The six-time Grammy nominee Alicia Keys will appear in the "Wall of Hope" concert along with an incredible cast at the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall on September 25, reported CRIENGLISH.com.

The 23-year old American singer will headline the concert with ticket prices ranging from 100 yuan to 380 yuan, or from US$12 to US$46, and VIP boxes costing 10,000 yuan, about US$1,208, per person.

Some 5,500 including 1,000 VIPs are expected to pack the event with benefits being donated to the China Youth Development Foundation.

The event will commemorate the 20th anniversary of China's Great Wall restoration project.

The concert is the first in a series of benefit events planned for China's key metros, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou - a programme that will run up to the 2008 Olympics.

(CRIENGLISH.com)

benefit: a theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some charitable use (公益演出)