ATI Wows F/town
Monday, July 23, 2012
The usually unfilled joint was crammed with youthful night crawlers as well as many that travelled from the surrounding villages to enjoy the performance by the artist famous for his black tear. ATI, born Atlasaone Molemogi, was faultless. The power and emotion in ATI's vocal ability came shining through from the moment he stepped onto the stage.Starting at just after midnight, ATI gave fans a taste of his evolving music in Botswana as well as wooing the audience with many old favourites. Singing all the favourites in an up-beat, modern stage show, ATI jumped from the most common to uncommon songs, complemented by his hoarse voice that has become his trademark in the music industry. The power in his hoarse voice was more apparent than ever as he battled above the screams, claps and cheers from the enthusiastic front-of-stage crowd. Young female revelers were clamouring for him while on stage and the security personnel of the nightclub had to work overtime in their bid to push back the musician's fans from going too far. During the three and a half hour show, ATI gave fans the worthy for the P30 damage paid at the gate. He performed many songs from his album with the audience encouragingly responding. The fans' favourite "Move Your Skeleton" brought the crowd to their feet during the one song encore and the revelers danced away the cold weather of the wee hours of the winter. ATI said he had to come to perform in Francistown after learning that he has got a lot of following in the city.
ATI performed songs like 'Catch me if You Can', Give Me Love and the most revered tune Ke Lekhete, off his newest album, to send most of the youthful revelers who thronged the entertainment joint crazy with some calling for him not to stop performing. And to be fair, Lizard Entertainment was extremely elegant and very fitting for such a stylish performer as his tone echoed from the main club house out into the audience. He promised his fans to be back in Francistown for shows regularly. ATI was supported on the decks by YARONA FM's presenter, Tshepang Motsisi popularly known as T-Izzy.
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