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Clouds are hovering over IPL and its stand for news channel, but Lalit Modi isn’t in a mood to compromise to make IPL a global event.

Modi, the IPL chairman and commissioner wrote on Twitter that American R&B singer Lionel Ritchie will be part of the opening ceremony alongwith UB40 and Abba Revival. To add a deshi flavour, Deepika Padukone will also shake legs.

Lionel Richie, a four time Grammy award, was a close companion of Michael Jackson and they both wrote and composed the biggest selling single of the history, ‘We are the World’. Individually, his song, ‘Hello” is one of greatest love ballads and is a cult song for romantic hearts.

On coming Friday, Richie (60) is all set to get closer to the hearts of Indians at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai where defending champions Deccan Chargers clash with Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders.

Then, there would be UB40, a British reggae band who has sold over 70 million records includes the #1 hit singles include “Red Red Wine", “Kingston Town", “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “I Got You Babe".

Yes, the IPL ceremony is gonna be full of “red red wine” with “all night long.”