CHART-TOPPING Jamaican reggae crooner Jah Cure, real name Siccature Alcock, will headline this year’s Tourism Night at Glamis Arena on October 8 in what is likely to be a massive night for reggae lovers.The Tourism Night makes a comeback after Zimbabwe Tourism Authority failed to hold it last year due to some challenges. ZTA is working with London-based Zimbabwean company Sparks Entertainment on the deal.
Sparks directors, Mr Itayi Garande and Mr Spencer Mutemasango said the deal has already been signed by Jah Cure’s management and all logistics are being concluded with ZTA management. Sparks Entertainment will also take singer Wayne Marshall to Malawi for a show on September 24 and they are also negotiating with companies in Zimbabwe to take him to Zimbabwe as well.
ZTA chief executive Mr Karikoga Kaseke yesterday confirmed to the media in Zimbabwe that the “Longing For” hitmaker will touch base under the authority’s Celebrity Host programme that saw them bringing in Joe Thomas and Luciano. “We are currently negotiating with him but are going to make sure he comes. We choose these artistes dependent on what impact he or she has in their country of origin as this makes them opinion makers which in turn help with our perception management programme,” said Mr Kaseke. Kaseke confirmed that they had set an initial undisclosed budget to bring the artiste.
“I have told you these figures because you journalists have a tendency to write falsehoods about our Celebrity Host programme like when you wrote that we paid Joe Thomas some ridiculous amount when in actual fact we paid him” much less, said Mr Kaseke. In an exclusive interview recently on BBC Radio 1 Extra with Robbo Ranks, Jah Cure confirmed that he will be heading to Zimbabwe for a performance and that they had signed a contract with Sparks Entertainment.
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