Di’ja, Olamide, Seyi Law, others for mega city tour

Some of Nigeria’s a-list acts will be touring the country for six months delievering on 54 mega music shows, telecommunications company, Globacom has said.  According to a statement by the company the event, ‘Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour and Glo Laffta Fest’ comedy show, will kick off in the second week of April across 27 […]

Some of Nigeria’s a-list acts will be touring the country for six months delievering on 54 mega music shows, telecommunications company, Globacom has said. 

According to a statement by the company the event, ‘Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour and Glo Laffta Fest’ comedy show, will kick off in the second week of April across 27 cities in Nigeria.

The statement said, “Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour is a music concert that will feature the best acts in Nigeria’s music industry. Glo Laffta Fest is, on the other hand, a comedy event which will parade the funniest humour merchants on the African continent, according to the company. A total of 27 cities will host each of the shows.” 

The company disclosed that the two shows will run in the cities consecutively mainly on Saturdays and Sundays, with the Glo Mega Music Concert holding on Saturdays, while the Glo Laffta Fest show would hold on Sundays. Other locations where the shows will hold include: Ikeja, Ikorodu, FESTAC and Ajah all in Lagos; Awka; Owerri; Asaba; Calabar; Enugu; Aba; Port Harcourt; Suleja, Kubwa and the FCT; Ibadan; Ijebu Ode; Abeokuta; Ekpoma; Kaduna; Akure; Lokoja; and Ayingba.

 “We are running the spectacular shows as a way of saying thank you to our teeming subscribers across the country for their loyalty, support and abiding faith in the Glo brand over the years,” Globacom said. 

“The A-list Nigerian musicians who will perform at the Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour include Olamide, Flavour, Runtown, Omawumi, Yemi Alade, PSquare, Phyno, Timaya, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di’Ja and  Kiss Daniel. As we proceed, we will further embellish the concert with another giant Nigerian musician. For the Glo Laffta Fest, we have such heavy weight comedians as Gordons, Basketmouth, Bovi, Salvador from Uganda, I Go Dye, Dan D Humorous, Bash, Seyi Law, Omobaba, Acapella, Senator, Helen Paul, Osama, Princewill, Mr Patrick, Frank D Don, MC Tagwaye, Kenny Blaq, Funky Mallam, Arinze Baba, 2CanTalk, Maleke, Still Ringing and AB Simple”,  Globacom said in the statement. 

“We are proud to say that never before has any corporate body assembled this array of stars for a six-month music and comedy shows like Globacom has done for the two shows. This makes the twin mega shows very unique,” the company said. 

To spice up the shows, some Nigerian mega stars have been slated to make appearances at each of the venues, while  the trio of Juliet Ibrahim, Joselyn Dumas and Mercy Johnson will anchor the shows.  Some of the stars expected to make appearances include Kanayo O. Kanayo, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), Ebube Nwagbo, Funke Akindele, Odunlade Adekola, Sani Danja among others.