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Thousands of revellers across Bulawayo were hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous duo in action.
Speaking to Saturday Leisure, a spokesperson for the organisers Tafadzwa Simba said it was expensive to take P-Square to perform out of Harare.
“The costs of running a show of this nature combined with P-Square’s tight itinerary has meant that it is not possible to have shows outside one centre.
However, there will be other means by which other centres can benefit from the summer experience that Lion Lager is ushering in this season and details of these avenues will be released with time,” said Simba.
He refuted word doing rounds that the festival was a strictly ragga carnival and the organisers had failed to bring in a Jamaican artiste this time around.
“The Lion Lager Festival has always been a festival that includes a variety of offerings for the public to enjoy it. It just so happens that the artistes who were first to be featured happened to be from the dancehall genre followed by reggae and now is the turn of a different genre,” said Simba.
He said the spirit behind the programming was all about artistes with an immediate, intuitive rapport with the Zimbabwean audience and this time they had invited P-Square.
“Variety has always been a part of the Lion Lager Summer Festival as evidenced by the presence of various local supporting acts from different genres,” he said.
The festival was launched in 2010 and celebrated dancehall crooner Beenie Man headlined the event, in what became one of the highlights of the year on the entertainment scene.
Last year, the event got bigger and better with conscious music veteran Cocoa Tea and the ever-blazing Fantan Mojah making a maiden performance on Zimbabwean soil.
The festival made a debut in Bulawayo leaving Bulawayo fans hoping it was the beginning of a new era as the only foreigners they were accustomed to were South African artistes performing in the city.
The Jamaican artistes put up a polished show together with other local acts that curtain-raised the show.
However, their joy was shortlived as the sponsors have again decided to confine the event to the capital.
This year Delta Beverages is holding the event in conjunction with the Harare International Festival of Arts.
The main attraction, twin pop stars P-Square, born Peter and Paul Okoye need no introduction to local music lovers.
The identical twins began their music and entertainment career miming and dancing in various shows and church events in Nigeria where they grew up.
Their single Kolo which they released at university shot them to stardom and they have churned out hit after hit since then making them some of Africa’s best artistes of the moment.
Popular songs by the duo are No one like you, Do me, No easy, Forever and the chart toppers Chop my money and Beautiful Onyinye featuring American hip hop star Rick Ross.
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