* BM Group, Thrive Entertainment, L.L.C; S. Raj Entertainment of USA, IVNO Events and Production partner with Netsurf Entertainment 

*Concert proceeds to be donated to Mana Shetty's NGO Save the Children India

MUMBAI: After Bryan Adams, Netsurf gives India its second international concert by staging Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum artist Akon a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter and producer. Akon will perform live in Gurgaon on 16th April at Huda Grounds and Bengaluru on 17th April at Gayatri Vihar, Palace Grounds.

Akon will be performing full scale concerts with international acclaimed numbers including Beautiful, Lonely, Right Now, Dangerous; I'm So Paid, Angel and more in the country. International singer whose worldwide sales top 7 million units will celebrate his birthday which falls on 16th April in India 

Akon says, It's your boy Akon and you heard it straight from me - New Delhi and Bengaluru get ready for my live show. The wait is finally over and now for the first time ever, I'm excited to bring my live show to India  I can't wait for my fans to join me where I'll be performing all of your favorites and some new songs from my upcoming album, Stadium. It's also my birthday so I have something very special planned for all my fans so you know it's going to be one big party....

The Indian edition of Venky's Akon Live in Concert is being brought to the country by Netsurf Entertainment and BM Group, IVNO Events and Productions in association with Thrive Entertainment and S Raj Entertainment. Venky's, proclaimed its official association with the Akon concert; through this association Venky's will be the title sponsor of the two city concert.

Speaking on the occasion, Sujit Jain, MD, Netsurf Entertainment said, India is a huge market for international artists and we aim to capitalize on this opportunity by identifying a confluence of musical styles, bringing together world class performers across genres on a single platform....

Shehan Raj, Chairman and CEO, S Raj Entertainment said, My company along with Aadesh Shrivastava have been working with Akon for the last few years on multiple projects and also felt the time was now right for these shows  I'm excited to introduce Hollywood to Bollywood....

Kyazoonga.com is official ticketing partner for the concert and tickets will be available at www.kyazoonga.com, or at Furtados, Landmark Stores and Planet M Stores. Tickets prices for the concerts are divided in two categories Silver Category is available for Rs. 1,500/- whereas Gold Category will be available for Rs. 3,000/-