Chart-topping dance act Dr Alban to star in World Bowl XII halftime show
Published on June 9, 2004 under National Football League Europa (NFLE) News Release
CHART-topping dance act DR ALBAN will headline the World Bowl XII halftime show at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, on Saturday June 12.
Dr Alban, who has sold more than 11 million albums during his 14-year career, will sing his 1996 hit Sing Hallelujah and will be accompanied on the field by 400 hip-hop dancers. Other hits released by Dr Alban include the double single Hello Africa/No Coke.
Rhein Fire General Manager ALEX LEIBKIND said: "Dr Alban fits perfectly into the party and show concept we have put together for World Bowl XII. He will create a great atmosphere in the Arena AufSchalke."
The performance by Dr Alban will cap an outstanding day's entertainment for thousands of fans set to flock to the NFL Europe League's twelfth championship game, which is being contested by the Berlin Thunder and Frankfurt Galaxy.
The event has been themed 'Pirates Paradise' and an 80-foot pirate ship will provide the centrepiece of the pre-game festivities outside the stadium from 2:00 p.m. CET.
At 5:30 p.m. CET, the pre-game show presented by SKODA AUTO will begin with pirates cruising into the arena and the field will become the backdrop for hundreds of actors to stage the thrilling pre-game story of 'Die Nacht der Letzen Schlacht (The Night of the Last Fight).
Ancient seaman Burk S. Miller will recount the tale of Kapt'n Kick setting free a group of cheerleaders who have been held captive by pirates. The Neue Philharmonie Westfalen orchestra will play a theme from the pirate opera The Flying Dutchman, while 150 cheerleaders will perform What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
That will signal the beginning of a wild pirate battle featuring 300 actors, eight cannons and a pirate ship. Fighters will descend from the roof of the stadium and 30 NFL cheerleaders from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will enter the arena.
The climax of the pre-game show will be the successful British pop duo RIGHT SAID FRED, who will perform their hit You're My Mate.
As the smoke clears a team of six 'base jumpers', representing each of the NFLEL teams, will parachute from the stadium roof in a spectacular world record attempt.
National Football League Europa Stories from June 9, 2004
- Chart-topping dance act Dr Alban to star in World Bowl XII halftime show - NFLE
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