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The Kooks, Kelis & BollyBoom to headline World Jam Music Festival

No less than 35 of SA's top artists and 17 international acts will take to four themed arena stages for the inaugural World Jam Music Festival on 6 and 7 December at Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Music award winning artist Kelis, Platinum selling album guitar band, The Kooks and the electrifying Bollywood Electro Dance Music extravaganza from the worldwide franchise BollyBoom headline the World Jam Music Festival.

Kelis
Kelis

The World Jam Music Festival presents a selection of genres including Rock and Blues, POP, Sounds from the Indian Ocean and West Indies, Smooth Jazz, the best of South Africa and contemporary, Hip Hop, Rap, Afrikaans Rock, and Bollywood Electro Dance Music from BollyBoom.

A proudly South African line up includes Arno Carstens, Just Jinjer, Mango Groove, Prime Circle, Freshlyground, Jimmy Dludlu, Lira, Jeremy Loops, Khaya Mthethwa, Mandoza, Beatenberg, Shortstraw, Gangs of Ballet, Mathew Mole and the Parlotones.

When the arenas close down after 6pm on Saturday night, the multi-music award winning Prime Circle will open the bill in the main stadium for headline acts The Kooks and Kelis.

Striking up for the second major act of the evening is the quadruple-platinum selling album group, The Kooks who hail from Brighton in the UK. 'Konk', their 2008 sophomore album, entered the U.K. charts at number one. Their strong re-emerging in 2014 with' Listen' has all the elements of their fundamental classic British rock genre, but with a fresh twist: it engages with a fusion of soul, new wave and dance and has a very strong electronic flavor which brings this multi -award winning band way up to speed.

The Kooks
The Kooks

American born Kelis will be able to quote the title of her fourth album by saying , 'Kelis was here' after she steps out on Saturday 6th. This chart topping, gold status singer, ('Milkshake ' helped her third Album 'Tasty' to the top of the charts selling over 540,000 copies in the U.S in just two months) is a phenomenon. Many will remember Kelis for her debut album 'Kaleidoscope' which sold 290,000 copies in the US, but the debut single ' Caught out there,' was an urban radio success, peaking at No.9 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart as well as becoming a video hit in America on BET and MTV.

What better way to conclude the inaugural festival on Sunday night than with a four hour high energy EDM act never before seen in Africa. BollyBoom presents an electrifying performance with state of the art technology, SFX, LEDS, lasers and a production which will make every inch of you move and shake! Hot, legendary names like Sonu Nigam, KK and rising star Benny Dayal as well as scintillating Anusha Mani and Joinita are amongst the star-studded lineup.

Bollyboom
Bollyboom

Daily tickets are available at Computicket from Monday 20th October ranging from R300 - R950 and from R510 to R1615 for a two day pass. Hospitality and Exhibition space details are contained on the web site.

View the artist full line-up at www.worldjamdurban.com

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