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30
January 2006
Bryan Adams
Performs To Karachi
Canadian
pop star Bryan Adams is performing in
Pakistan's port city of Karachi to raise
money for survivors of last October's
earthquake.
It is
the first concert by a Western pop star in
the country since the 11 September terror
attacks in the US.
The
authorities hope it signifies a "healthy
cultural change" in the city, which has
seen several bombings and terror attacks
in recent years.
Some
20,000 tickets have been sold for Sunday's
concert, despite steep prices.
Singer
of hit songs, like Summer of '69, Adams
said he was excited to be the first
Western artist to perform a big concert in
the country in four years.
"We are
going to raise a lot of money to hopefully
help rebuild some schools in the areas
that have been devastated," he
said.
Authorities
say more than 73,000 people were killed
and millions displaced in the 8 October
earthquake.
Adams
arrived in Karachi just days after the US
state department issued a travel advisory
for the country citing concerns about
terrorism.
Sponsors
said they have already sold more than
20,000 tickets, even though the ticket
prices ranged from 3,500 rupees ($58) to
5,000 rupees ($83).
Pakistani
authorities say the concert signifies
change in the city after violent acts like
the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl
in 2002 and militant revenge attacks in
2001 against President Pervez Musharraf
for supporting the US-led war in
Afghanistan.
"Adam's
arrival and performance in Karachi is
definitely a healthy cultural change and
it signifies that moderate people are
coming up in our society day by day,"
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid
said.
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