Category: Lifestyle

Famous Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter Asake has expressed his grief on the death of a woman, who was crushed at the singer’s gig at London’s Brixton Academy. A stampede occurred at Asake’s gig on Thursday when hundreds of people tried to force their way into Brixton O2 Academy. A 33-year-old woman identified as Rebecca Ikumelo of Newham has reportedly… Read More

A woman injured in a crush outside a London concert venue has died, police said Saturday. London resident Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, was one of eight people hospitalized after being caught in mayhem outside the O2 Brixton Academy on Thursday night, where Nigerian singer Asake was due to perform. The Metropolitan Police force said she died on Saturday morning. Two other… Read More

The scene outside Brixton O2 Academy where police are investigating the circumstances which led to four people sustaining critical injuries in an apparent crush as a large crowd tried to force their way into the south London concert venue, Friday Dec. 16, 2022. Four people were hospitalized in critical condition on Friday after a suspected crush at a London concert… Read More

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has ordered a probe into the stampede that brought an abrupt end to the Asake’s UK concert, which took place at the O2 Academy in Brixton, London, on Thursday. In a Twitter post, Mr Khan said his thoughts are with all those affected by the awful incident at Brixton Academy. According to early reports,… Read More

Iván Löwenberg premiered his latest film I DON’T WANT TO BE DUST at Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Saturday, December 17, 2022 · 606,861,624 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events… Read More

Lovers of gospel music were thrilled on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at a Christmas concert organised by popular gospel singer, Sinach. Aptly tagged, ‘Sinach and Friends’, the event was attended by quite a number of gospel artistes. The concert featured activities such as song performances/ministration, drama presentation and ‘love feast’. Before the event started, Sinach and her friends had strutted… Read More

BBNaija Titans won’t distract Nigerian youths from voting – Ebuka Why I didn’t perform in Ghana, Abidjan — Wizkid If office attacks continue, INEC says it may not recover in time for elections FG declares public holidays for Christmas, New Year celebrations Simon Ekpa not our member, we’ll expose him – IPOB Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital… Read More

A singer, Prince Richards, aka Maskking, is of the opinion that pop star, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, owes Nigerian rappers an apology for labeling them as broke and saying that rap was dead. Masking, who describes himself as a retro-afrobeat singer and an Afro-conscious philosopher and music producer went on to describe the ‘Essence’ singer’s statement as depressing. In a… Read More

For Dapper Music’s Chief Operations Officer, Ademola Alugo, creatives in the music industry should get more recognition and awards. The music executive, who has worked with the likes of Omah Lay, Skibii, Seyi Vibez and others, also noted that the global acceptance of Afrobeats has had a huge impact on streaming of Nigerian music. “Afrobeats has transcended borders and evolved… Read More