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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 12, 1992                   TAG: 9201120066
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA                                LENGTH: Short

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PAUL SIMON OPENS TOUR IN S. AFRICA

Paul Simon opened his South African concert tour Saturday to roars of approval and a small demonstration by militant blacks outside the stadium.

The estimated 30,000 to 40,000 fans - virtually all of them white - stood and cheered as Simon opened his "Born at the Right Time" tour with his hit song, "The Obvious Child."

He dedicated his performance to the recently slain Headman Tshabalala, a black South African who sang on Simon's 1986 "Graceland" album.

Simon is the first international star to perform in South Africa since the lifting of the cultural boycott against the country last year. - Associated Press

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