Chike, Nigeria’s soul singer, held his first concert, titled ‘Chike Live:No Music, No Life,’ last night, December 17th, 2021. Muri Okunola Park in Victoria Island, Lagos hosted the event.
With his band, the gifted vocalist, who released his first album ‘Boo of the booless’ in 2020, sang songs like Insecure, Roju, and If you don’t love me, among others. That is the positive aspect of the concert.
One disadvantage of the much-anticipated music festival was that it began late. The concert, which was supposed to begin at 5:00 p.m., began a few minutes after nine p.m. Those who came to enjoy the program were treated to a variety of performances by unknown artists.
For a concert of that magnitude, one would have expected Chike to have mounted the stage early enough. However, the ‘Roju’ crooner wasn’t called on stage till about 11.30pm at night.
Asides from Simi, M.I, Mayorkun, Funnybone who performed at the show, the concert witnessed a low turnout from Nigerian celebrities. Perhaps, they snubbed Chike’s show for Tiwa Savage’s Livespot X festival.
Several celebrities like Toyin Abraham, Iyabo Ojo, Toke Makinwa, Tacha, Moet Abebe, Agbani Darego were present at the Tiwa Savage concert.
On how she feels about Chike’s concert, a certain tweep @mc_matiki wrote: “Chike gave us a fantastic experience with his personality and humour”.