News »
Gigwise RSS Feeds Bookmark and Share

Major Music Concert To Kick Off The World Cup

It will be staged in Johannesburg...

Major Music Concert To Kick Off The World Cup

A huge concert is being organised to kick off the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Taking place on June 10 at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, the event is being billed as a three hour music extravaganza featuring an array of African artists and international guests.

The man behind the concert is Kevin Wall, who also staged the Live 8 and Live Earth concerts in London, and he says acts have been queuing up to take part.

He told the BBC that he has been “overwhelmed” with interest from musicians, before adding:  "That's unusual, normally it's the other way round."

Early rumours predict that The Spice Girls will be reforming once again for the show, but Wall is remaining tight lipped.

He said: "I've heard a lot of these rumours, we've been overwhelmed by ideas like that, that have come to us from artists and the press.

"We're really trying to highlight football and the cultures and colour and music of Africa so you will see a lot of great international artists but I can't comment on who they are."

The line-up and ticket details will be announced in January.


 characters left [+]  


Register now and have your comments approved automatically!

  • #followfriday @James_Pew - For yet MORE interesting articles. @Gigwise - For the 50 worst artists piece.
    TwinLizard on Fri Oct 09 18:17:35 via HootSuite
  • #followfriday @James_Pew - For yet MORE interesting articles. @Gigwise - For the 50 worst artists piece.
    needlegroove on Fri Oct 09 18:17:35 via HootSuite
  • Más competencia para Liam Gallagher RT @Gigwise: Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr Releases First Clothing Line http://bit.ly/afAJO
    _barbarroja_ on Fri Oct 09 16:33:02 via TweetDeck
  • RT @zandria1 #FF @musicsinmyveins @MeLikeGoodMusic @FridayMixtape @FridayBruceFix @MusicMondayHits @current_music @gigwise @vinyldistrict
    VinylDistrict on Fri Oct 09 15:30:13 via web
  • @Gigwise hello there :)
    tinanellis on Fri Oct 09 14:57:59 via web
Artist A-Z   # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z