By Joseph Mwenda(The post Zambia)
Sat 21 Aug. 2010, 14:15 CATSPLENDID, would be an overstatement for the kind of performance that Jamaican R&B reggae music fusion, Brick and Lace put up tonight at the Barclays Sports complex in Lusaka, but to say that they disappointed would mean something else too.
However, to define a show that started at around 15:00 hours earlier in the day with a combinations of performing artistes including locals, ‘average’ would be the right word.
Local artistes dominated the day with various performances among them, an amazing show from TR a.k.a Kapuka who partnered with his newly found music friend TEF.
South African Hip-hop Kwaito duet, Jozi also mesmerized the handful audience of about 500 fans who awaited the introduction of Brick and Lace onto the scene.
Jozi in fact showed why they are big names even in their own homeland when they performed hits from their long catalog of albums.
Eventually after 20:00 hours, the long awaited Jamaicans showed up on stage clad in skimpy shorts and high heels, surrounded by their ‘traditional’ tight security much to the delight of fans who welcomed the singers with cheering.
The Jamaicans, without hesitation, started churning tracks one after another as their crew DJ spiced up the occasion with some background music to fill in the gaps.
It was only after the sixth song however, that the ever gorgeous Jamaican stars shocked the audience by skipping their own music list and jumping to multi Grammy award winning Alicia Keys’ “No One” song.
As if that was not enough, the singers then went on to unleash music originally by Sean Paul, not to mention Rihanna’s.
At around 22:00, the singers did their ‘best for last’’ song “Your love is wicked” and waved goodbye to a stunned audience.
To the few fans who attended the Brick and Lace show, they probably got the best they could from the Jamaicans but looking at the turn out, a headache is inevitable to the organizers, as the cash-in reality slowly kicks in.
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