September 15, 2006
By Lucky Sindane
DANCE Saturday night away at the MTV Alert with Motorola music concert at the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown.
The concert, which is part of the City's Arts Alive Festival, kicks off at 10pm on Saturday, 16 September, and promises a star-studded night of hip-hop and jazz to kwaito and rock.
The concert features top South African groups including the Parlotones, Dirty Skirts, Cassette, 985, Pro Kid, Springbok Nude Girls, Prime Circle, Jozi and Zola.
The Parlotones are on the bill of the Arts Alive concert in Newtown, MTV Alert with Motorola
"Home-grown rock plays an important part in South African popular culture and this is the first time that MTV Base has included this genre in one of our events," said Alex Okosi, vice-president and general manager for MTV networks Africa.
"It will be great to see how rock fares vs urban genres like rap and hip-hop".
The event "can claim to represent the province's diversity, attitude and sheer-star power", according to a media release from the Arts Alive organisers.
Footage from the concert will also feature on MTV Base.
Tickets for the concert cost R60 at Computicket.
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