Friday, November 28, 2014

Galaxy of Stars For LAS December Date

Come Friday, 5th of December 2014, Vantage beach resort Lekki will host the bespoke Lasgidi All-Stars concert which is expected to parade over 20 confirmed top and emerging Nigerian music acts expected to thrill music fans, enthusiasts and media drawn from different parts of the country.

More artistes have been confirmed, the latest being Triple MG All Stars quartet Iyanya, Tekno, Emma Nyra and Selebobo. Star Boi's L.A.X and a surprise A- list entertainer are also new additions to the already star studded line-up.

The concert was unavoidably shifted from Friday 28th of November to Friday 5th of December because of the Channel O Awards scheduled to hold 29th of November in South Africa as most headliners pencilled down for the concert are nominated for the award.

Meanwhile, the organisers of the Lasgidi All-Stars concert have expressed disappointment at an MTVbaseAfrica disclaimer which was issued via the music channels official twitter handle and a recent online report by theNET newspaper refuting Ehiz's involvement as the co-host of the concert.

Responding to the disclaimer, Akpor Donnell Gbemre, Executive Producer of the event, informs that 411 Entertainment had a verbal agreement with Ehiz to co-host the show but the talented VJ pulled-out of the agreement days after an official statement announcing him as a co-anchor for the concert was issued to the press.

"We at 411 Entertainment are highly disappointed at MTVbaseAfrica's tweet on Friday the 21st stating that it is not a sponsor or part of the upcoming Lasgidi All-Star concert 2014 and that it's VJ, Ehiz is not part of the show.

"We were in talks with Ehiz to hire his services as an anchor for the LAS 2014 show. Which he made clear to us that he was interested in co-hosting if we make a certain amount available to him. That made us put information out in the media that he will co-anchor the show alongside Shine of Cool FM whom we have already concluded arrangement and payment terms with, until he (Ehiz) later drew our attention some days later about the fact that he won't be able to meet up with his initial promise to co-host the show as a result of an impromptu official assignment that he has to in South Africa on the 4th of December which is on the eve of the concert". He added.

Akpor also noted that 411 Entertainment never mentioned MTVbaseAfrica as a sponsor or supporter of the forthcoming concert in any of the official press statements issued to the media.

"The verbal agreement was reached with Ehiz and not with MTVbaseAfrica.We have proof of correspondence. We would also like to state categorically that at no time did we communicate or mention MTVbaseAfrica as sponsors or supporters of the Lasgidi All-Stars concert to the media.

"We have struggled to build an enduring annual event over the years without the help and support of MTV and I wonder why they are making it seem like we are leveraging on their brand to promote our concert." Akpor said.

Moving forward, the Executive Producer of the concert is confident that the concert will turn out to be a success despite the seeming challenges which has cropped up in recent times.

"Though, we do not rule out sabotage in some quarters, we are doing everything necessary to ensure that we stage a befitting concert and deliver on our promise to continue to celebrate and project music of Nigerian origin."

Meanwhile, the search for a replacement is underway as the organisers now have to scout for a new co-host with notable names being considered as replacement for Ehiz who will not be co-hosting the concert as earlier informed.



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