Wenslus Murape
IT has been a tough week for rising sungura musician Mark Ngwazi, who is still reeling from his BIGGEST FLOP when his two shows in Gauteng failed to attract the expected number of fans.
The two shows were held in Johannesburg and Pretoria on Saturday and Sunday and they were a huge flop with less than 200 fans attending both concerts.
This has left the promoters counting their cost as they clearly ran some huge losses.
They took a gamble, and that is the nature of their business, and things did not go according to plan. Ngwazi appeared to be still reeling from the nightmare he endured in South Africa when we contacted him for a comment on Tuesday to try and get his side of the story.
“I don’t have anything to say, my manager will contact you for the response,” he said.
With Alick Macheso having sold out his last shows in South Africa, the way Ngwazi’s shows flopped has, inevitably, triggered asocial media storm.
We have seen comparisons being made with the fans taking sides and fighting in the corner of their favourite artist.
Ngwazi has an army of fans who feel that their favourite musician is doing his best to challenge Macheso and giving fans the chance to sample variety instead of being fed only on a diet of Baba Shero’s songs.
Some of the fans are now saying the way Ngwazi flopped in Gauteng shows that he is still miles away from being compared to Macheso.
We believe that Ngwazi is a rising star and his future in this tough industry is very bright.
We believe that Ngwazi has the potential to become a very big star in his chosen industry.
We believe that he should not be affected by the occasional show that flops, as was the case in Gauteng, but he should, instead, use such experiences to try and improve his act.
We believe that in this industry, it’s the ones who learn from their mistakes, and improve their act, who eventually attain the superstar status that Macheso enjoys.
We don’t believe in comparing Ngwazi with Macheso because that is divisive and we are not here to divide our best musical stars.
What we want to see is a situation where all our music stars thriving and becoming big stars, not only in this country, but across the entire region.
We want to see Ngwazi going back to Gauteng and filling the two venues where he entertained the few fans who came to watch his two shows at the weekend.
Ngwazi is one for the future.
He should not derail his progress by being trapped in a scenario where he worries about the past but he should instead concentrate on making himself a better and bigger artist in the future.
The ball is in his court.
There is nothing that can stop him from becoming a superstar in the future.
Online Reporter