LG Digital Music Festival to feature Haifa Wehbe, Nawal Zoghbi and Wael Kfouri

The festival, starring Haifa Wehbe, Nawal Zoghbi and Wael Kfouri, will be held at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel, Dubai on September 15, 2005. Tickets for the gala concert, including haute cuisine dinner, are on sale at the venue and more than 50 per cent of the tickets have already been sold.

"Our annual digital music festivals are organised to provide enthusiastic artist support, essential to successfully hitting the many markets potentially interested in Arab pop music. The LG music festival travels around the region with a star-studded line-up and have been well received in the market. As a company, LG is committed to building links with the local community by promoting some of the best talent available in Arabic music for audiences throughout the Middle East," said Hamad Malik, Director Marketing & Corporate Communications, LG Electronics, Middle East and Africa Operations.

LG conceptualised its music festivals at a time when the regional music business was facing challenges. The company believes that music is linked to its mission of creating a digital world that entertains and makes people's lives enjoyable and comfortable. Music festivals are an integral part of LG's marketing mix as it seeks to bring the best in contemporary and classic Arab music to the Middle East public. Music festivals have been held in UAE, Saudi, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Syria and featured top artists like Kazim Al Saher, Raghib Allama, Melham Barakat, Nabeel Shaeel, Nancy Ajram, Amro Diab, Elissa, May Nasri, Sheeren and Fadel Shaker.