Source: African Press Agency
American popular singer Beyonce Knowles will stage a day-long concert for the Ethiopian millennium to be celebrated on September 12 in Addis Ababa.
Beyonce, who won the Grammy Award in 2001 and 2002, has been invited by the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa.
Sheraton Addis will pay Beyonce $1 million dollars and pay for the transportation of her band and equipment, APA learnt here on Monday.
The 26-year-old singer is expected to be accompanied by other singers from the United States whose identity has not yet been made public.
Sources told APA that Michael Jackson will also attend the Ethiopian millennium as a special guest together with other VIPs.
The Ethiopian millennium has been recognized by the African Union and United Nations as an African and worldwide celebration.
Over 400,000 Ethiopians from the diaspora, tourists and other invited guests are expected to come to Ethiopia for the millennium celebrations.
The Ethiopian calendar is eight years behind that used by most of the world. It is still 1999 in Ethiopia.
3 thoughts on “Beyonce to perform at Ethiopian millennium”
From now until new year we ve got, let us be generous, 80 days left. If we again be generous and say that there are 6 flights (from tourist generating nations such as UK, US of A and EU countries) everyday from overseas landing in Ethiopia and assuming that all the planes carry only tourist and all are B747 with a capacity of 400 passengers we will have
400pass X 6fl x 80 days = 1923, 000.
The auther states,”Over 400,000 Ethiopians from the diaspora, tourists and other invited guests are expected to come to Ethiopia for the millennium celebrations.”
Where do you think the writer got the much, Much, MUch, MUCh…MUCH exagerrated figure of 400,000 from?
AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE???
WHAT A MOCK
it is realy a nice mocking to hear that veyonce will go to ethiopa for the so called woyanes miliniem.leave her alone, and bring your usulal new year singers from other african countries like rowanda and somalia.we ethiopians will cellebrate our own milliniem when we get our freedom from woyanes. what a mock KE KE KE KE
how much do they expect from us to payt