'Wizkid' Balogun, will not be headlining this
year's edition of the annual Nigerian
Breweries PLC sponsored musical concert
roadshow, Star Trek, the main reason why
the artiste was dropped has been revealed.
Inside sources privy to how the recruitment
and negotiation of fee for artistes for the
concert are conducted said that the inability
of the organisers and WizKid's managers to
agree on performance fee led to the
musician's absence from the oldest musical
concert in the country.
The source said that WizKid was offered N3
million per show and allotted four shows
which would have seen him pocket a grand
sum of N12 million but his managers
allegedly turned it down on thegrounds that it
was too small for the highflying artiste. The
original aim of turning the offer down
according to our source, "was to force the
organisers to increase the amount to N5
million per show.
However, the marketing strategy backfired as
Nigerian Breweries' management called the
bluff of the musician and his managers and
replaced him with two other musicians for
less the amount offered WizKid."
It was further revealed that when it dawned
on WizKid that the organisers were not ready
to add a dime to the N3 million offered him
per show, he ran back to the Iganmu, the
headquarters of the Lagos-based alcoholic
drink brewers, this time, through long time
mentor, Banky W. On getting there, Wizzy
was told that he had been replaced by two
other artistes and should try his luck next
year.
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