Not so Yori

By Crystal Okusa

It is 11pm and the anticipated Bracket show is yet begin. The Carnivore Simba Saloon is only half full and outside it’s raining cats and dogs. In attendance are a handful of journalists and a few local celebrities. You could count less than thirty patrons who had paid to come watch the show.

The Bracket duo are nowhere in sight, at the entrance is Nigerian promoter Mr Brant Hezekiel, vehemently blocking any more people wearing the Press V.I.P passes from coming in.

Nonini

Earlier in the evening, the Bracket duo had told Pulse that they expected as good a reception as P-Square’s.

"We have heard about Kenya and how much they like to party. If our brothers P-square enjoyed themselves so will we and so we expect the best today, we have other great songs that you will enjoy apart from Yori Yori," said Vast — the more outspoken of the duo.

Though they did not enjoy the same turnout, it did not dampen their sprits and they gave riveting performance. They even gave the ladies a chance to express themselves through a dancing competition on stage.

The Iwo Ni Mofe song in particluar got one girl swooning on stage while she held on to Vast.

Despite the low turn out, the crowd supported them as much as they could, creating a dance floor in front of the stage to dance as they sang the other album hits.

The cheering that accompanied Yori Yori made it rather evident that it was the song most people were looking forward to hearing.

You could blame it on the publicity, the heavy rain, the time of the month or on the airwaves for being stuck on Yori Yori, but whatever the reason, it was the most poorly attended show in the history of ‘Naija Nights’. This raised the question as to whether their days are now numbered.