Cheb Mami News

Finally, there is a chance to go backstage with Carlos Santana, watch the roadies set up the stage for the Dave Matthews Band, get a personal performance from Sheryl Crow and score front row seats to the most sought-after shows; all without winning a radio contest or knowing someone in the business.

Desert Rose from the album Brand New Day is unarguably one of the greatest songs of all time.

Algerian singer Cheb Mami has been sentenced to five years in jail for his role in an attempted forced abortion.

Photograph: Suhaila Sahmaran/AFP/Getty Images He is one of the biggest stars of north African pop, a heart-throb whose sell-out worldwide gigs and duets with Sting brought Algerian rai music to a new international audience.

Rai star Cheb Mami was arrested at a Paris airport Monday after arriving from Algeria days before his trial on charges of forcing an ex-companion to attempt an abortion, judicial officials said.