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Colombian musician Shakira will make her third consecutive appearance at the
FIFA World Cup when she performs during the closing ceremony of the 2014
tournament at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, July 13.
This time it will not be Waka Waka-This Time for
Africa, which she performed with vivacity and virtuosity four years ago in
South Africa, but it will be La La La, the Brazil 2014 Signature tune.
The Hips Don’t Lie hitmaker and wife of Spain and
Barcelona football star, Gérard Pique, said in a statement in Brazil that she
was anxiously waiting for the day of the closing ceremony.
"I can't wait to perform this song as the fans
have displayed an overwhelming support for it", the 37-year-old iconic
artiste said.
Sharkira's explanation as to why she continued or
loved to perform at big football festivals, such as the World Cup, must be
revealing: "l have a close relationship with football for obvious reasons
and understand what the World Cup means to so many people, including myself".
It will be her third World Cup performance on the trot
after the first show at Germany 2006.
However, South Africa 2010 was what must have brought
her into world football prominence yet with her enchanting and exhilarating
performance of the Waka Waka beat, which is even still reverberating and being
played at the football stadiums across Brazil.
But Shakira will not be the only one to perform at the
July 13 ceremony to bring the curtains down on the Brazil tournament as other
artistes of foreign and local repute will also be in attendance.
Organising Committee of the Brazil 2014 tournament
sources also indicate that celebrities, Carlos Santana and Wyclef Jean,
accompanied by national star, Alexandre Pires, will be performing the official
2014 World Cup Anthem, Dar Um Jeito.
Other performers will include students, who will do
the famous 'samba dances', while a local star, Ivete Sangalo, is expected to
thrill the crowd with a series of popular Brazilian lyrics.
source:graphic.com.gh
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