Soul Diva Plays Kremlin...
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Soul diva Whitney Houston to play at Kremlin
MOSCOW Feb 10 - US soul diva Whitney Houston will follow in the tracks of
her pop rival Mariah Carey on Tuesday by entertaining a Kremlin concert
crowd that is paying 10 times the country's average monthly salary for a
ticket.
Houston, 41, takes her act to the Kremlin Palace for two days after playing
in Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg as an opening to a whirlwind
tour of Europe and Asia.
The singer, who is staging her first concerts in Russia, admitted in a
television interview she knew little about Russia's music culture and could
name only one singer - the cult pop vocalist Alla Pugachova.
Russian news reports said Houston will get paid about one million dollars
for her performances and that fans will shell out up to $1,300 for top seats
in the Kremlin Palace - nearly 10 times the country's average monthly wage.
Carey charged similar prices during her first performances in Moscow last
September.
The average monthly wage in Russia is around $150, although the figure in
Moscow is closer to $1,000, with wide disparities between the wealthy and
the poor.
Houston has won six Grammy awards in her career and her songs are on the
regular play list of Russian pop radio stations. - AFP
NEWSFILE:
10 FEBRUARY 2004
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