WINDHOEK– A magnificent musical vibe is how one could characterize the Hage Gaigob stadium last Saturday during the launch of Gazza’s tenth album Ondjila (the journey).
The stadium was parked with people from different towns such as Oshakati, Oupwo and Walvis Bay to witness the launch which was popularly referred to as Gazza and Davido show. Gazza invited the American-born Nigerian recording artist, performer and record producer David Adedeji Adeleke known by his stage name of Davido. The first section of the show started with a charity event for the orphans with children having a fun-filled day with a lot of different enjoyable activities. The main show kicked of around 18h00 with fans witnessing among the most talented musicians in the country.
When the boom boom singer, Frieda, took to the stage, fans went into a near crazy frenzy singing along with her to every song she performed. The Boss Madam of the stage, Sally, was on fire, removing her heels to dance awakening the audience and leaving them asking for more. The night got hotter every time a different artist went on stage. Taking the audience down musical memory as the name of the album says, The Dogg took the stage and performing his 2008 hit, My song is on the radio. He performed new and old songs, among them Hehe and Nuka providing all the more reasons for the audience not wanting him to leave stage.
Dj Buck from South Africa showed the audience that dancing is his thing when he dance throughout his performance to different hits like Ajujuya. The crowd went wild when Davido approached the stage with Better than, this proving to be the moment everyone was waiting for. Ecstasy was the order with most of the lady fans reaching to grab him when he warmed them up with ‘Namibia have beautiful ladies’. Davido e performed songs such as Diamond, Skelewu, Gobe and his hit Aye, which melted a lot of his fans. ‘She belongs to me and I belong to her o’ every lady screamed to the sound tune of the song.
To introduce Ondjila Gazza invited the Street Kids on stage and performed most of his old songs and the hit, Ongalo. He ended with his memorable song Kip kip happy.
The album has been titled Ondjila, meaning journey, as it took Gazza a long journey to make it to his tenth album. “The show was beyond my expectation, and I am very happy for it to turn out to be very much good, even if it is was expensive and it is the first expensive CD launch it was worth it and I am happy’’ says Gazza.
Despite the successfulness of the show, security was not so tight with some fans getting their possession stolen and with sporadic fights but the police managed to catch some of them. “We had to cut the show shot because of the time, I want to extant my grateful to the police for understanding us and giving us few time to hold the show,’’ says Gazza.
Gazza also adds that this was just the beginning and there are still more things to accomplish. He is very much glad of the good relationship with Davido and soon they will be working together. Gazza is planning another breathtaking show that in Walvis Bay on December 23.