Driemo, Onesimus light up Blantyre

Co-headliner Driemo threw his ‘Joker’ before Onesimus pledged a ‘Motorola’ during the Magician Butter Music Experience show at Comesa Hall in Blantyre on Saturday night. The story may have ended there, but nay! There was more to the night that needed to be savoured, an experience to be enjoyed and a story to be re-told someday.

The two headline acts of the night generated enough excitement and the size of the patronage demonstrated how much people were looking forward to the show. The organisers went all the way to transform the outlook of the spacious venue. The VIP section was well-demarcated and decorated with tables spread around.

The entry point for the VIPs was also strategically separated from the normal entry point, an arrangement that made life easy for everyone. The Comesa Hall may not be the best venue in terms of music performances as it offers little support to the acoustics, but the performers on the night tried to give it their best to beat that structural challenge. The Makasu Band were the first live performers and they seized the moment by dishing out some of the classics done by the original Makasu Band and in the latter years Bright Nkhata.

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perfect recipe for people to walk down the memory lane. Their stage act was almost faultless. His deep voice brought life among the audience.

When he roared, the audience shook in their seats. His renditions of reggae compositions from acts such as Morgan Heritage endeared him to many. As time struck 20hrs, the boy from Nkhotakota himself, Driemo appeared on stage.

That was the moment that changed everything. The moment he cued in his first song the patrons left their seats and flocked closer to the stage. That act alone gave Driemo a hint of how much his fans had been waiting for his arrival on stage.

He took them on an almost two-hour non-stop music ride. He sampled songs from his old albums such asNdikadzangotopa, Mtendere, Weni Weni, Wanga ndi iweandDumpha. But all that excitement would have yielded to nothing among the audience if he had not explored the magic contained in his latest albumThe Magician.

African Butter-Onesimus. His only task was to sustain that euphoria with a performance measuring up to the same degree. His one-hour performance saw him perform both his old and new songs.

Songs such asController, My WomanandSolomonput him in good stead with the audience. After he bowed out, everyone was satisfied with the Magician Butter Music Experience

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