Insider Terms Adrenalive’s “Bandage” The Worst Event of the Year – Part II

So the event was supposed to start at 7pm but the set-up was still being done by this time. Chairs were still being arranged at 9pm and sound check had just started. People start arriving and seats filling at a very slow rate, despite the fact that almost everyone who attended was given a complimentary ticket.

Anyway, the event starts well over 9pm and everyone is happy and drinking away. Bottles with sparklers are sent to tables and served in the fancy ice buckets to those who are at the venue. Grace Makosewe and Jimmy Gathu were the Emcees for that evening and they got on stage to welcome people. The sound was pathetic and you could not hear anything they were saying. They kept apologising for the sound and promised that it would be sorted.

To cut the long story short, that was to be their last appearance as they soon left after a disagreement with Ahmed Mikwa about their payment or lack thereof. They picked up their things and left the building. There was no Emcee.

South African act, Toya Delazy was the main act of the event and she was set to go on stage after a couple of the other performances were done. We waited, and waited. Shortly there were alot of empty seats. People were tired of waiting plus there being bad music, bad sound, terrible entertainment and clear disorganization, rumours had started that there would be no Toya Delazy.

The rumours were however untrue as she came on stage and with alot of energy to say the least. A short while into her performance, the sound started acting up. Her DJ looked distressed and so did she.

Midway, she got fed up, stopped singing and apologised for the sound problems. She also started posing for pictures while her song was still going on. It was a complete mess. Her and her manager exchanged glances and you could tell they were not amused. She got off stage and the event ended.

“I have to say that this is by far the worst event I have ever attended. Very amateurish and looked like the organizers were just out to make a quick buck. Only qualified people and companies should be authorized to organize events especially when it comes to bringing in an international artiste. If I had paid for my ticket I could have sued for FALSE ADVERTISING!” complains the source.

We tried reaching Adrenalive CEO, Ahmed, on phone for a rebuttal but he couldn’t be reached.

Read part 1 HERE.