For the sake of a PAM award
Sep 28, 2006
Artistes can do all sorts of extraordinary things prior to the PAM awards grand bash.<br>
By Titus Serunjogi
Artistes can do all sorts of extraordinary things prior to the PAM awards grand bash.
Once, a certain Captain Prado dashed into the No-End Entertainment Studio with only sh200,000 and ordered: “Record my song now, I must perform it at the Kampala launch (for the PAM awards) tomorrow.†Pretty fast, huh? It may take weeks, sometimes a month, for a producer to churn out a good song. Little wonder that the captain sounded like a plucked chicken on the debut single. He recorded the song all over again later.
A certain DJ Languna Komakech, overwhelmed at being nominated for the Best Northern Artiste title, decided to throw concert in Kitgum that weekend. He even hired boys to go bawling for the show all over town. And for all that, only three fellows turned up to see DJ Languna perform at the 500-seater Triple Star Hall. And the total gate collection at the end of the show? Sh6,000 –– could buy lots of simsim but not pay the bus fare back to Kampala.
7:00pm last Sunday and the phones of most party animals were all buzzing with the SMS, “Please do not forget to vote for Miriam Ndagire for the PAM Award for Best Female Artiste.†Seems all the bad boys of showbiz seem to be getting nicer, just for the PAM awards’ sake. The earlier lyrics for Bobi Wine’s Kabaseke were, “Ebyokulwana kambileke kubanga ne luli bye byannemesa award…†(Literally, let me give up brawling because it cost me a PAM award last year.)
Bebe Cool was once known for brawling and turning over tables in nightclubs. But he just got a whole lot nicer now. He recently walked into a kafunda, latched the door and proceeded to drown all the patrons therein with free beer. By cockcrow he had won over more enthusiasts. Who could resist him when, at his album launch party, he sank to the knees and beseeched the crowd to vote for him as artiste of the year? What about those serial launches that rocked the city prior to nominations night?
Anyway, it is a pity the fans of Lady Aisha could not chorus ‘Onsuza mu Ssanyu’ along with her during her launch party. “We thought she was giving us a welcome speech, not singing,†one fan said.
Catherine Kusaasira did a little better. She launched her ‘age-old’ album appropriately named Wafuuka bikadde. Bravo!
Sometimes we just cannot help laughing at the list of curtain raisers. Mad Cat, Tiger, Kid Fox, Hardman, Locust –– all curious names of wannabes who are eager to throw a show for free. Want to see your favourite celebrity performing for free? Go on and gatecrash an a birthday party this weekend. Now just where did those vows that sounded somewhat like “No million shillings no show†go?
Showbiz is all about showing off, right? So last year, one Ras Dee painted his car with ‘PAM Awards Nominee’ and drove all around town. And promptly, he walked out of the prize-giving bash empty-handed. Another female artiste went on to striptease for bigwigs at a nightclub, mbu. How about that Eastern artiste (names withheld) who offered to wash a PAM Voter’s car?
See you all PAM Award enthusiasts at the grand PAM Awards bash next month.
Artistes can do all sorts of extraordinary things prior to the PAM awards grand bash.
Once, a certain Captain Prado dashed into the No-End Entertainment Studio with only sh200,000 and ordered: “Record my song now, I must perform it at the Kampala launch (for the PAM awards) tomorrow.†Pretty fast, huh? It may take weeks, sometimes a month, for a producer to churn out a good song. Little wonder that the captain sounded like a plucked chicken on the debut single. He recorded the song all over again later.
A certain DJ Languna Komakech, overwhelmed at being nominated for the Best Northern Artiste title, decided to throw concert in Kitgum that weekend. He even hired boys to go bawling for the show all over town. And for all that, only three fellows turned up to see DJ Languna perform at the 500-seater Triple Star Hall. And the total gate collection at the end of the show? Sh6,000 –– could buy lots of simsim but not pay the bus fare back to Kampala.
7:00pm last Sunday and the phones of most party animals were all buzzing with the SMS, “Please do not forget to vote for Miriam Ndagire for the PAM Award for Best Female Artiste.†Seems all the bad boys of showbiz seem to be getting nicer, just for the PAM awards’ sake. The earlier lyrics for Bobi Wine’s Kabaseke were, “Ebyokulwana kambileke kubanga ne luli bye byannemesa award…†(Literally, let me give up brawling because it cost me a PAM award last year.)
Bebe Cool was once known for brawling and turning over tables in nightclubs. But he just got a whole lot nicer now. He recently walked into a kafunda, latched the door and proceeded to drown all the patrons therein with free beer. By cockcrow he had won over more enthusiasts. Who could resist him when, at his album launch party, he sank to the knees and beseeched the crowd to vote for him as artiste of the year? What about those serial launches that rocked the city prior to nominations night?
Anyway, it is a pity the fans of Lady Aisha could not chorus ‘Onsuza mu Ssanyu’ along with her during her launch party. “We thought she was giving us a welcome speech, not singing,†one fan said.
Catherine Kusaasira did a little better. She launched her ‘age-old’ album appropriately named Wafuuka bikadde. Bravo!
Sometimes we just cannot help laughing at the list of curtain raisers. Mad Cat, Tiger, Kid Fox, Hardman, Locust –– all curious names of wannabes who are eager to throw a show for free. Want to see your favourite celebrity performing for free? Go on and gatecrash an a birthday party this weekend. Now just where did those vows that sounded somewhat like “No million shillings no show†go?
Showbiz is all about showing off, right? So last year, one Ras Dee painted his car with ‘PAM Awards Nominee’ and drove all around town. And promptly, he walked out of the prize-giving bash empty-handed. Another female artiste went on to striptease for bigwigs at a nightclub, mbu. How about that Eastern artiste (names withheld) who offered to wash a PAM Voter’s car?
See you all PAM Award enthusiasts at the grand PAM Awards bash next month.