GOODBYE MUKANYA, THESE ARE EVER CHANGING TIMES. . . Legend bows out before 3,000 fans in Birmingham . . . Novice Shone performs before 90k fans at Wembley

📅 Published: August 26, 2025

Curated by AllZimNews.com

Admittedly, Shone is just a small boy and cannot be mentioned in the same league as Mukanya.

But, for him to play at such a mega show, even just as a supporting act for British supergroup Coldplay, showed just how much the musical world has changed, even for the likes of Mukanya.

Shone doesn’t have a big profile back home and he will struggle to even fill the smallest musical venues in Harare.

But, what he has are strong business connections.

This is what has helped him to find his way into the circle of artists, who can be the supporting crew for a super group like Coldplay.

And, that is why he was able to play before a crowd of 90,000 fans at England’s biggest stadium at the weekend.

Inevitably, questions will have to be asked:How big would Mukanya’s farewell UK show have been, for instance, had the Chimurenga music legend established the same contacts which have helped the likes of Shone to rub shoulders with the likes of Chris Martin of Coldplay and Burna Boy?

Would it have been before about 3,000 fans when the likes of Shone, thanks to his powerful contacts, can play before 90,000 fans at Wembley, even just as a supporting act?

Did those, who were supposed to have established such links for Mukanya, fail him?

If we are now having an estimated 27,000 women just paying their way to attend a Doek & Slay show, are 3,000 fans a good and fair number for a farewell show for Mukanya, even in the UK?

Whatever the answers, the brutal reality is that the musical world has changed dramatically and it just doesn’t sound right that a legend bows out before 3,000 fans and a novice plays before 90,000 fans during the same weekend, and in the same country.

The business of the game has also changed dramatically, too.

That is why someone like Shone, who is not even a household name back home, could become the first Zimbabwean musician to perform before a combined ONE MILLION music fans in just eight months.

These are staggering numbers.

Coldplay are playing 10 sold-out concerts at Wembley.