Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Mfumu Vata on August 14, 2025, 23:13
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DizchUM7NDQ
Papa Wemba's first concert in Brussels after being released from jail.
from 41:23 min also Papa Wemba's band of Brussels performing (I forgot the name of it).
Former Wenge Tonya Tonya singer Chibida gave an interview a few years ago, complaining that in all the concerts they did with Papa Wemba in Belgium, their performances would be cut from the footage or they would only appear for about 10 minutes, while the images featuring Viva Tendance from Paris remained. He wondered if Papa Wemba requested this or if it's due to the public simply not being convinced by them.
From 50:40 min after having sung Est-ce Que with former Fioti Fioti's dancing on stage, Papa Wemba started to talk about the "Ba Petites Chance Eloko Pamba" and the "Fioti-Fioti's"
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Was this first concert that it only had Viva Tendence or was it second? Because one of the concerts, it was Viva La Musica Cours des Grands and Viva Tendence.
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Viva Tendance was here not the only band. Here they performed together with Papa Wemba's band of Brussels. It were the remaining concerts that they did in France (Lyon, Lille, etc.) and Switserland were they were only performing with Viva Tendance. I believe that the concert in Lyon was the second concert before that of Brussels and the first with only Viva Tendance as band. Because I remember Celezino saying that he was complaining for not being paid after performing in Lyon and seriously getting beated by Wemba's bodyguards, when Wemba called him a witch when showing up at the following rehearshal and everybody running away when Celezino called the police. I believe that his brother Papy Louange or someone else of Viva Tendance said that Champion and Pathy Bass also immediately left after Zenith due to not getting paid, while they called off from work. Other members were also not happy about not getting paid, but they were afraid to say the truth. However Champion would sometimes still perform with them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C5V3HygnpQ&list=RD9C5V3HygnpQ&start_radio=1&t=1382s
The one with Viva la Musica Cour des Grands and Viva Tendance, was the concert at Zenith de Paris, which Papa Wemba's first concert in Paris after getting released from jail. It was to celebrate Papa Wemba's liberation from jail, which why he associated Viva la Musica Cour des Grands. He would associated them again for the concert at LSC, to celebrate his 55th birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3l_54x_2Lk&t=4017s