Special Sallah Groove With Glo Slide ‘N’ Bounce

The Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, was agog recently, as Globacom subscribers were treated to a special Sallah holiday with a loaded Slide ‘n’ Bounce music concert. From fresh acys such as Reekado Banks, Di’Ja and Korede Bello, to established super stars including D’banj, Flavour, MI, Bez and Wande Coal, it was a fun filled evening that had guests on their feet all through the gig.

Up first was Mavin’s Reekado Banks, who had the ladies swooning in ecstasy when he performed his hit love ballad, Katapot, backed by a live band. Other tracks he performed were Corner, Chop Am, and Sugar.

Di’ja took over from him, and injected a Hausa flavour into her craft. For most of her performance, she shunned the stage to mingle with her fans who received her songs Amin and Yaro with open arms and dancing feet. But it was the popular hit Aww that got the majority of people on their feet and sang along. 

Korede Bello came next, teasing the crowd with his melodious voice from backstage and sending the audience surging forward as he performed his first song, African Princess. The hall went wild with ecstasy when he pulled a female fan to the stage and knelt down for her in a mock proposal. This was followed by a powerful rendition of ‘Cold Outside’ and the monster-hit, God win.

The Reekado Banks and Dija thereafter returned to join Korede Bello on the stage to jointly perform some of their Mavin hit-songs such as Dorobucci Looku-Looku and Adaobi. Hosted by Okey Bakassi and Glo ambassadors, Helen Paul and Funke Akindele, added comic relief to the event and took turns to make the crowd laugh.

The hall erupted in wild applause when Dapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D’banj, was announced as the next act to perform. Even before he got on stage, everybody got on their feet, with many moving closer to the stage to get a better view of the music icon. He performed tracks such as Knocking on my Door, Feeling the Nigga, Igwe and Suddenly. D’banj also gave out packs of his agricultural product, Koko Garri, to selected fans, who he called on stage to dance with him.

Bez followed swiftly after with tracks such as You suppose Know, and Stupid Song, before rapper MI was ushered next to the stage by Chocolate City’s DJ Lambo. The crowd exploded in ecstasy when a mascot that came on stage ahead of MI morphed into Jesse Jags. They both performed songs like Action Film, Indispensable, Bullion Van and others to the delight of the crowd. 

Then came Wande Coal, who got all rocking to hit tracks such as Rotate, Taboo, Amorawa, Close to You, Pere, Bumper 2 Bumper, A Si Ma Pe Yin and Go Low. 

The evening of superlative fun was brought to a glorious end by contemporary Highlife crooner, Flavour with a powerful performance of his scintillating tunes such as Ada Ada, Wake Up, Ashawo and Shake.

Both subscribers and the artistes were full of praise for Glo for staging the show. A guest, 19-year-old Olalekan Alao of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, expressed satisfaction at coming for the show.

“I’ve been using Glo for about a year now, and I’m glad I came for this event; it’s a very nice one. People are enjoying themselves and meeting new people. I really had fun. I’ll like to see more events of this nature. I’ll also like to say thank you to Glo and I wish them more upliftment. I pray they won’t run down ever.”

Another guest, 22-year-old Princess Gift had this to say, “Wow! I’m really short of words. I had so much fun. I’ll be returning to school soon, and this was just the perfect way for me to end the holidays.”

Di’ja praised the telco company for organising such a show to put smiles on the faces of its subscribers.

“It’s always a blessing connecting with my fans. Thanks to Glo for the platform. I didn’t even expect the way the fans got up from their seat to groove with me; I feel very honoured,” she said. 

On his part, D’banj noted that he was always delighted joining Glo to bring smiles to faces of loyal subscribers and fans.

“I’ve been with Glo for a long time and if there’s anything you know about Glo anytime we go on the road, I’m always so excited because it’s all about the fans on the streets, and they’re the ones that make it count. You know there’s no gate-fee for the concert; it’s basically a way of giving back to the subscribers. Anywhere I am in the world, I always want to come back for things like this because it’s an opportunity to connect with the fans.”