Bongo sensation Harmonize was held at an Eldoret hotel this past weekend over unpaid bills.
Harmonize was staying at Edoret’s starbucks hotel ahead of his performance at the cheget Festival.
The singer is said to have checked out of the hotel late Sunday afternoon after hours of confrontation with the hotel management.
The singer had traveled to Eldoret for the concert which he failed to perform at after the promoters of the event, shado events failed to honor their end of the deal.
Fans of Harmonize arrived the event’s venue from 6:00 pm and by 1:00 pm the singer was still a no show prompting fans to go into a rage.
Angry fans broke the tents at the event and even blocked the Eldoret kapsabet highway after the bongo star failed to perform.
“People started turning up in large numbers at around 6pm, by 12 am the event organizers were still hyping the crowd. When they stated at around 1am that Harmonize was a no-show without reason, the partygoers started shouting, demanding for a refund. They threw stuff on stage and vandalized things. Some were injured. It went on to around 3am,” said one of the guys at the concertThe singer however issued an apology to his fans later saying that the only reason he was a no show was because the promoters failed to pay him
“Binafsi najua kiasi gani pesa inatafutwa kwa ugumu but kwa mapenzi yenu mlijitoa kuja kuni support sio kwasababu mie ni special sana….!!! Ni kwa upendo wenu tuu ila kilichonisikitisha ni promoters kuchukua pesa za watu wasio pungua 4000k then wakashindwa kuja kumalizia payment iliyobaki na kukimbia hii inaumiza sana…!!” he said
The owner of Shado events has since been arrested.
“We have arrested the organizer and owner of Shado Events Douglas Obobe Maina who is assisting us in carrying out the investigations. My officers dispelled the angry crowds who destroyed tents, plastic chairs and later on, blocked the Eldoret-Kapsabet road as they burnt tyres,” said Eldoret South Police boss Wilson Abduba.
WHICH WAY CAN THE EVENT ORGANISERS ADOPT TO AVOID SHAMING INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES AND FANS DURING CONCERTS?