WHY D'BANG'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY WAS A FAILURE AND A DISASTER
day planned and circumstances take a better part
of it. These things just never go as planned.
Things such as a D’banj event. It should have
been noted in my subconscious when we were
told the event was slated to start at 7pm. Maybe
I was giving them the benefit of a doubt? What
was wrong with that? After all, it’s his 10th year
in the industry, everyone should be eager to
celebrate him enough to be early? No?
Thats was what I thought when I arrived the
scene and it was scanty. Typical, so it wasn’t
such a big deal. In an hour or two or three, things
should get better and people should turn up? So I
thought. I’m sure at this juncture a lot of people
are wondering what I was expecting, this is what
is obtainable at Lagos events. Right? You’ll know
in a bit.
The choice of event is still bewildering to me.
What is D’banj’s love for sand? He seemed to
have registered a thing for it since his last event.
Going in from the carpet to the venue became a
journey on its own. Something of a deja-vu. Only
thing that made it better and different was the
distance.
Having finally made it to the venue, I looked
around, a couple of guests had started arriving.
Celebrities, not actual guests who purchased the
tickets that started at 20,000 for regular. Which
really, if you are a die hard – and more emphasis
on die hard – you know the rush that comes
when you know you’re about to attend a Cold
Play event and you’d pay anything for it kinda
situation, it’s shouldn’t be a big deal to get. But
not when it was announced barely days to the
event.
The vast majority of the crowd were made up of
media crew. At a point, they started interviewing
co-presenters. Do you blame them? They have to
make up for content somehow. With one guest by
the hour, it was impossible to work with. The red
carpet became more active by 12am. And when I
say active I mean, the number had increased
from one to two and three.
When I heard a ten year anniversary celebration, I
pictured an O2 Arena kind of gathering for a kick
off. Even made better and confirmed when it was
revealed ex-stripper, Amber Rose was headlining
the event.
So imagine my surprise.
Every other thing went in a blur as time passed
with nothing going on except a lot of bored
people showing off their frustrations at 1am
standing around doing nothing.
The interior, though small looked really well
decorated with dazzling ornaments. The stage
well lit in anticipation of what should be
happening but isn’t. People littered the corners
sipping on drinks provided with the exchange of a
voucher going for 3,000naira. For a 10 year
anniversary apparently D’banj didn’t want a
mammoth crowd hence his choice of venue.
Then the moment came when people started
leaving. Managing Director of Diamond Bank,
Uzoma Dozie probably didn’t stay up to 11pm
before he took his leave. Followed by some other
people. First in their twos, then threes. Just as
they had come.
Then somewhere between 1:50 and 2am, there
were loud sirens and a lot of chaos and we knew
the hosts for the show had arrived and finally
too.
The moment Amber Rose had arrived on the red
carpet much to the delight of the photographers
who didn’t eventually get a good shot and swore
under their breathes later, the show had begun for
some and ended for most. As they had finally
achieved why they came.
All this while, no one noticed Sheyi Shay arrive in
the midst of the ruckus.
Even at that the show didn’t really kick off till
much later into the morning. What baffled me
though was that aside some celebs such as
Teebillz and Tiwa Savage (who arrived the venue
separately by the way), Ice Prince, Wizkid, Davido
and some new acts, no one from the beginning of
his 10 year professional career showed up to
celebrate the supposed icon in the industry
regardless of any existing rift.
That’s how the cookie crumbled for Bangalee.
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