Santana Joined By Bishop Tutu In Fight Against AIDS In Africa

06/03/2003 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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(6/3/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- Carlos Santana will be joined by Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu this Thursday (June 5) at a Los Angeles press conference to provide more details about his partnership with Artists For A New South Africa (ANSA) to help fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

At the press conference, Santana and wife Deborah will officially announce their intention to donate all proceeds from Santana's North American Shaman tour to ANSA's Amandla AIDS Fund, which supports South African organizations battling the disease. Details will be revealed at 10 a.m. PT at the Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills, California.

In addition to Tutu, several celebrity guests are expected at the event, including actors Alfre Woodard, CCH Pounder, Blair Underwood, Alexandra Paul, Robert Guillaume--who lost a son to AIDS--and wife Donna Brown Guillaume; Arista Records CEO Antonio "L.A." Reid; CAA Managing Partner Rob Light; and ANSA Executive Director Sharon Gelman.

Santana's North American tour starts June 11 in Atlanta and ends July 14 in Los Angeles. At each stop on the tour, there will be tables with ANSA information. In addition, the June 25 show in Mansfield, Massachusetts and the July 14 show in Los Angeles will include Golden Circle fundraisers, offering VIP tickets and receptions with the performers.

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