I have never understood this local stadium concert hype among Congo artists. Why do Congo artists attach so much importance to SDM? Anglophone musicians are more into competing over selling out tickets for top venues.
Quote from: Nkosi on June 09, 2023, 17:25I have never understood this local stadium concert hype among Congo artists. Why do Congo artists attach so much importance to SDM? Anglophone musicians are more into competing over selling out tickets for top venues.There’s a concert-ban in Europe. Which scares concertpromoters to lose money. Didn’t you see how JB’ Zénith of 2013 ended or the problems around Fally’s Bercy ? Ferre saw his event at Casino de Paris being cancelled by combattans because of them writing letters and those admins of that concert hall being afraid like many others who decided to do the same thing when there were concerts planned for Congolese artists.Also with SDM bandleaders shows who about who being the real boss of the country. The same thing for French rappers/artists when performing at Stade de France. Booba showed with his concert there that he was still the most popular rapper despite a huge boycott from the media and setting a record attendance that day.
The question has nothing to do with whether Ferre is doing it right or wrong. The question is about the significance of playing at SDM to Congolese artists in general. For Anglophone artists, it is more about filling popular venues across the world and how much they charge.