Popular singer Chris Brown was paid at least $1m
(about N156m) to travel down to Lagos with a 15 man crew last week, NET
investigations have revealed.
The Grammy-winning singer
stopped over in South Africa, for concerts in Cape Town and Jo’burg, before
heading down to Lagos for the show.
The Lagos event, built into
Brown’s on-going world tour, was organised
by Kilimanjaro Events – same company that promoted Rick Ross and
Anita Baker in the past.
Financial details were not made
public, but we found that Oando boss Wale Tinubu was a
major financier, as well as Etisalat, which provided last minute
sponsorship.
Brown was to make a brief
appearance at the Oando end-of-year gig, but we’re told that did not
happen.
It was Brown’s second time in
Nigeria, the first being for a THISDAY Music Festival performance a
few years ago.
Sources told us the fees ‘could
have been more’ if he was required to perform with a live band or if he had to
do multiple venues or cities.
Although he performed with a DJ
and backing track, with two back-up singers and four dancers, he gave a good
account of himself, treating fans to almost two hours of a well-planned set
that left guests asking for more.
Chris Brown’s tour will
continue early next year with a scheduled performance in Cote D’Ivoire.
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