POPULAR South African house band, Mi Ccasa, who had their debut Zimbabwe performance at the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) on Saturday night said they were disappointed more than fans over their one-off show which was supposed to take place in March courtesy of May7 Entertainment.
Report by Tinashe Sibanda
The one-off show that had been scheduled for March 28 at the Harare International Conference Centre had to be cancelled at the last minute amid conflicting statements that were posted on various social media platforms like twitter and facebook as the public speculated.
“Firstly we have been trying to come to Zimbabwe since last year and it’s good to just finally touch the round,” the group said during a Press gathering before their performance on Saturday night.
It said the band did not want to point fingers at anyone over what had transpired in March, but the one fact they knew was that they had not been paid to perform in Zimbabwe.
The trio added that such circumstances were always the risk of live shows where when someone “messes” up it then looked like the performing band had a problem.
“Yes, we understand that the Zimbabwean fans were disappointed, but what they need to know is that we were more disappointed because at the end of the day we did nothing wrong,” it said.
The talented group said usually when things like this happened to musicians, when they finally get another opportunity to perform at the same place it was magical. They said they had actually been building on coming to Zimbabwe for a very long time, but unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances would get in the way.
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“We are also working on a new album that will be released in August although we will start sampling songs from it in June or July,” the group added.
It said the upcoming album would include collaborations with other African artistes whose names they would not disclose for unknown reasons.
The group released a debut album titled Micasa Music just after its formation in 2011. The album went on to scoop accolades at the 18th edition of the annual MTN South African Music Awards. The group have released several other hit singles.
Micasa consists of Dr Duda, J Something and Mo-T. In February they got an opportunity for a grand arena appearance when they performed at US President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony in Washington DC, USA.
The band received a lot of attention from the public in late 2011 for their hit single These Streets which was taken from the album Micasa Music, followed by other hits such as Heavenly Sent and La Vida.
