Anghami Hosts “Adele One Night Only” Special With Oprah Exclusively in MENA
November 05 2021 - 5:26PM
Anghami Inc. (“Anghami” or the “Company”), the Middle East and
North Africa’s (MENA) largest music platform, and Vistas Media
Acquisition Company Inc. (NASDAQ: VMAC), a publicly traded special
purpose acquisition company, today announced that Adele’s fans in
MENA will be able to watch her private concert and her emotional
interview with Oprah, exclusively on Anghami on November 19, 2021.
In a collaboration with Sony Music and Sony
Pictures, Adele’s special was filmed in Los Angeles’ Griffith
Observatory where celebrities like Drake, Kris Jenner, Ellen
DeGeneres, Lizzo, James Corden and many more were able to watch
Adele perform live her chart-topping hits and several
never-before-heard songs from her upcoming album “30”.
As for the interview with Oprah Winfrey, it
tackles the emotional and personal angles of the album, a side that
Adele has never talked about before in this much detail. The
heart-to-heart chat covers Adele’s new album, the stories behind
the songs, life after divorce, weight loss and raising her son.
Anghami has secured the exclusive Middle Eastern
premiere and according to its CEO, Eddy Maroun, “The same way we
aim to amplify local voices and to grow them globally, our
objective as well is to connect global voices with their fans in
the Middle East. We’re proud to be the official broadcasters of
Adele’s special in the Middle East and North Africa and we have
more global projects coming in the next few quarters.”
ADELE ONE NIGHT ONLY is produced by Fulwell 73
Productions and Onward Productions in association with Harpo
Productions. Executive Producers are Ben Winston, Adele, Jonathan
Dickins and Raj Kapoor.
On October 14, 2021, Vistas Media Acquisition
Company Inc. (NASDAQ:VMAC) and Anghami announced the submission of
a Registration Statement on Form F-4 to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to their proposed business
combination. The business combination is subject to customary
closing conditions, including the approval of VMAC’s stockholders,
and is expected to be consummated in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Upon the closing of the business combination, the Company will
operate under the Anghami name and is expected to be listed on
NASDAQ trading under the new symbol “ANGH”. For more information
about the transaction, please visit https://vmac.media/.
About Anghami Inc.
Anghami is the leading digital music
entertainment technology platform in the Middle East and North
Africa, with the largest catalog comprising more than 57 million
songs available for more than 70 million users. When it launched in
2012, Anghami was the first music-streaming platform in MENA. In
digitizing the region’s music, it has become the best-known and
best loved brand in music streaming in MENA. Today, Anghami
features licensed content from leading Arabic labels, independent
artists and distributors. Anghami also features music from the
major International labels such as Universal, Sony, Warner and is
continuously licensing new content. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, it
has offices in Beirut, Dubai, Cairo and Riyadh and operates in 16
countries across MENA. It is the only service available in English,
Arabic and French, and remains close to its customer base, not only
thanks to its pan-regional presence but also via the 56 million
user data points it generates every day. To learn more about
Anghami, please visit: https://anghami.com.
About Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc.
Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. is a blank
check company, also commonly referred to as a Special Purpose
Acquisition Company, or SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a
merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase,
reorganization or similar business combination with one or more
businesses or entities in the Global Media and Entertainment
sector.
To learn more about Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc.,
please visit https://vmac.media.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/704ec5aa-a8ea-4262-8717-c468702e9d73
Contacts:
VMAC:F. Jacob Cherian, CEO+1 212-
859-3525fjc@vmac.media
Investor Contact:Ashley DeSimone / Brett
Milotte, ICRAshley.desimone@icrinc.com /
Brett.milotte@icrinc.com
Middle East Media:Dhanya Issac / Omar Nasro,
ASDA’A BCWDhanya.Issac@bcw-global.com /
Omar.Nasro@bcw-global.comTel: +971 4 450 7600
Christine Habib, AnghamiChristine@anghami.com
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