Times Of Swaziland: MEGASOUND PICNIC LINE-UP RESHUFFLED!

MEGASOUND PICNIC LINE-UP RESHUFFLED!
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 BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA on 24/10/2019 08:40:00


MBABANE – The Megasound Picnic has been faced with last-minute changes! This
is after the Megasound Events had to promptly replace South African rapper Nadia
Nakai with Naak Musiq, an artist from the same country.
Nadia Nakai, real name Nadia Kandava, who was slated to perform at the Megasound
Picnic on Saturday, was removed from the line-up on Monday.
Megasound Events co-founder Samkelo ‘Zulu D’ Zulu, in a statement, confirmed
that the South African female rapper was no longer going to perform in this
annual event.
“The Megasound Picnic would like to update all revellers and patrons coming to
the event that having explored all possibilities, we had to drop one of our
artists, Nadia Nakai, off the performance schedule on the upcoming event,”
said Zulu.
Zulu, who is also MTN SWAMA’s current ‘DJ of the Year’, said the removal
of the rapper from the line-up came after her management communicated that the
artist had another confirmed event with her corporate partners that she is
contractually bound to honour.
That event, which resulted in Nadia Nakai being dropped from the Eswatini gig,
is to be held at the Capsule Fest in Johannesburg. It is an annual event hosted
by her main sponsor.
“The management has sent the apology to us in the date clash as the fest dates
were not confirmed when the booking was made in May 2019.
“No love is lost, and when time permits in future, we shall work with
Nadia’s brand once more,” said Zulu.
In ensuring the experience is not affected, South African renowned artist Naak
Musiq, real name Anga Makubalo, will take up the slot initially scheduled for
Nadia Nakai. Naak Musiq’s Manager, Tenny Tshabalala, in an interview,
confirmed that the ‘Mamelani’ artist was set to perform in the country on
Saturday at the Megasound Picnic.
“Naak Musiq will definitely be in Eswatini on Saturday,” said Tshabalala.
Another headlining artist from outside the country is South Africa’s Blaq
Diamond, the ‘Ibhanoyi’ hit makers.  The fourth edition of the Megasound
Picnic. will be held at Malkerns Country Club. It will begin at 10am with soccer
games.
Tickets for the general area cost E150 and they cost E300 for the VIP.