Misfortunes sometimes are blessings in disguise. Samini and Mavado show which took place last Saturday at the Accra Sports Stadium was a typical example. The misfortune of postponing the show from October 1 turned out to be a blessing in disguise on October 8.
The show, which many people thought will flop, turned out to be one of the highly successful shows held at the Sports Stadium. The show was postponed due to the hurriedly arranged friendly match between two of the most successful, decorated and glorious teams in the country, Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko.
Many, particularly people who had bought their advance tickets became worried. The organisers also panicked since they didn’t know of the repercussion of such an untimely decision, especially when they were not thoroughly informed of the decision earlier as expected.
Even at the press conference to formally announce the postponement of the show, the organisers were petrified because the new date means, they would have to clash with the annual Joy FM Old Skuul Reunion which happens on the same day at the Trade Fair Centre.
The fact that, the Old Skuul Reunion was free, I reckoned on the faces of some of the organisers that, they felt they were in some trouble.
“What then happens to their investment, if the people all decide to make their way to the Trade Fair Centre for the Old Skuul Reunion?” I asked one of the organisers. “Ebenezer, we will use the Old Skuul Reunion to get people to attend this program. All we have to do is to push the message hard”, was a replied that accompanied my worried question.
If I was to choose between the Old Skuul and the Samini/Movado gig, I would have opted for the latter since the former has lost it appeal from my perspective. But honestly, I was nervous for the organisers because the Old Skuul Reunion was free whiles the Samini/Mavado gig attracted 20 and 40 GHC.
But I knew MTN has been the heart of Ghana music for many years until recently when they had to hand over the sponsorship of the country’s music awards to Vodafone. I know they are still committed at projecting Ghana music. Fantasy Entertainment has done it before. They brought the American Hip Hop artiste Rick Ross to the country. Samini Music is a label headed by a very serious musician.
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