On November 29, 2003, fresh off the release of her multi-platinum debut solo album ‘Dangerously in Love’, Beyoncé took the stage at Green Point Stadium in Cape Town for the 46664 Concert, Nelson Mandela’s massive charity event raising global awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, sharing a five-hour bill with Queen, Eurythmics, and Bono before joining Bono, The Edge, and Dave Stewart for a special collaborative performance, delivering a set that combined commanding vocals with the kind of stage presence that made it clear, in front of a worldwide broadcast audience, that this was an artist whose reach was already extending well beyond the music.


