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Burna Boy’s concert cancellation: low ticket sales cited among the problems
Multi-award-winning Nigerian artist Burna Boy continues to trend on social media as most of his fans talk about the cancellation of his concert that was set to take place in South Africa.
The African Giant, as he is affectionately known, was expected to perform at the FNB Stadium on September 23 in a highly anticipated show.
But as news that the show was been postponed to December, news that it had been cancelled entirely emerged.
Entertainment commentator Phil Mphela revealed that 17 000 tickets were sold for the Burna Boy concert.
“Around 17k tickets were sold for the FNB Stadium concert that was meant to happen this weekend.
“The erroneous 1 500 number was just a Twitter ‘joke/ jab’ that went over many’s heads and became the running number… 17k is still a low number for a stadium capacity.”
He further cited the “inability of the promoters to fulfil their contractual, financial, production and technical obligations; and production vendors had apparently not been paid on time”.
“Management conceded that the agreed production standard needed for the venue size could not be achieved. TicketPro has seized all sales of tickets to the concert,” he said.
While Burna Boy’s name continued to be a hot subject on social media, the singer took to his Instagram account and said: “I was in SA last year, and I had 100 thousand of the most Beautiful South Africans Outside for me, So no dead agenda can Agend. I will see you again real soon South Africa. I * you.”
Last year, the “Ye” hitmaker delivered a stellar performance after headlining the DStv Delicious event.
Despite having an unsuccessful concert in South Africa, Burna Boy made it into the “Hollywood Reporter’s” inaugural Platinum Players power list, which honours 25 acts in music who are on top of the charts and at the top of the game.
Several years after she quit professional acting, Veteran actress, Liz Benson, has returned to Nollywood.
Rejoining the industry, Benson featured in a new film, “A Mother’s Son,” produced by actress Mercy Johnson and directed by Vincent De Anointed.
In a video posted on Johnson’s Instagram account to welcome the seasoned thespian back to her first love, the cast of the movie was seen expressing excitement as they welcomed the screen diva.
According to her, the star-studded movie features a seasoned cast, including Mike Godson, Mercy Johnson, Evia Simon, Ozioma Maurice, and George Inaibeh, among others.
Liz Benson, who was surprised at the warm welcome by her colleagues, said, “All the big people in Nollywood are here.
“You guys are doing exploits; God bless you. It’s nice to see all of you in real life.
“I am meeting all of you for the first time. But I have come to see my daughter (Mercy Johnson).”
Excitement is all over the place as Nollywood actress Susan Peters hints at remarrying.
The movie star dropped the hint, while sharing a photo of her in a traditional wedding outfit via her Instagram page.
She announced that her dating era had come to an end.
She captioned the photo; “My dating era has come to an end, thanking those who participated.”
It would be recalled that Peters got married to her Dutch lover in a traditional wedding ceremony held in 2015 in Benue State.
Their marriage hit the rocks a few years later, partly due to Peters’ reluctance to sacrifice her acting career and join her husband abroad.
In 2023, Peters blamed her ex-mother-in-law for the failure of her marriage, claimed she never accepted her because of her race.
Her Nollywood colleagues are all over the comment section hailing and congratulating the Idoma actress.
Superstar singer and Grammy Award winner, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka Burna Boy, says he is not ready to be a father yet.
Burna Boy revealed this on Wednesday, while responding to a curious fan, during an Instagram live session.
The 32-year-old said he was not ready to have kids yet because he could not give them the attention they deserve.
He further dismissed rumours that he doesn’t have the ability to father a child.
He said, “Why haven’t I had kids yet? Bro, because I don’t want to have kids yet. Have you seen my mum the way she loves me? Have you seen my dad the way he loves me? I know I can’t give that to anyone right now with the life I’m living.
“So until I’m settled and I can be there for my children everyday, I’m not having no kid. I feel like my kids deserve better than I got. And I got both my mum and dad so you understand?
“When I see the bants and the things people say [about me not being able to have kids], I said this is unimportant. Let’s assume that it is true that I couldn’t even have kids, you know that there’s something called IVF? But that is not even true.”
Burna Boy rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing “Like to Party”, the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013).
Liz Benson rejoins Nollywood
Actress Susan Peters hints at second marriage
I’m not yet ready for kids, says Burna Boy
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