Concert Music before World Cup

A large music concerts will be held in Johannesburg on June 10, the day before the opening World Cup in 2010. No half-hearted, world-class artists will perform there.

The names of famous entertainers such as Keys, Shakira, the group Black Eyed Peas and John Legend was chosen to appear in FIFA's concert.

Color African music is not necessarily forgotten folk singer thanks to the presence of southern Africa, Vusi Mahlasaela, and Amadou and Marian and Tinariwen from Mali.

"We are pleased to be able to hold large-scale concerts. The featured artist will open the first World Cup on African soil," said FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke in YahooSports.

The grand concert will be held at Orlando Stadium in Soweto area in the city of Johannesburg. Famous producer Kevin Wall has been appointed to be the brain behind the concert that lasted three hours.

Before this, the Wall has been involved in big concerts, including concerts demanding the release of Nelson Mandela who was detained South African apartheid government, and the Live 8 concerts in 2005 and Live Earth concert in 2007.