STAR MUSIC TREK ROCKS ABAKALIKI
Nigeria’s biggest group of musicians on a nationwide tour were in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State recently. Some of the artistes on the bandstand were Cynthia Morgan, Burna Boy, DJ Neptune, DJ Snoop Da Damaja, MI Abaga, Lafup and Naeto C. Performing on the platform of the Nigeria Breweries sponsored Star Music Trek, they all lived up to expectation.
The Abakaliki Township Stadium filled to capacity. A number of local artistes from Abakaliki were given the opportunity to perform to a large audience and make their dreams come true in keeping with this year ’ s theme, ‘ My Superstar Story’.
The excitement at the stadium grew bigger as the expectant crowd jostled for a glance at red- haired dancehall phenomenon Cynthia Morgan, who continued from where she left off the previous week in Calabar. After performing her catalogue of hit tracks, she invited fans onstage to join in her performance of her new track ‘ Come and Do’.
Up next was Naeto C who performed his hits ‘ Ten Over Ten’, ‘ 5 & 6’, ‘ Helele’, ‘ I Gentle’, and ‘ Tony Montana’ to the delight of the mammoth crowd. Following his performance, the crowd was further entertained by a vigorous performance from Burna Boy who kept the crowd moving in his characteristic manner.
The excitement from his performance had barely died down when Tony One Week made a surprise appearance that threw the stadium into frenzy. The immaculately dressed singer- turnedpolitician fed the frenzy with performances of his songs ‘ Gyrate’ and ‘ Ife Dinma’.
MI Abaga was the next to take the stage with energetic performances of ‘ Action Film’, ‘ Anoti’, ‘ Nobody Test Me’, ‘ Over Killing’, ‘ Beef’, ‘ Number One’, ‘ Bad Belle’, ‘ Bullion Van’ and ‘ Nobody’. He then made a female fan’s night by inviting her onstage and singing a love song to her.
The best was saved for the last as Wande Coal rounded up the evening with energetic performances of his songs from his debut album ‘ M2M’ such as ‘ Bumper to Bumper ’, ‘ Taboo’, ‘ Pere’, ‘ You Bad’, as well as his newer material like ‘ The Kick’, ‘ Baby Hello’ and ‘ Wake Up’. Backed up by DJ Neptune and DJ Snoop Damaja, the singer ’ s stellar performance left the crowd screaming for more as a long night of top- notch music finally drew to a close.
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