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Peter Matika, Senior Life Reporter
AMERICA-BORN Zimbabwean RnB and pop singer Tinashe’s slow but steady journey to the top has welcomed good news, as she was last October announced to headline multi-award winning, world renowned pop rock band Maroon 5’s American tour.
Announcing on their twitter account about her inclusion to their tour Maroon 5 wrote: “@Tinashe will be taking @ToveLo’s place on our new dates in March and we’ve added a show in Rochester on March 5.”
Demand for Maroon 5’s forthcoming tour continues to swell with help from their impressive arsenal of hits, such as Don’t Wanna Know.
In order to meet demand, the band added five dates to the trek, where they included Tinashe to be a headlining act at one of their concerts, which is taking place today.
Tinashe replaces “Cool Girl” singer-songwriter Tove Lo, who is reportedly not able to meet the date.
Tinashe will be joined by fellow supporting act R. City throughout the month. Tinashe’s highly anticipated album — Joyride is scheduled to arrive later this year.
She has continued to make her presence felt in the American, or rather the world’s showbiz industry by continuously releasing hot singles that top the charts.
Tinashe started her career as a member of a five-piece girl band — The Stunners – before embarking on a solo career.
The drop dead gorgeous and stunning 21-year-old singer came into the industry like a shooting star possessing a distinct and dynamic vision of R&B punctuated by an aggressive hip-hop attitude, pop flavour and electronica spark, as described by an American hip-hop magazine.
“Music surrounded the budding star at home, as her father’s Zimbabwean Shona heritage filtered into her daily life, building an atmosphere conducive to creativity and art.”
She noted that her first encounter with the camera was when she ventured into the modelling industry, after receiving encouragement from her supportive family.
Tinashe first grabbed the attention of the world when she became the lead singer of the five-member girl group — The Stunners. The girls toured with Justin Bieber on his “My World” tour.
They were in line to release their debut album with Universal Republic Records before the project was shelved, after the group disbanded in 2011.
But while the curtains were being drawn on The Stunners era, Tinashe’s solo career was just taking off and today she is one of the household names in the R&B genre.
@peterkmatika
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Bongani Ndlovu