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The Guardian - UK
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Imogen Tilden

Baaba Maal and Geldof to unite at Glastonbury


Veteran campaigner: Baaba Maal.
Photograph: Graham Turner
News just in: At 4pm on Saturday Bob Geldof and Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal will unite to promote the Make Poverty History campaign at Glastonbury. Geldof will address the masses from the Pyramid Stage, while simultaneously Baaba Maal does the same from the Jazzworld Stage.

Baaba - conspicuous by his absence from the Live 8 line up - will then play an acoustic show featuring guitar, kora and percussion prior to his headlining slot on the Jazzworld Stage later that evening.

The Senegalese singer and campaigner will also be speaking in support of the Make Poverty History campaign in Edinburgh, where he will address the rally in advance of the G8 summit at Gleneagles on July 2.

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