Janet Jackson will attend this year’s Life Ball, it has emerged.
Organisers of the HIV and AIDS awareness event – which is set to take place at the City Hall of Vienna on 21 May – announced today (Mon) that the pop star will stay in the Austrian capital for three days.
Life Ball officials said Jackson – a sister of the late “King of Pop” Michael Jackson – will arrive in Vienna from Cannes in southern France on 20 May. The singer will attend the AIDS Solidarity Gala at the Hofburg Palace in the city centre the following day before joining the partying crowds at the 19th Life Ball later on.
Jackson will come to Austria as ambassador of the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).
Around 1.5 million Euros of donations for national and global HIV and AIDS research projects and charity initiatives were raised at last year’s Life Ball.
The ball – which is the biggest HIV and AIDS awareness event in the world – has been attended by ex-US President Bill Clinton, “Basic Instinct” star Sharon Stone and pop legend Elton John in the past years.
