Lonely This Friday? Win Akon Tickets!

Akon touched down in Beijing yesterday evening, ahead of his show on Friday (Nov 4) at the MasterCard Arena. Tickets are selling fast, but there are still some passes up for grabs for one of the last large-scale concerts Beijing's going to get this year. To save you from missing out, we've got info on how you can get your hands on tickets and a chance for one reader to win a pair!

For this promotion, we've partnered up with Sendmetickets.com, a great new service who are handling ticket sales and deliveries for Akon's concert as well as a bunch of other exciting events. Check out their website for more on how to buy Akon passes before it's too late, as well as details on tickets for upcoming events like Steve Aoki at Yugong Yishan (Nov 5) and Hilton Beijing's Vinopolitan Wine Festival (Nov 12).

Now, how about the chance to win a pair of Akon tickets for yourself? All you need to do is tell us: What is Akon's real name? Email your answers to win@thebeijinger.com before 6pm on November 3. The winner will need to contact Sendmetickets.com to arrange receipt of the tickets, so we'll need a mobile number we can reach you on if you're going to stand a chance of winning and getting the tickets on time.

If you haven't yet read our interview with Akon, take a look here for all the answers he gave to our questions, as well as all the questions he didn't answer (of which there were a great many). Oh, and here's a photo of Akon's back as he arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport yesterday ...