Hotel Murah di Puncak - Local music professionals are furious that so few South Africans will feature in the official Fifa concert. Their call to arms this week -- to mount a free rival concert -- was made at Music Exchange, an industry conference in Cape Town. One delegate suggested the rival concert should be called "Fuck Fifa", although he later conceded that the name would probably not fly.
Hotel Murah - Fifa's concert at Soweto's Orlando Stadium in Soweto will feature only three South African acts -- Vusi Mahlasela, BLK JKS and The Parlotones. African superstars Vieux Farka Touré, Angélique Kidjo, Tinariwen and Amadou and Mariam will take part alongside international artists including Alicia Keys, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas and Shakira.
South African music professionals are also simmering because Fifa contracted American-based events management company Control Room to run the concert, instead of a local company.
Theme Song FIFA World Cup 2010 - Mabuse said a rival concert is about "opportunities for South Africans. Why should South African musicians be denied the opportunity to be exposed to the rest of the world, when those that already have been privileged enough to have opportunities get to come here and make money and then go?" he asked.
The Fifa concert will be broadcast to millions of viewers around the world.
"Are we going to be silent about this?" Mabuse demanded. "Hell, no; it's either there are more South African musicians involved in this concert or there is not going to be a show."
Reacting to the controversially expensive tickets for the Fifa event -- priced at R450 to R1 150 -- Mabuse said: "We must do concerts for free. We must go out and find our own venues on that day and perform."
