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Last week, Lagos based Events Company - R28 Events officially announced plans
to bring Bobby Brown and his former boy band to Nigeria. With the event just a
week away, the question many fans and industry practitioners have been asking is
“How did R28 Events get Bobby Brown to come to Nigeria at this time when many
American artistes have developed a phobia for the country?”
We have been in talks with
Bobby Brown and BBD’s team since last year, we even went as far as bringing the
team to come see what Nigeria has for them, and they sure had a nice time. All
we are trying to do is bring the good old times back. We are promising an
evening of good music, unbelievable fun and an opportunity to relive the good
old times” Gbolahan Balogun spokesperson for R28 told news men in Lagos this
week.
And as fans and music lovers
gear up for the biggest indoor concert this year, the producers have confirmed
the full set of Nigerian artistes who will join New Edition to deliver a world
class event. Bonafide Nigerian stars Banky W, eLDee and Omawumi will deliver
electrifying sets at the Eko Hotel and Suites on Friday March 9, 2011 while the
combo of 2face, Duncan Mighty and Burna Boy will set the Port Harcourt Polo Club
on fire on Sunday March 11, 2012.
“I am excited to go to
Nigeria and I intend to give them a great performance, we are going to have fun
in the motherland.” Bobby Brown says from his base in Boston last
week.
Balogun says 39 members of New
Edition’s talent, technical and management crew will leave their base in Boston
on Tuesday March 6, 2012 to set up in readiness for New Edition’s arrival from
LA on Thursday, March 8,. New Edition will arrive Nigeria with an 11 man crew
including sound engineers, backup singers, security personnel, publicists and
managers. The entire crew of 50 will work together in Lagos and PH to give
Nigerians a rare experience of the New Edition classics.
This is the first time New
Edition will be performing in Nigeria, a country where they have millions of
fans and followers. It is also their first time performing on the African
continent. We are told they are beyond excited about this trip; looking forward
to connecting with African fans and talents – with a clear promise to give
Nigerians ‘the concert of their lives’.
Bobby has been touring the
world with his group New Edition since last year. Although he cancelled a
performance in honor of Whitney Houston the day she died, the event producers
say “Brown considers performing as therapy to get him through a difficult
time. He wrote to us last week that he’d like to do this concert in memory of
Whitney, and we said fine”.
R28 Events is a Lagos-based
events solutions company set up to deliver simple, insightful and creative
solutions through events, experimental marketing and corporate hospitality. The
company says they are organizing the two-city concert as a way of redefining the
quality of events in the country. ‘This promises to be a world-class concert,
not like anything you’ve seen here before. Both in terms of production, and the
quality of talent…’
The Lagos and Port Harcourt
concerts will be dedicated to Bobby’s ex-wife Whitney Houston who passed on
February 11. 2012.
New Edition is made up of
Ronnie Devoe, Johnny Gill, Ricky Bell, Mike Bevins, Ralph Tresvant and Bobby
Brown. The group's hits include "Candy Girl",
"Cool It Now",
and "Mr. Telephone Man”
Produced by R28 events with
support from Play Centre the concerts will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites on
Friday March 9, 2012 and at the Polo Club, Port Harcourt on Sunday March 11,
2012.
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