Lionel Richie joins a star studded list of artists in Morocco for Festival Mawazine
As part of Festival Mawazine, placed under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Maroc Cultures Association has organized a special concert on Sunday, May 29th at the Jemma El Fna square in honor of the victims of the April 28th terrorist attack in Marrakech.
Festival Mawazine and the participating artists have agreed tocome together in the name of peace and tolerance and in show of their firm opposition to terrorism and obscurantism. Internationally acclaimed icons Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, who together with Michael Jackson, and others led the nations in musical harmony with the ground-breaking song 'We Are the World', join Marrakech born artist and human rights activist Sapho, India's Bharati Show, Mory Kante from Guinea, Hussein El Jasmi of Egypt, Moroccan based group Nass El Ghiwane with Algerian composer Safy Boutella and Hindi Zahra of France/Morocco in solidarity with the people of Marrakech, and against the use violence and oppression.
Admission to the concert will be free. Tickets will be available to purchase for the front rows only. The total revenues from the sale of these tickets will be donated to the families of victims of the attack in Marrakech.
Both national and international press continue to be confirmed and the concert will be broadcast live on multiple television channels and media outlets.
Faithful to its values of openness and tolerance, Maroc Cultures Association extends an invitation to all and hopes to attract as much of a large public in display of their support and commitment to international human rights.
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