Austrian media claim the American singer may have come, or could be coming, to Vienna between gigs in Munich last Tuesday and Budapest on Saturday to meet organisers of the event set to take place in front of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna on 26 September to discuss playing at the gig.
Newspaper Österreich claimed the Imperial Suite Victoria in the citys Palais Coburg has been permanently reserved for the superstar, as well as 17 more rooms for her entourage. The 51-year-old pop star recently said: “Vienna is absolutely beautiful. I want to visit some museums soon.”
Organisers of the event set to honour the late “King of Pop” have meanwhile dismissed rumours that performances by stars like Lionel Richie and Whitney Houston have already been agreed. They said no other acts apart from Jermaine Jackson Michael Jacksons brother and initiator of the event were confirmed. But head organiser Georg Kindel said a complete line-up of acts would be announced soon.
Jermaine Jackson meanwhile said “a considerable part of earnings” would go to his “Earth Care Foundation” as well as to the “Larry King Cardiac Foundation” and to “Feed the Children.”
Around 85,000 people are expected to turn up for the show and organisers World Awards Media Gmbh have persuaded city officials to block all road traffic in western Vienna on the day.
Vienna tourism bosses are hoping for a boom in visitors around the event after announcing yesterday a decrease in tourist overnight stays so far this year.
Von Thomas Hochwarter