The
entertainer who was the sole headliner for the highly anticipated event dubbed
‘THE RETURN’ managed
to pack the house at the Amazura Night Club in Queen, New York last Saturday as fans came out to see one of their favourite stars in action. With concert-goers arriving in their droves the venue was sold out within hours prior to show-time with an estimated audience of over 4,000 patrons, a feat only accomplished by a selected few within the Caribbean diaspora.
to pack the house at the Amazura Night Club in Queen, New York last Saturday as fans came out to see one of their favourite stars in action. With concert-goers arriving in their droves the venue was sold out within hours prior to show-time with an estimated audience of over 4,000 patrons, a feat only accomplished by a selected few within the Caribbean diaspora.
Kicking
off the nights’ proceedings sound system selectors Platinum Kids and Foota Hype
soon whipped the audience into a frenzy with their musical selections and at
minutes after midnight paved the way for Ruff Kutt Band who was entrusted with
backing band duties for the night. The venue again erupted when his raspy voice
echoed through the speakers and Aidonia emerged on stage donning a black and
white designer ensemble to much fanfare.
During
his almost two and a half hour set Aidonia took patrons on a musical journey
from his infancy to present with an expansive catalogue of hits. Amid the
fanfaronade the dancehaller took time out to pay homage to Bounty Killer
stating , “Mi nuh business who them say a run the place a one general inna
Dancehall and a Bounty Killer, mek mi repeat it in case some a oonu deaf.”
at which point he proceeded to list Bounty’s accolades. He also used the
opportunity to scold a number of emerging talents for not showing respect to
the veterans citing, “Some a oonu likkle bwoy nuh have nuh respect oonu a
gwaan like a oonu buss oonuself and and nobody nuh help oonu or show oonu
nutten.. oonu fi respect the elders weh set the ting before oonu.” Both
statements were greeted with rousing approval from the large gathering.
[WATCH HIGHLIGHTS]
[WATCH HIGHLIGHTS]
Following
the concert a sweat drenched Aidonia while speaking with members of the U.S.
Media backstage said he was very humbled by the support he received, “The
show was a great look, the fans came out and showed the love and support and I
am very humbled to say the least. It’s been a while that the fans have not seen
me on this side of the world so I had to make sure I give them a memorable
performance and let them know we appreciate all they have done for me and my
team throughout the years.”
Back
on local soil, Aidonia is set to depart the island again this week for an
assignment in Grenada on Independence Day, August 6th before
jetting off to Tortola on August 13th. On the musical
front the deejay has released a new single courtesy of Troyton Music
titled ‘Fireworks’ on the Dancehall Bully riddim amid riding high
with the singles "No Man To Mi Spliff", "Hey Yo"
and "Rude Bwoy Ting".
PHOTO CREDIT: Gibbopresents.com
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