Kylie Minogue to sing at Dubai private party for a reported $4 million

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —
Speculation about Madonna's high-priced performance in oil-rich Dubai was put to rest
on Sunday when a managing company for the music industry's biggest stars announced
that it will be Kylie Minogue singing for a hefty sum in the Material Girl's place in November.

Minogue will perform twice in Dubai this November, said Thomas Ovesen, managing director
of Middle East AEG Live, the regional arm of an international company that produces
live events worldwide and is bringing the 40-year-old singer to Dubai.

On Nov. 20 the Australian pop-diva, known for her dance moves, extravagant wardrobe on stage
and singles like "Can't Get You Out of My Head," will perform at a private party
being thrown for 2,000 celebrities by the managers of a new luxury hotel
opening later this month on Dubai's Palm island.

A day later the award-wining singer will have a concert on the grounds
of a sprawling shopping mall for up to 20,000 fans from all over the region.
It's the private gig and its price tag that is creating the buzz these days in Dubai,
rather than Minogue's Arab world debut or her world tour promoting her latest album "X."

Local newspapers, like the tabloid 7Days, have reported that Minogue will be getting
a whopping US$4 million for her performance in front of select audience
of internationally known artists, musicians, politicians and members
of Dubai's ruling Maktoum family.

The gala opening of the Atlantis Palm hotel is priced at US$35 million, 7Days said.
In its report on Sunday, the paper added that the astounding bill for the evening's entertainment
will be settled by Kerzner International, the management company of the five-star hotel
set to open later in September on Dubai's artificial island shaped like a palm tree.

Although Minogue's paycheque is nowhere near the reputed US$20 million
Madonna was allegedly negotiating earlier this year for a similar two-concert arrangement,
Ovesen said the Australian singer was "getting an awful lot of money for two appearances in Dubai."
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