Will Michael attend Nelson Mandela’s birthday celebration?

According to Saturday Star , the Johannesburg newspaper, Michael Jackson will go on August 13 to the celebration ceremony for the 85th birthday of the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela . The event will be held the day after Mandela’s actual birthday at Sandton Convention Centre , and, according to The Star “artists including Barbra Streisand , the successful R&B singer Beyonce Knowles from the group Destiny’s Child , the glove-wearing Michael Jackson and other members of the Jackson family will take the stage to make this night unforgettable.” Although no confirmation has yet been made by the organizers of this event, which is said to be “top secret.” (Does Saturday Star mean that Michael will perform?)

Michael and Nelson have been close friends for years, and Michael previously raised money during charity concerts What More Can I Give? in 1999 in the cities of Seoul and Munich for “Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Charity.”