Franco Pulls Another Huge Launch
Goitsemodimo Kaelo | Monday June 4, 2018 18:00
Despite the cold breeze, multitudes thronged the event venue to witness Kwasa kwasa legend, Franco perform his latest offering called Mene mene tekele that was released a few days ago.
The show was scheduled to start in the afternoon had many excited even before the day, although many revellers started arriving at night. The line-up had quite a large number of acts including the likes of Vee Mampeezy, Ditiro Leero, Figos, Mahempe, Mingo, La Timmy, who tantalised the crowd with his Lebelete hit, ATI who never disappoints with his electrifying performances, MC Maswe, Jeff Matheatau who shared the stage with many other local artistes.
As expected, the event lived up to its billing with artists performing their hits and impressing the crowd. La Timmy performed alongside his usual partner, Guyvos, and the two gave revellers something to cheer about. They played the hype man’s role throughout their set.
When Ditiro Leero got on stage, he did not disappoint. He performed some of the hits from the highly popular Matsieng album Setswana sa borre, which had songs such as Tinto. DT as his fans affectionately call him, fused lyrics from his previous albums with easy, showing his creativity while going along nicely with the background sound track. However, he nearly messed up his performance by spending time talking to fans who were putting up beer bottles on stage.
Vee Mampeezy also showed why he is one of the best artists to come out of the country. His two notorious dancers thrilled revellers with their unique, energetic and comical dance moves. The two went on to engage in a dance battle with the legendary Franco towards the end of the show.
When the time for Franco to get up on stage, many revellers gathered up around the stage eager to see their star man. The Ke Lela Le Lona hitmaker and his band Afro Musica started off explosively.
First he performed songs from his previous albums, before going into his new album. It was evident when he performed the title track Mene mene tekele that the song is likely to be the ultimate hit.
Franco’s performance lasted for over three hours as he dished hit after hit. Though his album was officially released just four days before the launch, revellers were singing along as he performed his new hits. He also performed songs from his time when he was with Alfredo & Les Africa Sounds alongside the latter’s dancers.
In a brief interview, Franco said that he is grateful to God for the talent he has given him. He said that he was impressed with the attendance.
“I am satisfied with the attendance. It is very cold but people have come in large numbers. One cannot complain,” he said.
Franco said he would be working hard to promote his album.