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Franco's Soul Fill Up lives up to hype

Franco taking his fans down the memory lane with his yesteryear heatsPIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Franco taking his fans down the memory lane with his yesteryear heatsPIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

When Franco sang a gimmick “Batswana ba rata Franco” in one of his songs, one wondered if he knew exactly what he meant by that.

And Saturday night came to prove how much that love is after multitudes flocked the National Stadium for his inaugural and long awaited Soul Fill Up with Franco festival.

The 25,000 National Stadium was almost filled to capacity as fans filled the field while others occupied the two grand stands. It was indeed a night of reckoning for the talented Gabane-born Kwasa kwasa artist, and it truly lived up to the hype and promise in terms of both entertainment and its adopted slogan, “Lebala Thiii!” April 2, 2022 will now take its right place in the history books as the day on which Franco delivered a world quality experience that even had him dancing in the air. The skies had also consented as it rained for a short while just as performances kick-started. With an all local line up dominated mostly by your no names, there were always ‘Doubting Thomases’ if indeed he would be able to pull if off.

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