Record release in London

South Africa's biggest selling rock star, Arno Carstens, released his latest album - The Hello Goodbye Boys - in London in September, as part of a new initiative by record label SonyBMG SA to market South African music. The new album was pre-sold on the Internet through SonyBMG and HMV. To make it to the UK charts, 20 000 records must be sold. Arno was previously the lead singer of the popular group, The Springbok Nude Girls. His first album, Another Universe, has earned him the 2004 Sama Award for Best Rock Album and reached gold in South Africa.