Busiswa denies she owes a promoter
Rockman wants the singer to pay back R10 000
Musician Busiswa has denied accusations that she owes a Port Elizabeth promoter R10 000 after she allegedly failed to perform at The Irock Jazz festival in Hankey a year ago, but the promoter is set on getting his money back.
Irock Production’s Ian Rockman told Sowetan that Busiswa was billed to perform at the event, but due to bad weather the festival was shut down before her performance.
Rockman said the songstress was paid R10 000 after she approached him to
‘ ‘ I went to his event to perform but it rained and he cancelled
book her to perform at a second event, while she was still in the city.
“Busiswa already had another gig in PE and asked me to find a secondary one for her, which I did. The arrangement was that my driver would wait for her to finish at the first event then drive her to my festival. But unfortunately the heavy rain forced us to shut down, and I then called to let her know,” he explained.
He alleged that after the show was aborted they verbally agreed that she would give him another performance date.
Rockman believed this was to honour the R10 000 he had already paid her.
Sowetan has seen screenshots of their conversations where Busiswa agreed to perform on another date. However, after several chats with each other, things spiraled out of control, with Rockman threatening to involve his lawyers, while Busiswa said she only agreed out of courtesy.
Speaking to Sowetan, the singer dismissed the claims that she owed Rockman.
“I don’t owe him anything because I went to his event to perform but it rained and he cancelled. We waited for his transport to come get us and it never did,” she said.