessed with the opportunity to work with one of my musical heroes, Johnny Clegg. Clegg and Sipho Mchunu formed the seminal South African band Juluka in the late 1970s. Their song, "Scatterlings of Africa", is an all-time favorite.
  Clegg and his band rocked the festival during the Sunday (Aug 7) 2:00 pm mainstage show, and later in the evening, at the after-festival party. At the party, I planted myself in front of the stage, a few feet away from Johnny, and danced to his music for 75 delirious, joyful minutes. For both shows, Johnny and the current version of Savuka played a tight, melodic and joyful show, showcasing many of Juluka and Savuka well-known songs, and mixing in many different dance steps, which I assume were based on Zulu tradition in many cases.
  I was thrilled when I learned Clegg was playing our festival. He is one of those artists I have always wanted to watch in performance, and to have experienced such an amazing show twice in less than twelve hours was a gift from God. I don't know how else to describe it.
  Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu defied apartheid authority in their early musical collaborative days in South Africa. Because Clegg was white and Mchunu black, they were subject to police harrassment, threats, and abuse. The continuing development of their unique sound, which led to the formation of their band, Juluka (Zulu for "sweat"), was in defiance of the cultural segregation laws at the time. With their music largely ignored in their home country, they played live performances on the street and at private functions. Word of mouth continued to spread, and Juluka's reputation grew, eventually leading to a record contract, and international recognition. Further details are available on the biography page on this site.
  What makes Clegg's music so appealing to me is his ability to mix traditional Zulu musical structure (about which I know next to nothing, frankly) and Western melodies and rhythms. He also mixes Zulu and English lyrics. Regardless of how he does it, it is music that radiates and bleeds celebration and joy in the midst of world that can be terrifying and unforgiving.
  Clegg and Savuka ("We have risen") are in the midst of an extensive world tour. If you get the chance, see his show, you will not be disappointed, and if you are new to his music, you will experience a sound that you have not heard before, pure auditory pleasure. I'm still smiling.
  Here is the set list from the party, which mirrored the 2:00 pm afternoon show as well:
  Jongosi, Take My Heart Away, Africa, Giyani, I Call Your Name (Ngibiza Igama Lakho), Tatazela, Malonjeni, Kilimanjaro, Great Heart, Scatterlings of Africa, Cruel Crazy Beautiful World, Asimbonanga (Mandela), Dela (I Know Why The Dog Howls At The Moon),
  At the party, we wouldn't stop clapping until the band returned for an encore. I did not catch the name of that song. At the party performance, he added one extra song, between Great Heart and Scatterlings.
  Mention must be made of his excellent band, the current Savuka lineup, featuring Brendan Ross on sax and keyboards, Mandisa Dlanga on vocals, Concord Nkabinde on bass, Andy Innes on guitar and mandolin, and Barry Van Zyl on drums.
  In February, 2005, Johnny held a braai (barbeque) at his home for as many surviving people that played for him in his career as could make the event. This photo features members of Juluka and Savuka throughout the years. An extensive discography is available here, and includes albums, singles, DVDs, books/press, lyrics, songs index, discs index, and more.
  Thank you, Johnny, thank you again. :-)

07.08.2005 Edmonton, Alberta, CA http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/culture/story.html?id=bb5b30f1-6730-43ed-9a77-648531833cc4 South Africa's Johnny Clegg Band will perform Sunday afternoon.

• Clegg turns up the worldbeat heat
  August 8, 2005 http://www.edmontonsun.com/Entertainment/FolkFestival/2005/08/08/pf-1164020.html
  By JENNY FENIAK, SPECIAL TO THE EDMONTON SUN

Johnny Clegg tapped into African rhythms yesterday at the Folk Fest.
(Jason Franson, Sun)

Yesterday afternoon along the folk fest thoroughfares, people's heads and paces were keeping the African rhythms of the Johnny Clegg Band performing on Gallagher Park's mainstage.
Rounding the mainstage's far ends, the designated dance areas had burst, and folks were moving and grooving as far as the eye could see. Granted, some weren't too graceful, but at one point, using Einstein's 1905 theory on space/time relativity, Clegg offered the crowd his own specific instructions on tapping into the rhythms of Africa.
With a four-piece rhythm section and one woman lending her tremendous voice behind him, Clegg kicked up a wonderful set, serving the crowd a wild and intoxicating hour of socially conscious music.
Born in England and raised in South Africa, Clegg's first band as a teenager was also the first mixed-race group to perform during the apartheid years.
Despite constant pressures and hassles, he continued on his individual path and, like his performance yesterday, has fused Zulu and English with rhythms from both his homelands resulting in sounds reminiscent of Paul Simon's Graceland.
Inspired as much by the wilds of nature, vibrant xylophones, tinkling keyboards and Clegg's own squeezebox, coupled with onstage dance lines, everyone on and off the stage got their blood pumping and probably raised the atmosphere's overall temperature under the blazing sun.

10.08.2005 Montreal, CA ???

12.08.2005 Salmon Arm, BC, CA http://www.rootsandblues.ca/, http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=15&cat=44&id=473020&more=

13.08.2005 Burnaby BC, CA - Jazz Festival http://www.burnabybluesfestival.com/

• ...The show in Burnaby yesterday was fabulous...no surprise! I have uploaded some of the better photos in the "photos" section of the scatterlings website ...
  It was an outdoor venue with most people sitting in lawn chairs or on blankets. ... There were some new songs, all of which, I thought, were great. Can't wait for the new CD! Sorry didn't make a list of the songs played... too busy dancing!...
  Posted by Marguerite 15.08.2005 05:28
• Hmmm, not surprised in a way that the Banff show was postponed. I had wondered how they could keep up the pace. There was a 6-hour drive between Friday and Saturday shows (Salmon Arm to Burnaby), then another 10-hour drive to make Sunday's show in Banff. And JC didn't come out after the show last night as he was "sick". Didn't come across on stage (loved the show!! - just too short at 1 1/4 hours), but Mandisa said that he had been suffering from a headachealmost all day.
  He definitely said "see you next year", as Mandisa confirmed.
  He was the hit of the Burnaby Blues Fest ... the Neville Brothers had a very tough act to follow.
  No merch other than the DVD, which seemed to be selling very well (and mostly to people who had never heard JC before ... from those of us who were anxiously waiting to see if he was going to make an appearance to sign). The whole place was definitely rocking ... people were up and dancing from the first song. It was really great to see all the kids in attendance who were either up on their parent's shoulders or dancing with the rest of the crowd. Made you realize how many people and what a wide range that Clegg's music
  sings to.
  Posted by Robin 15.08.2005 04:06
• Out of Africa:
  Johnny Clegg will bring his own brand of world music to the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival stage. Clegg's music has been influenced by the politics of his native South Africa.
  Sharing the human spirit
  When apartheid ruled in South Africa, and black and white people were segregated into different cities, different parks and even different concert halls, Johnny Clegg was just a colourblind young lad with a passion for the guitar.
  Throughout his rebellious youth and during his time with the bands Juluka and Savuka, Clegg helped to forge a new road in South Africa, bringing together black and white musicians and often having his shows shut down by the police or having his signature brand of up-tempo, danceable music banned from the radio.
  But Clegg always believed that the good in his music would win out. And today, more than 34 years after he first performed in front of an audience, he is known around the world as one of the true creators of fusion music. Next weekend, the man often described as the White Zulu will be coming to Deer Lake Park to play at the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival.
  "I'm not trying to spread culture," Clegg said Wednesday in a telephone interview from a hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, his first North American stop after a four-month tour of South Africa and Europe. "I'm trying to find a meeting point between cultures."
  Clegg's own brand of world music is born out of his experience of having lived under the constant threat of being arrested and having his concerts shut down simply because white people were performing on stage with black people.
  While activism has clearly played a huge role in his life, Johnny Clegg said his mission has been to create a new and unique brand of lively, danceable and rhythmic music out of both his African and Western experiences.
  "World music?" Clegg asked himself rhetorically. "I think generally what makes it different from all other kinds of western music is that it speaks with the voice of the Other - with a capital O.
  "When you hear it, you get a sense of evidence that there are people in other strange lands who are living their lives and who have made sense of the universe and of their world in a unique way," he said. "There's something quite mysterious about that and something quite fascinating. At the same time, some people find it a little threatening - especially people from closed communities who have very fixed ideas about the world and human behaviour."
  Clegg said it is not his goal to bring African music to the rest of the world. Instead, he is creating a whole new kind of music that Africans and people in the West can both recognize and call their own.
  "World music tells you that the canvas of the human spirit is much vaster than you can imagine," he said. And when Clegg speaks about his music, the unmistakable underlying message is one of hope, growth and unity.
  "As with all things, world music has a special place," Clegg said. "It reminds us of the incredible broadness of the human experience - and there might be one or two things that we don't truly understand. When you hear it, it's very evocative."
  Unlike Western music, which focuses on melody, Clegg's brand of fusion places a greater emphasis on complex rhythms.
  "Africa is famous for having a very strong, well-developed esthetic around rhythm," he said.
  "In the West, rhythm is just a minimal skeleton to which you hang complex melodies and chords onto.
  "But in Africa, rhythm is a means to make rhythmic patterns stand out. It's that aspect of world music that keeps reminding you that you don't necessarily have 'the' solution, you have 'a' solution. It may be dominant for some time, but all cultures pass - they go through a useful period and mid-life and then an old-age period. Then they die."
  In fact, Clegg admits that, when writing music, he approaches each new song as if it were a musical "problem" that requires solving.
  "When you have a cyclical traditional structure and you want to fit it into a linear, Western one, it's a fascinating problem. I love addressing those things," he said. "It's like a mathematical formula. You can apply it to a complex set of questions and eventually you'll hit the right answer - sometimes you don't.
  "Yeah, the creation of a hybrid is the musical puzzle I'm hooked on."
  But his music also has a political edge, born out of his experience as a stick-fighting young white man who spent his days learning to play music in and around the black townships of segregated South Africa.
  "We came out of the period of apartheid, so we had to deal with those issues and a lot of our songs refer to that experience," he said. "And that makes you very resilient. Either you believe in what you do or you fall by the wayside."
  Clegg said most bands typically only have to deal with the vagaries of the marketplace. "But if you overlay that with political censorship, you have to really hang in to survive. That was my own experience, and that's what's given me my resilience.
  "Yeah, we had shows closed down and police show up because of the cultural segregation laws that were in place. There was a geographical segregation of race groups and that was a problem because we were a mixed band playing in black townships and white areas. When the police saw that we were not succumbing to the censorship, they started to come around. About 20 per cent of our shows in one year were closed down."
  But when asked if he feels a sense of accomplishment with all that he's been through, Clegg pauses before he answers. "Yeah, I do," he said haltingly. "For my own country, yeah I do."
  published on 08/12/2005 http://www.burnabynow.com/blues/082205br2.html

http://www.burnabynow.com/issues05/083105/news/083105nn1.html

JUMPIN': Johnny Clegg danced alongside members of his bands Juluka and Savuka during the sixth annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival at Deer Lake Park.

World beats: Mandisa Dlanga (left) and Concord Nkabinde performed with Johnny Clegg during the Blues and Roots Festival.

14.08.2005 Banff, Alberta, CA in the Eric Harvie Theatre, Tickets are $29 Adults; $26 Student/Senior http://www.banffcentre.ca/events/playbill/2005/0814_clegg.asp

South African music legend Johnny Clegg and his band return to once again light up our stage with a concert featuring the powerful, exhilarating music of his groundbreaking bands Juluka and Savuka.
Last June, our audience experienced a truly memorable and enjoyable concert when one of South Africa’s most loved musical icons and renowned artists performed in Banff for the first time. Johnny Clegg and his superb band enthralled the crowd with their classic South African grooves and vibes as they played a wonderful mix of songs drawn from Juluka and Savuka as well as some new ones. This was special music that transcended boundaries, politically charged, yet joyous music that soothed the spirit, touched the heart and soul, and inspired anyone with dancing feet. On stage, Johnny promised to come back soon and so he is for another high-energy, dance-filled and infectious performance.
Internationally recognized as a groundbreaking force in the world music community for well over 30 years, Johnny Clegg has sustained massive critical and commercial success while playing a pivotal role in the fight against Apartheid in South Africa. From his initial, groundbreaking fusion of Zulu traditional song and music with Western folk and rock rhythms in the band Juluka (the first multi-racial band in South Africa), to the crossover, multi-million record selling and Grammy-nominated group Savuka, Johnny Clegg has always been at the forefront, embracing and blending musical genres and inspiring people everywhere he plays. His sold out concerts at theatres and festivals around the world attest to the fact that he continues to be a remarkable artist and performer and one of the strongest voices in World Music.

• .... It was a great evening not only because of Johnny's presence but also because the venue was almost filled to capacity. There were just a few of the 1000 seats empty because people couldn't make the return trip - which made it a bit easier for my 9 year old daughter and me to boogy in our seats The Banff Centre management came out and appreciated the efforts made by ALL to bring this show to stage - Johnny's band, the staff and the public that made double trips after the cancelled show yesterday. Later on Johnny himself was very appreciative of everybody who made it possible "to meet up" as he said. It sounded like they really had bad problems with their bus - got stuck in it for a record 27 hours!!! And since it's rather cold around here right now it felt to him as if they had landed in polar bear country
  ...I do feel he made an effort to put on an extra nice show. He played for about 2 hours! My husband is not a fan at all and was rather dragged into this but even he had to admit that Johnny is a great entertainer - no matter what you think of his music (which he didn't mind either in the end). Well, of course I knew that already but it really came to life for me with "Dela", a song that I never counted among my favourites of him. But it is now after all the energy he put on stage for it. Most of the always polite Canadians (and a good number of SA expats in the audience) stayed calmly on their seats but there were also quite a number of people dancing in the outside aisles.
  My highlight of the show: Mandisa's solo in "Asimbonanga". I just couldn't believe that she managed to top herself once again and leave me with tears in my eyes.
  Posted by Beatrix 16.08.2005 17:21
• Here is my "take" on the show on Monday.
  First of all, on Sunday evening, I almost cried when a security guard met me at the door and said: "The concert is cancelled." (Not very diplomatic of him). He went on to say that if we could come back on Monday, Johnny was prepared to do his show then, and our tickets would be honoured! Their 'bus had broken down somewhere out of Vancouver. (Phew! talk about mixed feelings). I went to my husband and two friends (all from Saskatoon) and said: "What do we do?" We'd booked into a hotel at Banff for two nights only (Saturday and Sunday) and really didn't want to spend any more money on hotels. My friends (bless them) said they had a friend in Canmore who they were hoping to visit anyway, and let's go and call her and see if she could put us all up. She could! (I was almost a basket case by now).
  So, on Monday, we were treated to a most splendid concert.
  The songs:
  1. (something like "Hai Wimatosi"?????) ["Amakhosi"?]
  2. Take My Heart Away
  3. Africa (What Made You So Strong?)
  4. African Sky Blue
  5. Bullets for Bafazani
  6. Giyani
  7. I Call Your Name (one of my favourites)
  8. Woza Friday
  9. Digging for Some Words
  10. Emalajeni
  11. December African Rain
  12. Tatazele
  13. The Crossing (my favourite - I'd shouted out the title early on in the concert and Johnny said, "It's coming")
  14. Third World Child
  15. Great Heart
  16. (Zulu title from his upcoming January release): "I Remember My Family" (English title)
  17. In My African Dream (I loved the additional Zulu words at the end of this - hadn't heard them before).
  18. Scatterlings of Africa
  19. Cruel, Crazy Beautiful World
  Encores:
  20. Asimbonanga (another of my favourites)
  21. Dela
  ---------------------
  (I may have missed one, as I got up to dance (at the side) for a while).
  It was a truly wonderful concert. Johnny talked about the songs and about being late for the concert... I liked what he said about the relationship between social justice and nature. There's a saying in Zulu: "No justice, no rain!"
  I didn't get to see him afterwards (the manager said he'd had to leave early for his hotel...), but I did chat with Concord and Brendan (and got some photo's). They would like me to arrange for them to come to Saskatoon next year. I'll try to get them in during the Jazz Festival (they have a world music day - we'll see).
  Must go ---- still singing Clegg songs in my head.
  Awuyelelemama!!!!
  Posted by Patricia 17.08.2005 17:52

16.08.2005 Victoria, BC, CA

• ...Just a brief report from the Victoria show. Clegg and the band were in fine form, played a full set in front of a close to sold out crowd at a nice outdoor venue. Set list was very similar to Banff show with a few different tunes.
  I had a chance to talk to both Concorde (bassist) and Andy (guitarist). Overall they seemed to be enjoying the tour, though Andy's version of the Banff story was that the bus driver actually took the wrong road, they headed to Alaska for 27 hours of driving! I don't know how they manage the grind of touring, having done a bit I know how exhausting it can be. Andy said he wanted to know what they put in Clegg's breakfast to keep him so fit.
  Excited about new release coming in the new year, the two new songs I heard last night were great. As much as I understand the need to play the "greatest hits" for crowds after you haven't toured in more than a decade, I do look forward to new material.
  Posted by Paul 18.08.2005 05:47

17.08.2005 Seattle, WA, USA http://www.tripledoor.com JOHNNY CLEGG ON THE MAINSTAGE http://www.tripledoor.com/event.aspx?eid=838

• ....The concert was fabulous, as always. Johnny's dancing got wilder as the night went on, and the band seemed to thoroughly enjoy doing some dance routines during the show. Johnny seemed especially psyched, and by the end of the concert he was all over the place. When they did "Dela" at the end, he was running around the stage, pointing at audience members and singing, "I burn for YOU! And I burn for YOU! And I burn for ALL OF YOU!!"
  Since they were doing a later show, too, they didn't come out to sign autographs afterwards. I was disappointed by that, because Concord had told me last year that he wanted to meet my daughter the next time they were here. (I had told the band about my daughter hugging Johnny when she was four and singing "Dela" to him. She nagged me into getting a tattoo afterwards to commemorate the event, and the band members all thought that was great!) I went up to two security guards and asked them if the band would be coming out. They confirmed that they weren't. I
  asked if I could get a message to Concord, because he had told me he wanted to meet my daughter. I told them the story and showed them the tattoo. One of the guards said, "Cool! I'll run up and tell him and see what he wants to do."
  A couple of minutes later, there was Concord! I said, "You probably don't remember me..." He interrupted to say, "Of course I remember you! You're the lady with the tattoo!" He shook my hand, then I introduced him to Takla and Joe. He was amazed when I told him that Takla (who is 13 now) can still point to the exact spot where Johnny kissed her, and Takla put her fingertip to the middle of her forehead. I told him that I'm a Buddhist, and I always chant for the band to have safe travels whenever they go on tour.  He said, "Thank you! That really means a lot!" Then he hugged me. What a sweetheart!!!
  All in all, a perfect concert, great meal, wonderful night. And I got to meet a fellow Scatterling!
  Posted by Jody 18.08.2005 20:13
• ...The earlier review covered everything really well, but just wanted to add a couple of things. The sound was good--clear and not too terribly loud (of course I WAS right in front of the soundboard for the first show...the person mixing the sound is naturally at the soundboard, so that's ususally where the sound ends up being best.) The lighting was great. For awhile, they had small lights that covered the back wall of the stage which looked like twinkling stars. I could almost imagine that the band was playing outside under a starry sky. Pretty cool effect....
  Setlist: Amajongosi, Take My Heart Away, Africa, Giyani, I Call Your Name, Digging For Some Words (first show only), Woza Friday (second show only), Tatazela, Emalonjeni, The Crossing, Bullets for Bafazane, Great Heart, Tough Enough, In My African Dream, Scatterlings of Africa, Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World and for an encore... Asimbonanga, Dela
  Posted by Peter 29.08.2005 05:06

18.08.2005 Portland, OR, USA -  Aladdin Theater (Pollstar) Johnny Clegg Band - Ticket Price: $28.50 adv / $30.00 dos, Ticketmaster.com

• ....The Portland show was great--high energy, everyone was in great form. JC and Mandisa both did more dancing than last year. Johnny looks lean and fit. The show in eugene was in a venue that looked like a hole. The sound had some problems but the crowd was high energy and the band was too. I think they were building on each other. It felt that way. Of course, I didn't want it to end. I wanted to follow them to SF and go to Arcata and Quincy (Quincy?? I wonder how that one will go. If anyone is planning on going to this one, I'd love a report).
  The Portland show followed the playlist but they cut African Rain and Third World Child but added Umfazi Omdala in Eugene. Also they didn't do the final part of Dela where they come back like a mini encore. It was a late show. It didn't start until after 10. But for a sleezy bar type place, it was good crowd. .....
  Posted by Sheila 21.08.2005 06:35
• .... So I finally got to meet Sheila and a few other folks!! So nice to put names to faces at last.
  Johnny did seem to be in good form, and so did the band, and despite a few sound problems, the show got going full blast pretty quickly. At the end, Sheila had a set list from off the stage, so I'll let her post that later (once she's had some sleep!!) plus I'm not much good at memorizing what's playing in what order anyway :-).
  High-lights for me were: Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World, Umfazi Omdala and Dela (of course!) Great Heart and I call your name, Gyani, Tatazela (There's a good story behind _that_ one!) Bullets for Bafazane, and more than I can name!!
  On the wish list (or "If I could write up Johnny's set list") would have been: Ring on Her Finger, Emotional Alliegence and Black Rain, Kwella Man and Simple Things, and the football cup song (whose name escapes me at the moment), and New World Surviver- he really didn't do much off his more recent albums, but the crowd loved every thing he did do, including Woza Friday, and the two new songs from his upcoming album (he said, "hopefully ready for release in January..." Cross your fingers everyone, and knock on wood!!!)
  Posted by Andria 22.08.2005 19:22

19.08.2005 Eugene, OR, USA

• ....We managed to keep up with the Johnny Clegg Band for four of their west coast shows. At every show we went to, we met Scatterlings/fans who had already been to other shows, too. The Eugene gig at John Henry's bar was a total blast. I had reservations about the place, but soon forgot them when the show started. The crowd and the band were fired up! The band barely had room to wiggle on the tiny stage, but Johnny somehow still managed to dance around. And they added Umfazi Omdala to the set! We danced next to some joyful black South Africans who were singing along and dancing like crazy.
  siehe weiter Arcata 21.08.2005
  ....
  Posted by Jamie 31.08.2005 16:49

20.08.2005 San Francisco, CA, USA

FREEDOM FIGHTER

J. Poet - Sunday, August 14, 2005 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/14/PKGATE4PTQ1.DTL

Johnny Clegg's music was the unofficial soundtrack of the anti- apartheid movement. In 1976, Clegg and his friend and musical partner, Sipho Mchunu, a member of the Zulu nation, made an album of Zulu ethnic songs under the name Juluka. Since even radio in South Africa was segregated at that time, the album created problems.
"We sang in Zulu and English on the same record," native South African Clegg says, speaking on his cell phone from a European airport en route to another gig on his current tour. "The record company asked us, 'Is this music black or white? This will confuse the radio stations.' They finally decided that, since the backing band was African, black stations would play it."
Juluka went on to become one of the most successful bands in South Africa. Its blend of South African folk, rock 'n' roll, funk and Zulu street guitar fit right into the burgeoning world-music movement, although it didn't prevent the musicians from being harassed in South Africa.
"For the first year and a half, the band played mostly in black areas, where whites didn't see us, so they weren't offended," says Clegg, who brings his band to Slim's on Saturday. "As we got more popular, occasionally uniformed police would walk onstage with their shotguns and say, 'You've got five minutes to empty the hall or else you'll all be arrested.' But this was in areas that are notoriously conservative. Like the United States, we have our own regional political dynamics."
In 1985, just as they were starting to break internationally, Mchunu left the band. Clegg thought about quitting music, but as the political situation heated up, he started another integrated and politically outspoken band, Savuka, Zulu for "we have risen." Paul Simon's "Graceland" hit just as Savuka's premiere album was released, giving the band a huge international boost.
Clegg and Savuka became stars in Europe. Clegg still enjoys a huge fan base there, routinely selling out big venues. He's also a major star back home, but dealing with the realities of a post-apartheid South Africa presents its own set of unique challenges.
"The most amazing thing about (the fall of apartheid) was that nothing happened," Clegg says. "No war, no fighting. Mandela and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission defused the antagonism. When the white edifice collapsed, the level of expertise the African National Congress brought with it from exile was highly sophisticated. Politicians were well educated by the years of struggle. We have a lot of issues like AIDS, unemployment and poverty, but that's also a general African condition. There is a new culture of nonracialism, new cultural forms are coming out of the townships and the relation between the black middle class and working class is improving. Even the fact that there is a black middle class is remarkable."
Right after apartheid fell, Clegg and his former partner Mchunu reunited and cut another Juluka album. It was called "Ya Vuka Inkunzi" -- "the bull has risen."
"Juluka was the name of one of Sipho's bulls," Clegg says. "It was a celebration of our country's freedom and less political than our other albums. The international title was 'Crocodile Love.' "
After a tour to support the new album, Mchunu retired again, going back to his life as a farmer and cattle rancher. He puts the money he's made from performing and recording back into his local community.
"Today, South Africa is suffering from the global malaise (that's affecting the whole music business)," Clegg says. "The industry is collapsing. CD sales are down; live music isn't as vibrant as it was in '86. It's hard to make a living as a live band. There are more interracial bands, but none of them are (blending genres) like I did. The crossover music today is called kwaito, based on house, rap and hip-hop. It mixes English and tribal languages, but it's more a mishmash of stuff rather than intercultural crossover music. Downloading hasn't affected us because most of the population of 44 million can't afford computers. South Africa also has a 40 percent unemployment rate. There's not a sufficient buying public to support CD sales. I'm doing OK, but new, young bands have a hard time."
Clegg's current band includes Andy Innes, guitar and mandolin; Concord Nkabinde, bass; Barry Van Zyl, drums and percussion; Brendan Ross, sax and keys; and singer Mandisa Dlanga. Their high-energy show features favorites from the Juluka and Savuka songbooks as well as new songs from the album Clegg is currently working on.
"I'm recording with Tchad Blake at Peter Gabriel's studios in Bath," Clegg says. "He's a good chap with a good sense of space and an ability to get down to the best basic sound for a song. I'm using my band and some invited guests; it's about 40 percent Zulu with some interesting new directions. I'm concentrating on doing two or three good videos -- which I haven't done in 10 years -- finishing the album, shopping it around and touring.
"I want people to see the live show and see the energy we put out. The bottom line is always the live show and exchanging energy with the audience."
JOHNNY CLEGG performs at 9 p.m. Saturday at Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. $21. (415) 255-0333, www.slims-sf.com. 21$
j. poet is a freelance writer.

There is always a CD by South Africa's Johnny Clegg in my car. His energetic tunes make the best driving music. He's the guy who made the sounds that Paul Simon later made famous. He plays Slim's in San Francisco on Saturday, performing decades of greatest hits. If you haven't seen him, you must. Tickets are $21 for the 9 p.m. show. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/12391111.htm
(Contact Brad Kava at bkava@mercurynews.com or (408) 920-5040. Fax (408) 271-3786. Read his radio and music blog at www.mercextra.com/bkava.

• Wow! Had the best time..... I got the Setlist from the stage after the show. Here it is just the way it was printe.
  JONGOSI, TAKE MY HEART, AFRICA, SKY BLUE, BULLETS, GIYANI, I CALL YOUR NAME, WOZA, WANDERERS, MALONJENI, -- DECEMBER RAIN, TATZELA, CROSSING, 3RD WORLD, TUFF ENUFF, GREAT HEART, MABELENI, AFRICAN DREAM, SCATS, CRUEL, == ASIMBONANGA, DELA
  Posted by David 23.08.2005 09:01

21.08.2005 Arcata, CA, USA

• siehe Eugene 19.08.2005
  Admittedly, the Arcata crowd was smaller and less enthusiastic, except for the us and our kids. All ten of us were rockin' the two front rows! And there was a long-time Savuka fan who danced around in a costume made of strings!....
  I..... thoroughly enjoyed hearing Johnny elaborate on the meaning of the songs. He even referred to one of my favorite aspects his music, how it reflects the connection between humanity and nature. He said that when asked to condense the meaning of his music into a single statement, that it concerns the search for wholeness /completeness. Anyway, the kids LOVED the show and the royal treatment from Johnny and the band afterwards.
  siehe weiter Chicago 25.08.2005
  Posted by Jamie 31.08.2005 16:49

23.08.2005 Quincy, CA, USA Johnny Clegg will perform at the Town Hall Theatre at 8 p.m. Advance tickets only, 283-3402.

24.08.2005 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst - FYI - According to Pollstar USA

• Well it was a wonderful show last night in Santa Cruz. Small venue, not advertized well, so it was a small house. this was a good thing !!!!
  Maybe not so good for Johnny financially, but the venue had it set up for standing and dancing. Not one snarly security guard insight to stop the dancing.
  Lots of Scats in attendance and they were pretty much up close to the stage where I was lucky ot be up front center. The band was full of energy. You could tell Johnny and the rest of the band were having a good night. The energy was electic!!!
  Several folks stayed at the bus till Johnny came out ot board the bus. Brendan and Concord stayed out and talk to the folks and signed autographs. Andy was a bit busy with some business calls. All were nice enough to sing posters and CDs for those who waited.
  I picked up Concord's CD. It is wonderful.
  All the band members commented that the dancers and the energy of the crowd fired them all up. Brendan mentioned Johnny was very pleased and thought it was one of the better shows. Brendan said he likes the smaller venues because they feed off the energy in the house. They wish folks would get up and dance sooner (long as they did not obscrure the view of others). So to those of you who are going to see Johnny soon. Get off your butts and boogie!!!
  Posted by Dennis 26.08.2005 06:55

• REVIEW: World Music Highlights: Warsaw Village Band/Johnny Clegg
  Brad Kava, 02:56 PM in Brad Kava, Concerts, Music http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2005/08/review_world_mu.html Thursday, August 25, 2005
  In a summer that so far ranks a 1 out of 10 for quality of the big venue  shows, there were two outstanding small ones by world music artists that will stick with me for a long time.
  The Warsaw Village Band, from Poland, and Johnny Clegg, from South Africa, showed again that the best music sometimes happens in front of small crowds.
  .....
  Then, a week later in August, Johnny Clegg held court in Santa Cruz and San Francisco, his first time here in 12 years.
  I got turned onto this longtime African performer by someone who suggested that if I liked Sting's voice, but was sick of his wimpy tunes, I might like Clegg. Wow.
  His 1989 album "Cruel, Crazy Beautiful World" became a staple in my car until this day and it mixes a voice like Sting's with wonderful, layered, rich African musicianship and vital, political songs.
  It's a pity that Clegg gets virtually no radio play and his masterful Catalyst show was only half-full. Everyone in the place was dancing like mad, listening to a career retrospective of an artist who mixes serious topics with incendiary, complex, musicianship.
  It helped save a dreary summer for me.
• This is my first time here and though my knowledge of JC is comparitavely  limited, music is and has always been a major part of my life. I think life would be impossibly cruel and brutish without music of all kinds. My previous experience with JC was sometime in the '80s when he was fronting Savuka. I saw him at the Warfield in SF, and though the music was stellar, the experience was a good deal less so do the fact that the house was packed and there was practically no room for dancing. Hence, my post-show state of ecstasy that continues a week later. I hadn't been to the Catalyst in many years (my last show there being a show by King Sunny Ade). Santa Cruz is very appreciative of "world music" and my fear was that the Catalyst (a rather small house with an open floor and a wrap-around balcony) would be jammed to the rafters. It turned out that the house seemed only about half full. Too bad for those that weren't there; they missed a blazingly good show. For those who were there, there was a generous amount of room to dance, and dance we did, from the first note to the last. The sound was lean and muscular, Johnny's vocals were heartful and passionate, Mandisa's dancing and singing were joyous and inspiring, the rhythm section was tight as a drum, the musicianship of Brendan and Andy was very tasty without being "over the top" and detracting from the ensemble, the group vocals were lush and moving. Some of the songs I recognized from the Savuka days, though most were new to me. All had the power to move the spirit and the feet. You would have had to be comatose to not be compelled to dance. "When it was over it felt like a dream." I felt like I needed a cigarette. The river was enchanting. All in all it was a major high point in a four day run of major high points (Wink). You rock, Johnny! Come back to Santa Cruz again (PLEASE!)
  Posted by Michael 31.08.2005 19:58
• Wow, that was good! I'm sporting that goofy satisfied grin again. Thank goodness I don't have to be responsible until Monday! The Santa Cruz show was da kine - vibrant, exhilarating, downright transformational. Everyone emerged sweaty, dazed and happy. Great place, good bar, and excellent pizza! Probably not considered a good sell by promoter standards, but absolutely perfect by mine, enough people to feel full, but plenty of room to dance. Scatterlings in evidence, nice to meet you Dennis (looking natty in last year's t-shirt) Really great crowd, pleasant (I didn't get stepped on once!) but totally into it. At one point a beautiful man I'd guess to be So African was filled with the spirit and erupted with some incredible dancing including a few kicks and the packed crowd just opened up around him to let him move. I ran into Johnny out front before the show, welcomed him to Santa Cruz, was amazed his response was to ask me how I was doing. He seemed to be enjoying himself - everyone looked rested and relaxed and played with even more fire than they had Saturday at Slims. Pretty much the same set list, except no Crossing. As mentioned in other posts, their eye contact with the crowd was fabulous, Concord had a swarm of admiring fans on his side, as did Andy on his, and Brendan favored us with quite a bit of front time as well, even Barry was more visible than usual. I don't know if Mandisa was really recognizing people she knew or just being her wonderful self, but she was quite animated, her "back it up to the bumper" dance number with Johnny caused a near eruption of hilarity. A long stroll down the river to the beach on a rare clear night finished things off nicely. I spent the next day at the Boardwalk riding roller coasters and trying to figure out how I can be in Anaheim Sunday! (Argh!!)
  -----
  Sorry to keep babbling here, but I've been really thinking about this. The sheer intensity of how this band tours just amazes me. I can't  believe the schedule they're keeping, it seems almost brutal. I can't  imagine travelling at the pace they're doing, let alone putting on a burning show every night as well. How can you sustain that kind of energy output? I can't help but compare this to the hoopla surrounding another "high energy" band currently on tour...inspired, possibly, by the barrage of e-mails I've received inviting me for a mere $500 to watch the Stones' bums from backstage. (Don't get me wrong, I love the boys, and will be happily watching from out front in one of the "cheap" seats.) I'm just astonished by what seems to be Johnny and the band's iron-man(person)constitutions and curious what amazing fitness secrets they possess. How do they DO it? Is it all just fabulous music and clean living?
  Posted by Kathleen 26.08.2005 22:58 + 26.08.2005 23:24

25.08.2005 Chico, CA, USA http://www.csuchico.edu/upe/venues/venues.html

Andy Innes starts off the night on guitar with a loud,
upbeat song during Thursday night's performance in Laxson Auditorium.
(The Orion/Jessica Stevens)

Chico (California), USA - Afro Pop singer Johnny Clegg, along with his five piece band, will open Chico Performances on August 25, 2005. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium at California State University, Chico.
The Johnny Clegg Band featuring the music of Juluka & Savuka. Born in England, raised in Zimbabwe, and landing in South Africa, Johnny Clegg's brand of Afro Pop was part of the revolution in South Africa. Among the first to present black and white artists on stage, Clegg has influenced Dave Mathews and dozen of others while bringing the best in Zulu inspired dance music to the world.
Tickets are $14 for all students and children, $18 for adults, $16 for seniors, $23 for premium seating (all seating is reserved).
Tickets are available at the University Box Office at the corner of 2nd and Normal Streets, or by calling 898-6333.

• Clegg concert captivates crowd - Josh Smith staff writer August 26, 2005
   Johnny Clegg takes a break from jumping around and singing to play the guitar. - Johnny Clegg plays his blend of African and Western music in Laxson Auditorium Thursday night. Clegg alternated between two guitars and a concertina.
  (The Orion/Jessica Stevens)

Chico concertgoers got a taste of South Africa Thursday night in Laxson Auditorium, as Chico Performances kicked off its 24th season with the eclectic musical styles of the Johnny Clegg band.
The band blended Zulu, other types of African music and Western music from both past and present to form a contemporary sound. Of the 18 songs played, about half could be considered within the pop genre. Others veered more towards rock accompanied with mournful, longing vocals that were reminiscent of soul music.
Clegg executed a variety of tribal moves he learned over the course of his childhood, some of which resembled a rabid ape with his arms hooked just above his head in the air, doing a puke-inducing number of twirls across the stage.
Scott and Janet Ciucci of Redding said they had been turned on to Clegg by a compilation CD given to them by a relative, but this was their first time seeing him in concert.
Scott Ciucci said he was fascinated with seeing the African take on the accordion as opposed to the more prevalent German incarnation.
"I didn't think he would have pulled all that off with a six piece band."
See The Orion Aug. 31 for more information.

• Clegg brings afro-pop style to Laxson
  Josh Smith Staff Writer August 31, 2005 http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2005/08/review_world_mu.html

  Concord Nkabinde plays bass Thursday night in Laxson Auditorium for Johnny Clegg Band.
  The Orion : JESSICA STEVENS
  http://www.orion-online.net/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/08/31/431515dcc0d24

  Concertgoers got a taste of South Africa as Chico Performances kicked off its 24th season with the eclectic music of the Johnny Clegg band.
  Billed as "afro-pop," the band played to a two-thirds capacity crowd. But "afro-pop" is an oversimplification of Clegg's style, which defies a musical label.
  Clegg blends African (primarily Zulu) and Western music from past and present to form a contemporary sound. Of the 18 songs, about half could be considered somewhat within the pop genre. Others veered more toward rock, accompanied by mournful, longing vocals reminiscent of soul music.
  The fact that Clegg's heyday was in the '70s was readily apparent from the mostly middle-aged and graying audience Thursday night at Laxson Auditorium.
  But the small college-aged contingent quickly became immersed and interactive with the performance, starting with a group of eight dancing in the aisles that grew to nearly 40 by the end of the show.
  Clegg performed hits from his Juluka (meaning "sweat" in Zulu) and Savuka (meaning 'we have risen") band eras with his lineup of the past five years Andy Innes on guitar and mandolin; Concord Nkabinde on bass guitar; Barry Van Zyl on drums and percussion; and Brendan Ross on saxophone and keyboard. Clegg and Mandisa Dlanga provided lead vocals with devastating effect.
  Their vocal harmonies proved particularly poignant in a song dedicated to one of Clegg's former percussionists, a close mentor who was murdered in the early '80s.
  But solemnity by no means defined the evening. The set was lightened with a Jimmy Buffett-esque slacker anthem to the joy of partying on the weekend, which was Clegg's first No. 1 hit in South Africa in 1976.
  Clegg briefly veered into the risque with a popular song from 1996, which referenced the African belief of the "tremble" you get when you lose your virginity.
  As Clegg performed, he alternated between two guitars and a concertina, an accordion-like device reconfigured to better suit traditional African music. There are numerous instances in which African tribes adopted European instruments such as the violin, Clegg said.
  As white settlers came to South Africa, they brought musical instruments, many of which the Africans incorporated into their own traditional music, Clegg said.
  When Clegg wasnt entertaining the audience with his concertina or tales of South Africa, he was putting on wild gyrations that would give Mick Jagger a run for his money.
  But unlike Jagger, Clegg's moves are seldom seen by Western eyes.
  Clegg executed tribal moves he learned during his childhood, some of which resembled a rabid ape with its arms hooked just above its head in the air, doing a puke-inducing number of 360-degree twirls across the stage.
  Clegg is an icon in South Africa and much of the rest of the world for being one of the first artists to speak out against the countrys policy of apartheid in the late '60s and early '70s, just as his musical career began to take off.
  Clegg was also among the first to feature a multiethnic band, a defiant act that could have resulted in imprisonment. Clegg's act has had several incarnations, but always the same message racial unity.
  Apartheid is now a thing of the past, but racial strife still continues. South Africa's salvation came in a weird guise--globalization, Clegg said.
  "We have a new identity, which is consumerism," Clegg said. Though he admitted to living well and having a nice cell phone, Clegg said if you allow consumerism to run rampant, "you become your car, become your cell phone."
  After the show, audience members confessed to being unaware of Clegg but impressed by his abilities.
  "I'd never heard him before...what a crime!" Janese Charpentier said. She added that the harmonies and Van Zyl's drumming floored her.
  Scott and Janet Ciucci of Redding said they were turned on to Clegg by a compilation CD given to them by a relative, but this was their first time seeing him in concert.
  Janet Ciucci speculated that a lack of advertising was to blame for the low turnout because her sister-in-law had experienced capacity crowds at Clegg's Aug. 20 show in San Francisco.
  Scott Ciucci found the African version of the accordion an interesting counterpart to the more common German style. He was also impressed with the economy of the group's musical skills.
  "I didnt think he would have pulled all that off with a six-piece band."
  Josh Smith can be reached at jsmith@orion-online.net

• siehe Arcana 21.08.2005
  ....We almost made the mistake of skipping Chico, but I'm sure glad we did not! It was a small crowd again, but they were more appreciative. Johnny was leaping around the stage with a grin on his face most of the concert. They even played us a NEW SONG they'd been fine-tuning on the road, and they decided to play it for the FIRST TIME before an audience. It was called Touch of the Sun, I believe. It was slower than Mabelene (sp?), the other new one we had heard, and it was in English, but still with a lovely Zulu chorus. I simply can't wait for the new album and Concord and Barry's new releases too.
  Johnny did say they'll be back next year. I hope they make it back soon before the joy from this year's concerts fades
  Posted by Jamie 31.08.2005 16:49

26.08.2005 Los Angles, CA USA - House of Blues Sunset Strip

• ....The concert was amazing. I swear they get better with each show. They sang two songs from the new album! I really love the new one I hadn't heard before. I will post the song list after I unpack and find it. The drunks kept yelling for Impi and Johnny yelled back at them that was one song they WOULDN't hear tonight. The drunks weren't just yelling for songs, they were yelling throughout the music. They were yelling obscenities at the band. One guy decided he wanted my place at the stage. He came next to me and started pushing so I pushed back. He left and apparently decided to come at me from behind but Jackie saw him coming and blocked him from knocking me over. I totally missed it but I heard about it. But a few minutes later he decided to climb up on stage and started dancing with the band. The roadie got him off fast and then security escorted him out. But if looks could kill, the rest of the drunks would be falling over by Mandisa's glare. I wouldn't want her to look at me like that. WOW.
  The band took a break and when they came back, they started with Impi. The guy yelled thank you and Johnny reached out and shook his hand. At least they yelled a little more quietly.
  I thought the show was over way too soon. I managed to grab one of the set lists. The roadie let me have it because he recognized me from Portland and Eugene. He said, I know her. When others asked if they could have one too. I was waiting for Barry to come out front because I had his money from the sale of his CDs. Security was kicking everyone out so I begged for a few minutes. The girls standing next to me apparently had some reason to stay as well because they were allowed to stay.
  I got to talk to Barry for a few minutes. He told me about his new album that he is working on. Then I got to talk to Brendan for a few minutes before I got kicked out officially. I have to say I was a bit pissed off that as I walking out the door I saw Brendan getting backstage passes for the two girls.
  We were assured we could get backstage passes for Anaheim.
  I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already but Anaheim was cancelled. Apparently someone stole the bus and everything they owned that was on it. We met a fan who had been at LA show and who knows Concord. He had been on the phone with her telling her what had happened. Andy was sitting at a table just inside HOB. He had flown back with his girlfriend so he missed the 'excitement'. ....
  Posted by Sheila 31.08.2005 07:40

27.08.2005 Las Vegas, NV, USA House of Blues

28.08.2005 Anaheim, CA USA Taj Mahal W/Johnny Clegg Band - House of Blues *Cancelled* siehe Los Angeles 26.08.05

29.08.2005 San Diego, CA USA The Johnny Clegg Band with Taj Mahal - Humphreys Concerts By the Bay

• Absolutely fabulous show last night!!! Johnny was dancing all over the stage all night long...too bad there was no room for anybody else to dance, but we did quite well standing in our tiny little seat area. He did play one new song and another I had never heard before. The one I had never heard was about the rain and the birds...I don't remember the name of it, but it had to do with the social order of things effecting nature. If anybody knows the name, please tell me. If anybody knows which CD I can find it on, please share also. I'd love to hear it again. Johnny did not say anything about coming back next year...hopefully it was just an oversight on his part.
  ....
  Johnny played for one and one half hours solid and if everyone around me had left, I would have never noticed....entranced...
  If anyone has the playlist, please share. I only wish he had played December African Rain, but maybe next time... I would not have exchanged it for any of the songs, but it could've been added...just for me!!!
  Still aglow...
  Posted by Kathleen 30.08.2005 19:27
  The song is called "Digging for Some Words," and it's on  Juluka-Scatterlings (it's track #4 on my copy). It might be a little difficult to find a copy after all this time (it came out in 1982) but check out Amazon and E-bay- you might be surprised!
  Sounds like it was a wonderful show!
  Posted by Andria 30.08.2005 20:39
• Kathleen,
  I think you're referring to a song he calls "Wanderers", and if I'm  remembering correctly, it's on Juluka's Scatterlings album, but it's called Digging For Some Words. If you don't have that album, you HAVE to get it. It also has Ijwanasbeki, Spirit Is the Journey, Simple Things and many other of my favorite songs that I wish they'd play in concert!
  Posted by Jamie 30.08.2005 20:42
• I was very glad to see Johnnie dancing so much and looking slimmer - I hope that means his back is better!
  He even did a couple of (nearly) high kicks at the end, which I wasn't expecting because of the back problems.
  Terrific concert!!
  Posted by Mike 30.08.2005 19:59
• San Diego concert was EXCELLENT. We arrived early for a dinner reservation and were able to sneak into the sound check. Heard the band as we drove up and I thought it was a recording at first. When we realized it was live, there was much excitement. They played Take My Heart Away, and parts of several others. WOW!
  There was one song at the San Diego concert that I can't place. I think JC said it was a hit in 1996 -- or late 90s sometime. Anyway, it was a Zulu song that he said was about a young man "doing it" for the first time. It sounded SO familiar to me, but I can't seem to match it on a cd. Anyone know what it was?
  (He also sang one from the upcoming CD. That's not the one I'm talking about).
  Thanks.....
  Posted by Patrice 31.08.2005 06:15
  That song is Tatazella. I think that is how it is spelled. It is on Crocodile Love. The version they sang was on the original CL which was Ya Vuka Inkunzi. I can' t think of the english title though. First song on the album. Love is (something)
  Posted by Sheila 31.08.2005 07:47
• San Diego was Monday night. I'm guessing that the merchandise was stolen and that's why there was none for sale in San Diego. The band's instruments were also stolen and I don't know if they were recovered or replaced in time for San Diego. There were t-shirts, CDs, etc. at the HOB in Los Angeles on Friday night.
  Johnny and Andy played Fender and a Gibson guitar Monday night. Since they normally play Parker guitars, I have to currently assume that their equipment wasn't recovered in time (but they still put on a terrific show!).
  Posted by Mike 02.09.2005 03:15

31.08.2005 Denver, USA The 25th annual Summer Concert Series at Denver Botanic Gardens, Johnny Clegg Band featuring music by Jaluka & Savuka
      ($32.50 member, $37.50 non-member) http://www.botanicgardens.org/pageinpage/concertlineup.cfm

• ...My heart was happy to see a whole new crop of Scatterlings at the Denver show on Wednesday night!
  It is a wonderful venue, sunken stage surrounded by sloped grassy areas on all four sides in the heart of an amazing botanic garden! The acoustics are phenomenal, and not too loud! The Garden's hosts an entire concert series during the summer, Johnny being the last, AND YES they did save the best for last!
  I was stunned by the number of "families" lots and lots of kids from infants to preteens including my 12 year old daughter and her two friends, one of which whose father is from SA!
  By the third song there was a crowd of 60+ in front of the stage one-third of which were kids of all ages including us, and Dad's with toddlers on their shoulders jumping and jiving to the kids obvious delight!!!!
  I was so happy to hear so many of the OLDER songs from the early days (my first JC concert was 1983 also in Denver at the Rainbow Music Hall)! Johnny's music has helped me through thick and thin including the fires of Yellowstone in 1988 where I worked for the National Park Service as a helitack and the birth of my daughter, "Are You Tough Enough"!
  Anyway, it was an amazing "walk" back into time for me and wonderful to see the future Scatterling fans heading down the same path!
  p.s. Johnny kept referring to the bus being stolen in Las Vegas----does anyone know about that?
  Looking forward to the promise of a regular tour!
  Posted by Jane 01.09.2005 17:01

01.09.2005 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Finalizes Labor Day Festival Line Up http://www.hispanianews.com/archive/2005/08/12/12.htm

......Organizers of the Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) festival have announced the final line up for this years Labor Day Festival taking place Sept. 1-5 in Snowmass Village. Jam band Widespread Panic will headline the first two nights of the festival, Sept. 1st and 2nd. Opening acts for the Thursday show include Johnny Clegg and Jerry Joseph and Friends. Friday opening acts include Galactic and deSoL. .....
http://www.jazzaspen.org/template.cfm?include=Labor%20Day%20Festival

• Snowmass havin' a good time http://www.aspentimes.com/article/2005109020037
  Fans travel from afar for first day of Widespread - September 2, 2005
  .....And some of those attending the show were there to see other bands as much as Widespread.
  Don Harvey, 67, of South Africa was there with his daughter, son-in-law and a couple of others, and they were waving their national flag in celebration of Johnny Clegg, who also is from South Africa, and his band. Harvey said he had known Clegg years ago, when he was the only white musician to dare play with an all-black group of musicians.
  "He was frowned on because he was with Africans," Harvey said. "I loved him."

03.09.2005 Chicago, IL, USA

The African Festival of the Arts is a unique event that features an African Market atmosphere. There are hundreds of vendors selling a variety of art and handicrafts, from reasonably priced, beautiful imports, to rare one of a kind collectibles. It is a suprisingly good opportunity to add to your African art collection (both African Art and art by African-American artists-I've gotten some really good wooden sculptures and wall hangings there) as well as hand-made jewelery, handbags and even apparel. There is also authentic carribean and African food, and music--the highlight of festival each year is the Saturday night concert, which always features a top-flight R&B or old-school headliner. Since the first time I caught the festival a few years ago, I never miss it. Its a great way to spend labor day weekend.
Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg integrates the white, English-speaking society with the Black, African culture of South Africa in his music.  Clegg was born in England, but moved to Africa as a youngster.  He started playing the guitar at age 14 and was greatly influenced by the music of Zulu.  In 1979, he formed his first band, Juluka.  Clegg recorded two platinum and five gold albums and became an international success.  The group eventually disbanded, but Clegg formed another band called Savuka, and their debut album, Third World Child, sold more than two million copies.  Savuka’s latest album, Heat, Dust And Dreams, was nominated for a Grammy and received a Billboard music award as “Best World Music Album.”  
http://www.onthewaterfront.com/news05.htm

Main Stage
Saturday, Sept. 3- 6:30 pm
Johnny Clegg & Mchucu/South Africa http://www.africainternationalhouse.org/clegg.htm

From 1985 to 1993, Johnny Clegg & Savuka met a world success with the albums: "Third World Child", " Shadow Man",
"Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World", "Heat, Dust & Dreams" and many charts: "Scatterlings Of Africa", "I Call Your Name" and especially "Asimbonanga" that becomes an anthem. In 1995, Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu form JULUKA again. "Crocodile Love" is their reunion album and is the return in Europe of the White Zulu. The Changes intervened in South Africa made Johnny Clegg want to answer to this new hope that lives, from now on the major part of the South African people.
In October 2002 Johnny Clegg released a new solo CD titled “New World Survivor”, and completed a very successful run of theatre shows in South Africa playing to over 40,000 people in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
In July 2003, Johnny Clegg embarked on a very successful tour of France and Germany. At one festival, 140km north of Paris, Johnny Clegg played to 60,000 people, breaking all previous attendance records for this biennial event. In Germany, Johnny blew the crowds away and had to perform no less than three encores for the enthralled crowd before they would leave.

• Well, last Saturday I saw my first and (unfortunately) only show this year. Although it was abbreviated due to time constraints, it was, as always, fantastic. It was just great to see Johnny and the band again, giving it their all despite the relatively smallish crowd, lots of"sitters" in lawn chairs, and rather poor acoustics due to the outdoor stage.....
  Here are the songs as I scribbled them down, DELA being conspicuously absent. Still, a wonderful show that I'm sure created a *lot* of new fans....:
  Take My Heart Away, Africa What Made You So Strong, Bullets for Bafazane, Giyani, I Call Your Name, I Touch the Sun (new), Woza Friday, Tatazela, Third World Child, Tough Enough, Great Heart, Umfazi Omdala, African Dream, Scatterlings, CCBW, Asimbonanga
  Even after all these years, and all the concerts, I still get goosebumps the minute they strike those first chords. Many thanks and much love to Johnny and the crew, despite the setbacks, for sticking it out to the very end.
  Posted by Suan 08.09.2005 18:59

04.09.2005 Rockford, IL, USA

16.09.2005 Boston, MA, USA *cancelled ???????*

25.09.2005 EarthWaterFireAir festival (EWFA).

EWFA festival lights up city http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2887409&fSectionId=365&fSetId=216
Like the esoteric healing powers of Himalayan Ions alighting on this southern tip, this weekend sees the Mother City play host to the first EarthWaterFireAir festival (EWFA).
The festival has as its epicentre events at The Castle and features Duncan MacKay's Re-Union band, acclaimed "laser sculptor" Hiro Yamagata, Ghanaian master drummer Atsu Dagadu and our own DJ Ready D, Krushed & Sorted, Khoi Connection, Kalahari Surfers among others.....

Monat 10-12 2005 (01-03 - 04-06 - 07-09)

07.10.2005 Arlon, B

08.10.2005 Alfortville, F

09.10.2005 Montrouge, F

11.10.2005 Conflans, F

12.10.2005 Soisson, F

13.10.2005 Yutz, F http://lamphy.com/

Il n'a rien perdu, ni de sa verve, ni de son énergie légendaire... Ses concerts sont toujours aussi spectaculaires et les incroyables danses zoulous qui ont fait son succès à travers le monde conservent toute leur fougue.

14.10.2005 Cusset, F

15.10.2005 Marseille, F "Sold Out"

16.10.2005 Marseille, F

25.10.2005 Conflan, F *cancelled?* siehe 01.11.2005 Berlin

27.10.2005 Ath, Bl *cancelled?* siehe 01.11.2005 Berlin

29.10.2005 Arlon, Bl *cancelled?* siehe 01.11.2005 Berlin

30.10.2005 Mayence, D *cancelled?* siehe 01.11.2005 Berlin

30.10.2005 Mainz, Frankfurter Hof D *cancelled?* siehe 01.11.2005 Berlin - noch gelistet http://www.musicas.de/artist.php?lg=de&artist=cle_johnny_clegg,

31.10.2005 Hamburg, Fabrik D *cancelled?* http://www.fabrik.de/de/programm/ siehe 01.11.2005 Berlin - noch gelistet http://www.musicas.de/artist.php?lg=de&artist=cle_johnny_clegg, Achtung: verschoben auf den 02.04.2006 21:00 Uhr Vvk 17,00 Ak 21,00 Euro

01.11.2005 Berlin, D

According to the mail below the Berlin Show that would have taken place on Nov 1st 2005 is postponed to April 27th 2006. That one could be part of the promotional tour for the probably and hopefully then released new album.
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Betreff: Re: koka36.de Kontaktformular
Datum: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:04:12 +0200
Hallo Herr K.,
das ursprünglich für den 01.11.05 geplante Johnny Clegg Konzert wurde auf den 27.04.06 (FritzClub im Postbahnhof) verlegt. Tickets für diesen Termin sind bereits zu einem Preis von € 24,90 erhältlich. Bestellungen aus dem Ausland nehmen wir online (peter@koka36.de) entgegen. Die Versandkosten betragen € 8,00, Zahlung muss per Kreditkarte erfolgen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
KOKA36
order@koka36.de
Posted 20.06.2005 21:48

http://www.deutschland-tickets.de/er/johnny_clegg/ JOHNNY CLEGG - "The Return Of The White Zulu"

Di. 01.11.2005, Berlin - FritzClub im Postbahnhof
Straße der Pariser Kommune 3 - D-10243 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 6981280 - info@columbiafritz.de
Tickets: KOKA 36
Tel.: +49 30 61101313 / Fax : +49 30 61101399
info@koka36.de / Online-Ticket-Service http://www.koka36.de/index.php  
Di.  01.11.2005 20,00 € / Alle Preise verstehen sich zzgl. CTS- und Vorverkaufsgebühr (extra amount added to price) 24.90€
http://www.koka36.de/shop.php?eventid[0]=1050658

>> The Imperium strikes back ,-)  <<

Fans of Johnny Clegg will be excited to know that he'll be performing at The Johannesburg Botanical Gardens for one show only! Talk Radio 702 is proud to present Johnny and his band live at the picturesque gardens at Emmarentia on 29 October.
Johnny Clegg, one of South Africa's most loved entertainers and a global superstar, is back home after another whirlwind run of successful sold out international tours in Canada, Australia, Europe and the United States. Performing one show only in Johannesburg, Johnny and his band will then jet off to Australia!
Clegg and his music have become symbols of South Africa's proud heritage and ranks amongst our finest exports. Think Table Mountain, the Protea, the Springbok, and of course Johnny Clegg. Throughout the years Johnny has provided us with songs that have become soundtracks to our lives. Dex De Bruin, Marketing Manager of Talk Radio 702 adds that "Johnny is a legend and has stood the test of time, like 702 has. We've sort of grown up together and many of our audience know and love his music and for this reason we're very excited to be associated with the one-off concert!"
702-land audiences can look forward to the hits from Juluka, Savuka and Johnny Clegg.
Freshlyground will be supporting Johnny and fans, old and new, will be able to see two of SA's finest music performers in a very unique setting!
Catch Johnny Clegg at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens under our African sky blue, on the 29th October for one show only. Don't miss out as Johnny performs the songs we've come to know and love!
Picnic baskets and blankets welcome! NO braais / fires permitted.

About:
Johnny Clegg began to learn to play the guitar at the age of 14. For two years Johnny learned the fundamentals of Zulu music and traditional Zulu Inhlangwini dancing.
In 1976 Johnny and Sipho Mchunu secured a major recording deal and had their first hit sing entitled, "Woza Friday". Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu, as Juluka, launched their second album "African Litany" in early 1981.
In 1982 and '83, Juluka toured the USA, Canada, the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. In 1983 they released "Work for All" and in late 1984 they released "Musa Ukungilandela".
Juluka split in 1985 and Johnny went on to form another crossover band "Savuka" (We have risen), mixing African music with Celtic folk music and international tock sounds. The band was well received and Clegg was offered a mini tour of France. A year later their 3rd World Child album was released in France.
Savuka's last album was nominated for a Grammy Award for the best world music album in 1993. The band broke up in 1994.
Johnny Clegg continues to collaborate with Sipho Mchunu and they are currently working on a traditional Zulu album.
Early 2004 saw Johnny Performing A South African Story Part II, to sell out audiences in South Africa. He then embarked on a successful three month tour of Europe and USA.

Australian dates http://www.stetsongroup.com/index.aspx