HARARE – Award-winning Nigerian singer, Davido is heading to Zimbabwe for a show scheduled for August 29 at Belgravia Sports Club in Harare. A welcome party for the star is set for August 28. Speaking at a press conference held in the capital yesterday, DJ and dancehall promoter Godfather Templeman, confirmed Davido’s show. “It is…
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HARARE – Controversial sungura musician First Farai has joined the bandwagon of musicians flocking to chaar churches hoping to revive their flagging careers. Farai, who strangely named his latest album Fantastic Farai Ubwada Delicious, told the Daily News that he is now a member of Walter Magaya’s Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries. “I need…
HARARE – Award-winning Zimdancehall star Tocky Vibes delivered a stunning performance at the “Econet Million Dollar Storm” event held in the Harare Gardens on Saturday afternoon that must have put his critics to shame. Despite repeatedly thrilling Zimbabwean music fans in Australia, the United Kingdom and South Africa where he has regularly toured, Tocky Vibes,…
HARARE – Colourful Sunshine City Choir will mark its second anniversary at Kingstone’s House tomorrow with a live audio and video recording of their second album titled The Live Experience. The bumper 15-track album to be recorded tomorrow is a follow-up to their debut three-track offering that the 33-member choir released two years ago. To…
HARARE – Johannesburg-based chanter Jah Seed and Zimdancehall promoter Hillary “Punchline” Mutake have introduced a “Dancehall Queen Contest” that will see female Zimbabwean artistes walking away with prizes. Mutake told the Daily News that the contest would be the biggest on the Zimdancehall scene. “It will see two winners flying to South Africa for the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s underperforming economy that has seen hundreds of companies and factories shutting down has caught on nightclubs and bars. In the past months, Harare alone has seen a number of prominent nightclubs and bars being shut down, from the popular arts hub Book Café, Jazz 105 to Airport Lounge among several others. As…
HARARE – Raunchy dancer Beverly Sibanda aka Bev will say goodbye to her Zimbabwean fans on Thursday at Harare’s City Sports Bar. She is leaving Harare on Tuesday for her maiden tour of Britain. To see her off, several acts will perform at her farewell, among them her rival pole dancer Zoey, musicians Dr Tawanda,…
HARARE – Preparations for Musica Battle of School Bands 2015 are at an advanced stage with the first round of the competition slated for July 18 at The Heritage School in Harare. The contest, which is open only to high school bands, is part of the annual music festival organised by the Italian Embassy in…
HARARE – Musician-turned-pastor Zexie Manatsa is truly a man of the cloth with an amazing aura of humility. The 71-year old music legend, who is probably better known for his hit Chipo Chiroorwa, is, on face value, the archetypal pastor. But, by his own admission, the paragon of Christian virtue he has become is a…
