Grandmasters of data and biggest corporate
promoter of entertainment in Nigeria, Globacom, has announced the commencement
date and venues of its two mega shows, the Glo Mega Music Nationwide Tour
and the Glo Laffta Fest comedy Show.
Awka, Anambra State, will host the Glo
Mega Music Nationwide Tour show on Saturday, April 15 at the city’s
Marble Arch, while the Glo Laffta Fest comedy show will be held
on Sunday, April 16, at the Aztech Event Centre, Port Harcourt.
Globacom also announced a reduction in the threshold
for qualification to attend the shows. It explained that this has been reduced
from the initial N3,000 usage in the previous month to N2,000 to give more
opportunities to the youth to be part of the shows. According to the
company, the shows will still hold in all the 27 cities earlier announced with
all the scheduled artistes performing as planned.
The shows were organized to thank Glo subscribers
across the country for keeping faith with the company over the years, Globacom
explained.
Nigeria's leading musicians such as Olamide,
Timaya, Runtown, Di'Ja, and Omawumi are scheduled to perform at the Glo
Mega Music Concert, while the Glo Laffta Fest shows will
feature Africa's best comedians including Gordons, Basketmouth, Bovi, Salvador
from Uganda, Bash, Arinze Baba and Princewill.
Globacom disclosed that the Juliet Ibrahim,
Mercy Johnson and Ebube Nwagbo would anchor the shows, while other celebrities
such as Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), Mama G, Kanayo O. Kanayo and Funke
Akindele would make guest appearances at the shows.
The shows will hold in 27 locations across
Nigeria over a period of six months while other shows slated for April include
Glo Mega Music Tours in Owerri on April, 22, Asaba on April 29 and Calabar on
May 6. Also, the Glo Laffta Fest will hold in Abuja on April 23, Enugu on April
30 and Owerri on May 7.
To qualify to be part of the Glo Mega Music
Concert, the company urged subscribers who have used up to N2,000 in the
preceding month to text "Music" and their preferred location
to a short code, 207. For instance, to attend the music show in Abuja, the
subscriber should send "Music Abuja" to 204, while for the
Laffta Fest Comedy show, the subscriber is to send "LOL"
and the preferred location to short code 240.
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