I was in Cape Town for the first leg of the Coca-Cola Fifa World Cup Trophy Tour a couple of weeks back. The trophy landed in the Mother City a day or two before the big World Cup draw, and they had a special unveiling ceremony.
I have two observations:
1. Waving Flag, the official tour song, is a great track. I'm sure there's something to be said about Somali hip-hopper K'naan selling out to the Man, and letting a brilliant emo-political track like this be co-opted by a big corporation... but I ain't going to say it. I quite like the idea that K'naan's getting paid a huge fee by Coke - because between BitTorrent and YouTube, he ain't getting his pocket money from music "buyers" like me...
2. The World Cup Trophy is very, very shiny.