Fans of R&B megastar Alicia Keys are likely to be booking Berlin hotels in anticipation of her upcoming performance in the city.The 29-year-old singer is due to appear at the German capital's O2 World venue on Friday May 7th as part of the Freedom Tour.People attending the event can expect to hear plenty of songs from Keys' latest album, the Element of Freedom, as well as former hits such as Fallin', If I Ain't Got You, A Woman's Worth and No One.Having burst onto the music scene in 2001 with her debut release Songs in A Minor, the performer recently teamed up with fellow New Yorker Jay-Z on the smash hit Empire State of Mind.
Keys has also collaborated with Beyonce on the duet Put It In a Love Song, which appears on her new album.Having made her film debut alongside Ben Affleck and Andy Garcia in the 2007 crime caper Smokin' Aces, she also appeared in 2008's The Secret Life of Bees with Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson.Regular visitors to hotels Berlin may be familiar with the O2 World, which is also due to host performances from Rihanna, Whitney Houston, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart and Simply Red this year.
The indoor arena is certainly no stranger to international music stars, as it hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2009.Artists who have previously appeared at the venue include Tina Turner, Coldplay and Britney Spears, who performed there last year as part of her Circus world tour.Situated near the city's Ostbahnhof station, the arena has a capacity of 17,000 people and is also the home of the Eisbaren Berlin ice hockey team.
After the show in Berlin, Keys will also perform in Frankfurt and Hamburg, before heading on concerts in Belgium, Switzerland and the UK.Commenting on the Alicia Keys concert, Jessica Reading, head of marketing for LateRooms, said: "We strongly urge people thinking of going to see Alicia Keys and who need hotels Berlin to book early to avoid disappointment."
