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Musicians Unite Against Apartheid Sun City Protest
In New York Bruce Springsteen Bob Dylan Miles Davis and over 50 artists join Artists United Against Apartheid with the single Sun City aimed at boycotting Bophuthatswana performances and pressuring U N cultural sanctions The record funds go to aid causes while criticizing the Reagan administration and constructive engagement as a flawed policy The chorus proclaims I ain't gonna play Sun City and features Bob Geldof Jackson Browne and Pete Townshend among others.
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New York
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
Sun City
Live Aid
Bob Geldof
Jackson Browne
Who
Pete Townshend
Run-Dmc
E Street Band
Little Steven van Zandt
Bophuthatswana
Frank Sinatra
Linda Ronstadt
Rod Stewart
van Zandt
Bophuthatsawana
South Africa
Africa
David Ruffin
Pat Benatar
Eddie Kendrick
Springsteen
Ronald Reagan