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NEWS
Three-Time
Grammy Award Winning World Music's Soweto Gospel Choir Kick Off North American Tour
(New York, NY) - Critically acclaimed South African world music sensations Soweto Gospel Choir
are hitting the road this month for a blockbuster North American tour that will run through the end of December. 2025. The
three-time Grammy Award winning choir, whose staunch supporters have included both President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, has performed for everyone from President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey and collaborated with Peter Gabriel,
Bono, Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé and John Legend, among numerous others. Since the award-winning Choir's introduction to American audiences
in 2004, they have consistently won the hearts of fans with their instantly inviting and awe-inspiring performances. In a
time when people are yearning for good news and positive messages, Soweto Gospel Choir fills a void. Their ability to transcend
race, religion, age, sex and language, is a welcomed balm. They are on a mission to continue to spread their much-needed messages
of love, unity and hope to audiences throughout the world. The
diverse material on their current project "Hope" speaks to the extraordinary range and capabilities of Soweto Gospel
Choir, who has scored two #1 Billboard singles on the World Music Chart. Singing in English as well as five of South Africa's
eleven official languages including Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi and Tswana, Soweto Gospel Choir creates a riveting tapestry of
lush harmonies and glorious rhythms. The cover of "Hope" is designed by the sensational South African illustrator,
graphic designer and street artist Karabo Poppy. Poppy has an impressive list of credits that includes work for Nike where
she designed Air Force 1 sneakers worn by Lebron James. (Source: Shanachie Entertainment)
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