With every performance Gary Tight is doing, the young gifted artist is presenting a glimpse of what could be a star in brewing.
The past two weekends he performed at Unplugged Zimbabwe, as well as a sold-out crowd in Kariba.
But probably the person who can tell you all about this master of art is Coke on the Beat presenter KVG as she looked all but smitten by the singer’s voice during a Coke VIP perfomace.
Gary Tight showed soulful variations, touching emotions and display of total command on vocals and the guitar in a short but powerful performance of African Destiny’s Nzira Yangu
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After staging an epic show at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town last year, music promotions company Xtratime Entertainment and Tuku were Saturday honoured for their excellence.
They won the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa Event of the Year for the sold-out show which celebrated Tuku’s 65th birthday last year.
“Thank you very much for the congratulatory messages for ZimAchievers award won last night,” said Tongai Mbidzo of Xtratime Entertainment.
The “Tuku @ 65” birthday celebrations, which were first held at Pakare Paye Arts Centre in Norton before continuing to Cape Town on 18 November was a response to the growing cries from the residents who said they had not had a Tuku show in 2017.
Meanwhile, Xtratime Entertainment has announced that Back by popular demand Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi will be back Live in Concert in Cape Town Friday 15 June 2018 at the same Artscape Opera House.
Tickets for the show are already available at Computicket, The show will be introducing tracks from Oliver Mtukudzi’s 67th Album titled Hany`Ga (Concern)
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa also honoured Dr Oliver Mtukudzi with an honorary patronage for his contribution to music, film, and the arts industry, as well as for decades of philanthropic work.
ZAA Chairman Conrad Mwanza hailed the legendary musician as a cultural icon who has served his nation with remarkable distinction.
“We are proud to honour Tuku for his outstanding contribution to the music and entertainment industry,” said Mwanza.
“He has been an active and industrious member of various charitable organisations over the years. His worldwide involvement with UNICEF as a Goodwill ambassador for the Southern African region has been both influential and inspirational in shaping our African continent,” he added.
Tuku’s artistic genius has been critically acclaimed by experts and fans across the globe.His brand of music has become an iconic sound and has also challenged Zimbabweans to rethink certain prejudices and preconceptions of the African culture.
As one of Zimbabwe’s most renowned and recognised voices to emerge from the country onto the international scene, and with over 65 albums to date, he has a devoted following across Africa and Europe.
Not so long ago, the toilet later renamed by this generation to the bathroom used to be a private sanctuary for everyone.
It was a place where we used to lay to rest the fallen heroes by giving them a befitting loud send-off.
But that was before they decided to put in big vanity mirrors that gave our women ideas that the bathroom is probably the best place to get a nice selfie of yourself in your new dress.
They now come with a wide variety of backdrops and wallpaper that are causing our kin to spend inordinate amounts of time in near the loo.
Worse still they upgraded them and most bathrooms come with awesome lighting for photos! And now bathrooms double as photo studios as well as a place where ladies compare the sizes of all of their body parts.
One Zimbabwean celebrity who has mastered the art of sexy bathroom selfies is the Queen of Hip Hop Kikky Badass.
Kikky is undoubtedly one of the sexiest woman alive right now and she has her bragging rights fully earned.
And in between the bathrooms, the reigning Zim Hip Hop Awards Best Female artist also finds time for the booth as she has just released a song where she responds to a whole lot of stuff happening.
DStv has announced the upcoming Comedy Central Roast of Somizi, coming to Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) on Monday 7 May 2018 at 21: 00.
The popular format sees an illustrious panel assemble to “roast” each other before getting to the Roastee. International celebrities have over the years hilariously and flamingly insulted each another, including Justin Bieber, James Franco and Donald Trump.
In South Africa, the Comedy CentralRoast of Somizi will be the third local iteration of the international format, with previous Roastees being Steve Hofmeyr and Kenny Kunene.
Somizi is one of the most dynamic media personalities in that country, having so far enjoyed a successful career on radio and television with no end in sight on bigger opportunities for one of the brightest shining stars in SA.
Somizi Picture by Buzz SA
Somizi Mhlongo added, “I am really excited to be the Roastee. The moment Comedy Central approached me I grabbed the opportunity.
“I have always wanted to be part of this project. I have what it takes to handle the heat because I am thick skinned.
“Despite my trials, I am here standing and ready for the next bout. I’m definitely up for this, especially when I get to have the last laugh at the panellists.”
In the very building where The Undertaker’s Streak met its demise, The Last Outlaw rose from the abyss and laid John Cena to rest in quick and brutal fashion, giving the 16-time World Champion exactly the kind of legacy-affirming match he asked for — though, perhaps, not the one Cena had thought he’d get.
For Cena, the opportunity to face Undertaker was less about getting one over on the WrestleMania legend and more about putting on an epic, sui generis showcase that was free of politics or championship implications.
He got pretty personal in his attempts to bring Undertaker back, but The Phenom’s continued silence left Cena more disappointed than anything. It seemed that The Deadman was content to call it a day after losing to Roman Reigns at last year’s WrestleMania.
Cena, too, had resigned himself to the front-row seat he had initially chosen to take when The Deadman failed to respond to him.
And the arrival of Elias — a great hoodwink by the Raw Superstar — enraged Cena to the point that he had no choice but to punk him in the ring. And then The Deadman finally answered.
This was The Undertaker in perfect form, from the ghoulish theatrics — his duster and hat reappeared in the ring, then vanished in a bolt of lightning before the man himself arrived — to the epic entrance, to, especially, what happened inside the ring.
Quickly, it became apparent that Cena was not going to get the 12-round battle between living legends he was advocating for.
Here are all the WrestleMania 34 Results
WrestleMania 34 truly lived up to its reputation as the greatest WWE event of the year, with six new champions crowned.
Ronda Rousey’s in-ring debut as she teams up with Kurt Angle to battle Triple H and Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania 34.
Universal Championship Match Brock Lesnar (c) def. Roman Reigns
Raw Tag Team Championship Match Braun Strowman & Nicholas def. Cesaro & Sheamus (c) – NEW CHAMPIONS WWE Championship Match AJ Styles (c) def. Shinsuke Nakamura
Raw Women’s Championship Match Nia Jax def. Alexa Bliss (c) – NEW CHAMPION
Tag Team Match Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon def. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
The Undertaker def. John Cena
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Triple Threat Match The Bludgeon Brothers def. The Usos (c) and The New Day – NEW CHAMPIONS
Mixed Tag Team Match Kurt Angle & Ronda Rousey def. Triple H & Stephanie McMahon
United States Championship Fatal 4-Way Match Jinder Mahal def. Randy Orton (c), Bobby Roode and Rusev – NEW CHAMPION
SmackDown Women’s Championship Match Charlotte Flair (c) def. Asuka
Intercontinental Championship Triple Threat Match Seth Rollins def. The Miz (c) and Finn Bálor – NEW CHAMPION
Naomi wins the First-Ever WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal (Kickoff Match)
Cruiserweight Championship Match Cedric Alexander def. Mustafa Ali to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (Kickoff Match)
Bray Wyatt helps “Woken” Matt Hardy win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Match)
WWE announced tonight that WrestleMania 34 broke the record for the Mercedes-Benz Superdome’s highest-grossing entertainment event.
WWE’s annual pop-culture extravaganza grossed $14.1 million, surpassing the venue’s previous record of $10.9 million set by WrestleMania 30 in 2014, as a sold-out crowd of 78,133 fans from all 50 states and 67 countries converged on the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
As part of the week-long WrestleMania celebration, WWE will host five consecutive nights of events at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and the Smoothie King Center.
“New Orleans was extremely proud to make WrestleMania Week part of our Tricentennial celebration,” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.
Raw Women’s Championship Match, as Alexa Bliss defends the title against her former best friend Nia Jax at WrestleMania 34.
“It was so exciting to host WWE fans from around the world who travelled to experience the grandeur of WrestleMania and all that our beautiful city has to offer. Thank you to everyone who makes it possible to stage such an epic event.”
“WrestleMania’s return to New Orleans once again delivered record results,” WWE Executive Vice President of Special Events John Saboor said.
“This would not have been possible without the tireless support of Mayor Landrieu and our Local Organizing Committee partners throughout New Orleans. We now look forward to a historic WrestleMania 35 celebration next year in New York and New Jersey.”
WrestleMania 35 takes place on Sunday, April 7, 2019, from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Ticket information will be announced later this year.
Top Ten All-Time Attendance Records at WrestleMania:
101,763: WrestleMania 32, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, April 3, 2016
93,173: WrestleMania 3, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, March 29, 1987
80,676: WrestleMania 29, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, April 7, 2013
80,103: WrestleMania 23, Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 2007
78,363: WrestleMania 28, Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida, April 1, 2012
78,133: WrestleMania 34, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2018
76,976: WrestleMania 31, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California, March 29, 2015
The HIFA COMEDY FESTIVAL is back with an exciting lineup according to trailblazing comedian Carl Joshua Ncube.
This is is the fourth time the comedian has produced stand up comedy shows at HIFA and explains that this year’s lineup is about positioning Zimbabwe stand up comedy on a global stage.
The lineup includes comedians with television credits on some of the top media platforms in the world.
Countries represented are Malaysia, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. According to Ncube the comedians coming to Zimbabwe have two roles firstly to make people laugh but also give insight into what it is like to be on platforms like NETFLIX, performing in sold-out Arenas and navigating the broadcasting space in South Africa.
“The comics are amazing but we also need to position ourselves as a country on international media platforms to grow the comics and also the demand for comedy specials across the continent,” said Ncube.
The 6-day HIFA comedy program produced and directed by Carl Joshua Ncube will feature Kavin Jay from Malaysia, Salvado from Uganda and Nqoba Ngcobo from South Africa.
FEEL GOOD AFRICA
The launch of the stand-up comedy program begins with Carl Joshua Ncube introducing some of his friends in an ensemble show with Kavin Jay from Malaysia, Nqoba Ngcobo from South Africa. This comedy show will introduce audiences to some of the talent coming out to perform at HIFA.
SALVADO
All the way from Uganda comes Salvado Idringi a juggernaut of African comedy comes to Zimbabwe for the very first time to tell you the rib cracking story of a village called OMBOKOLO. This amazing comedian has performed in sold-out arenas like the Hammersmith Apologetics’s and even more impressive Wembley Arena.
KAVIN JAY
Fresh from his first ever NETFLIX Special EVERYBODY CALM DOWN is the stand-up comedy genius of Kavin Jay from Malaysia. This inciteful observant and terribly honest comic is set to light up Harare with a very relatable and international brand of stand up comedy did we mention he has just come off the recording of his NETFLIX special? We did? Well, it is SPECIAL!!!!
NQOBA NGCOBO
Zimbabwe will this year welcome the talented comedian with the hardest name to pronounce Nqoba Ngcobo will be right at home in Zimbabwe with his razor sharp wit, politically incorrect depictions of Africa and rib cracking comedy set to have you laughing your A@#$ off late in the night in Harare. Come through to get a taste of South Africa, Zimbabwe and the world in an awesome set of jokes.
CARL JOSHUA NCUBE
This is the year he turns 39 and Carl Joshua Ncube is super frustrated that he is not old enough to run for PRESIDENT and will be delivering the MANIFESTO that never was in this rib cracking and direct take on the last days of Robert Mugabe and the advent of the bullet trains and many other exciting political promises the 115 political candidates are giving the electorate because after all, WE COUNT!!!!
The second edition of The High Tea will be hosted in Zimbabwe on 28 April 2018 at the beautiful Organikks in Chisipite.
The venue which has a picturesque view has a timeless beauty and famously known for its mouth-watering delectable food.
Organikks is a perfect venue for a summer high tea where guests will enjoy a great afternoon with a various selection of teas, coffees, juices, soft drinks and wines accompanied by a delectable classic High Tea menu of savoury and sweet finger foods prepared by the in-house Chef.
Every detail has been deliberately looked into boasting of a powerful all-female speaker line-up of Tendai Madondo [Media Fundi], SapiBachi [MD TBWA], Thato Moagi [Agriprenuer], Mellany Msengezi [GM Marketing-Econet] and Rebecca Kano- Munyuki [Business Leadership & Motivational Speaker].
There will also be great entertainment, a finance panel to help women who are in or aspire to be in business, exhibition booths and so much more. If last years’ High Tea debut is anything to go by, this year will be mind-blowing.
The High Tea is about bringing like-minded women together for a common purpose which is to empower, motivate and encourage harmony and interdependence among women from different nationalities, backgrounds and races.
The High Tea targets women in business, aspiring female entrepreneurs, leading women in communities and careers and any woman looking to be among other women in hopes to gain knowledge, unity, support and resources across a wide range of industries & interests.
Behind The High Tea are two dynamic ladies who hail from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Bonnie Chimanikire an entrepreneur and business coach is the Founder & Creative Director whilst her partner is Ntombizodwa Sibanda is an Attorney, thought leader and Co-Founder of The High Tea.
The High Tea is also excited to join Maud Chifamba in her campaign to purchase building material for her former school. Maud Chifamba was the youngest university student in Africa.
Maud was born in 1997 in Zimbabwe and was accepted to the University of Zimbabwe to study for an accounting degree at the age of 14.
In December 2012, Chifamba was 5th on Forbes’ list of Top 100 Youngest Powerful Women in Africa. She was entered in the book of African Records as the youngest university student in the continent.
It is such a huge weight to carry the hopes of a generation on your shoulders one that looks up to you for spiritual guidance through your musical prowess.
Minister Kazembe, Benjani, Killer T and Ginimbi
Such is the expectation that Killer T had when he stepped into an overly packed 1+1 Club at LongChen Plaza.
Since his announcement of the launch of the New album – Mashoko Anopfuura, for a whole period of time the conversations on the streets of social media and Zimbabwe changed to one subject – Killer T.
Indeed these young ghetto chanters have become the prophets of our time, whether, by design or divine calling, the dancehall boys have bent the world to their inspiration.
And so they gathered at the club for the crowning of a Prince and the heavens agreed and decided to open its womb and drop some showers – showers of blessing for the Ceremony.
Inside the club was probably a combined net worth running into millions as the likes of Ginimbi, Boss Albert, Tinashe Mutarisi (Nash Paints), Mahwindo, former Warriors Captain Benjani Mwaruwari and many other rich boys of Harare descended to the launch.
Even Hip Hop was represented, The likes of Tehn Diamond and Stunner who also gave a magical performance bore witness to the occasion.
Stunner and Carlos Green
Celebrities such as ZiFM’s Misred, Cindy Munyavi, Carlos Green amongst others, added the glitz to the VVIP Section which was also graced by Minister Kazembe Kazembe.
To have the brand power to summon such heavyweights for an album launch, there should be something special about you.
You need to have royal blood running through your veins, and for Killer T this was the first time the star had such a gathering inside one room.
Ginimbi called for a challenge to the stage for anyone who could outbid him. And there were no takers.
At this point Benjani had pledged to buy the CD for $2000 before Boss Albert outbid him and put $5000, the former Manchester City striker then upped his bid to $10 000.
As the money tussles went on, the boys returned to their VVIP seating.
Mahwindo took a microphone with her and as soon as the crew settled, she started announcing figures that shocked the fans and the thousands watching from various facebook live streams
She said as the Liquor Boys Ginimbi will be buying the Album for a cool $US 50 000. And with that, the hammer dropped.
Probably Killer T and his management underestimated their brand power as the venue proved to be too small, as by 12 midnight there were still queues of people paying their way into the venue.
Killer T must have realised how much a big artist he is because his live performance has improved immensely, he looked energetic and determined to prove that this was his crowning moment.
You see, there exists a vacancy in the Big Five, the places are occupied by Jah Prayzah, Winky D and Oliver Mtukudzi and maybe Alick Macheso.
Could Killer T stake his claim among the big boys? This album will tell.
Midway into his performance, Nash Paints Boss, Tinashe Mutarisi nicodemously breached the security barricade and started dropping new, crispy clean US dollar notes on Killer T.
There were in various multiples, of tens and fifties.
We were not able to count how much Mutarisi was splashing but all we saw was that the notes rained on Killer T’s ginger hair until it literally turned green with the dollars.
And with those acts, we witnessed the crowning of a prince – A dancehall Prince.
Musicians Andy Muridzo and Sam Dondo will for the first time in their careers perform at the SAMA Fest UK,one of that country’s most anticipated shows.
Sam Dondo and Any Muridzo
With indications last night showing that tickets were almost running out, the two young artists will have a test of their artistry in front of a full house.
Some of the acts include Oliver Mtukudzi, Winky D and Mafikizolo.
The Festival runs from today Friday 30 March with the London show taking place at Oasis while the Saturday one happens in Coventry at Sky Dome Arena.
An ecstatic Andy Muridzo told Zimbuzz that he was bringing all the firepower to Great Britain.
“I have come with full force”, he said. “People should expect a mixture of volcano and tornado.”
“The SAMA Fest is my opportunity to show Zimbabweans living in the UK what I am capable of”, he added.
Muridzo has been teasing his new song Munondo from the upcoming album and UK fans might be lucky to hear the full version of it.
For Sam Dondo the SAMA Fest is as much a test as it is for his compatriot Andy.
The musician has pulled a big collaboration with Casper Nyovest and told ZimboJam that he was excited about his project.
From his tone, the singer looks determined to cross the great divide into Pop culture.
“I am really excited about this collaboration, this venture brings a new element to my music when I looked at the two albums I have released the past two years, I realised that my style appealed more to the senior folks but with this collaboration, I will also appeal to the youths,” he said.
Sam Dongo has had some releases in the past two years that have longer shelf life than they actually lasted and the UK show might be that magical moment that fans will get to know of them.
Again those attending the SAMA Fest might be lucky to get a sample of Sam Dondo’s new album which is set for release end of May.
This year’s festivity is sponsored by Impala Car Rental and it seems the company have already an International success story under their belt after bringing Casper Nyovest to Harare in 2017.
Speaking at the SAMA Fest press conference the Impala Car Rental representative Alex said it was a momentous occasion to be partnering with the UK SAMA Fest
He also said the company is growing both in their mainline business and by doing an international show and have captured 46% of the market share, with every second car leaving Zimbabwe being an Impala Car
