Kardashian in Nigeria for Valentine concert
World famous US TV personality, Kim Kardashian is expected to join Nigerian music sensation, Darey Art Alade who is organising a St. Valentine’s concert in Lagos.
Kardashian, who will be visiting Nigeria for the first time, will co-host the show with Darey, and also partake in an exclusive VIP pre-event dinner to be attended by Platinum ticket holders at Eko Hotel & Suites on Sunday, February 17, 2013.
Darey, fondly called Africa’s R&B king is staging a star-studded act he calls “Love…Like a Movie” concert. Music pundits say the show; an evening of music, dance and drama is planned as a big budget feat.
Kardashian, who is admired worldwide for her role in E! Network’s reality TV series “Keeping up with the Kardashians” will join Darey, Soul Muzik acts; Zaina and Moeazy and other Nigerian music superstars like Psquare, 9ice, 2face Idibia, Flavour, Iyanya, Praiz, Timi Dakolo, Waje and Ice Prince for the show.
South African group, Jozi which worked with Darey on the remix of the hit track ‘Asiko’ are also on the bill to celebrate love and lovers.
Excited, Darey says: “I’m more than happy that Kim Kardashian is joining us for this first-of-its-kind concert.
Millions of Nigerians follow Kim on her different shows, especially “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, and we thought it’d be a good idea to have her co-host “Love…Like a Movie” with me.”
Produced by Soul Musik, the show, a theatrical valentine concert, has been described as an exhibition of performance varieties, using the interpretation of emotions, music, cross-culture dance and acrobatic performances, lights, moving images and customized sets. The concert is expected to also feature The KITONB Project, an extreme theatre company from Italy.
The act will be directed by Angelo Bonello, who arrived Nigeria with a 40-man crew last week, and has since begun pre-production at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre.
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