I came yesterday across to this video. This was when gospel singer l’Or Mbongo had huge success with her albums ‘Tina eza na Tina’ and ‘Nsimbulu’. In 2004 she came to Europe for a tour and performed in Brussels at Cirque Royal. At that time Cirque Royal had a capacity of 3.500 before being reduced to 2.000 in 2018.
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What surprised me, is seeing hoe full of people, Cirque Royal was. While when Werrason performed there in 2001, he wasn’t able to sell the venue out. However, it is important to note that his Europe-tour was going towards the end when he performed there (Congolese people tend to support other bands if you stay more than 6 months, because of liking to something that is new). Also many people not liking Werrason anymore because of the videos Adolphe Dominguez made about his departure
I wonder if there were no other gospel artists that performed there. Because Werrason is the only secular artist that performed at Cirque Royal. The rest of Congolese artists only performing at small halls like Clarigde, Concert Noble, La Madeleine and on rare occasions at BOZAR, when being in Brussels
