Sunidhi Chauhan to perform at Doha opening ceremony

DOHA: Bollywood and Indipop singer Sunidhi Chauhan will perform at the Asian Games opening ceremony here along with select artistes picked from the across the globe.

 

The organising committee announced that Sunidhi Chauhan, Hong Kong's pop superstar Jacky Cheung and Lebanese artiste Magida El Roumi will be a part of the ceremony.
 
Sunidhi will sing Reach Out, written by Australian composers Paul Begaud and Vanessa Corish. It will be a salute to athletes from 45 countries participating in the Games. Sunidhi is coming from a 12-stop tour of the United States.
 
Magida El Roumi and José Carreras, who performed at the 1990 World Cup football, will sing Light The Way to herald the arrival of the torch into the Khalifa Stadium.
 
There were rumours that Madonna may be among the performers, but if she or any other star at that level turns up, it will be a last minute surprise sprung on spectators at the stadium.