All-day musical treat for fans with MSN Freedom Live Music Concert

For music lovers who can’t get enough of their favorite music, get geared up to be bitten by the music bug again this Independence Day with an all-day MSN Freedom Live Concert. Freedom Live is a part of a series of live concerts that MSN India will host on August 15, 2008 at www.msnindia.com

About 300 songs from 28 popular artists including Madonna, Enrique Iglesias, Lenny Kravitz, Akon, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Sugababes, and Backstreet Boys are listed to perform for the Freedom Live Concert. All users need to do is to vote for their favorite artists. The artist who receives the maximum votes will get the maximum airtime during the Freedom Live Concert on the portal.

Speaking on the Freedom Live Concert, Krishna Prasad, Executive Producer, MSN India said, “With this unique concert, we wish to bring to our fans the best of the music of their choice. We have been receiving tremendous responses from the fans on the MSN Control Room concerts and hope that this concert too keeps them entertaining throughout the Independence Day”.

Along with this, MSN India also brings to users “Dedicate A Song” section, where they have an option to dedicate a song of their choice to their special someone. On the day of the concert their messages will be displayed Live on the portal along with their dedications. For more information users can log on to www.msnindia.com

MSN India is all set to bring in much more excitement through its partnership with Control Room to the users. Beyonce Knowles, Snoop Dogg, Kylie Minogue and John Mayer are some of the names that music lovers have tuned into on MSN Control Room in the past.

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