David Beckham is expected to show off his singing skills during the National Day holiday in Beijing next week to help promote the Beijing Olympic Games, the Shanghai Morning Post reported Thursday.
The soccer star is expected to shoot a music video in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, during the weeklong holiday together with celebrities such as Taiwan pop music star Jay Chou and renowned Taiwan model Lin Chi-ling, the report said.
Shanghai EE Media Co Ltd, the organizer of the popular star-making show "Super Girl," has received approval from Olympic organizers to arrange a team of star cheerleaders for the games, the report said.
Lu Hua, an official with the company, said they have spent millions of yuan on the activity, not including payments to Beckham, the report said.
"Beckham is very supportive of the activity, and his only demand is that the song must move him," Lu said.
Beckham is expected to sing some of the lyrics in Chinese, Lu said. But the length of his Chinese singing depends on how quickly he can pick up the language, the report said.
(Shanghai Daily September 27, 2007)
