#OLIC4: Low Turnout Dampens Expectation Of A Sold Out Show

The fourth edition of Olamide’s annual concert OLIC4 is underway at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.

For the first time since the rap artiste started the series, it’s taking place outside of Eko Hotel at the 24,000 capacity arena. The logic was that as his fans continue to grow in number, he needed a bigger venue to host his thousands of fans.

Vheektor Okpala, our correspondent on ground reports that although the concert started much later than the advertised time of 12pm, the stadium is far from being filled up.

Some of the reasons may include the fear of insecurity expressed by a number of fans.

Others have declared that the roster of artistes includes a certain Yomi Sars, a member of the much criticised Special Anti-Robbery Squad- which they teemed as Olamide’s insensitive to the conversation around the dreaded squad- that people have denounced in recent times.

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kontinu to dey lie oooo that ur correspondent wey no get work,e suppose to dey count the people ni now i was there and the people turned up in a large number i swear to God

kingfhaddo:
kontinu to dey lie oooo
that ur correspondent wey no get work,e suppose to dey count the people ni now
i was there and the people turned up in a large number i swear to God

I wasn't there, but with the heavy traffic allover , I doubt the story

SmallmebigGod:

I wasn't there, but with the heavy traffic allover , I doubt the story

Though the stadium wasnt filled up but he still tried .no nigerian artist would pull a filled-up stadium crowd in a concert vos of the poor organisation in this country

kingfhaddo:
Though the stadium wasnt filled up but he still tried .no nigerian artist would pull a filled-up stadium crowd in a concert vos of the poor organisation in this country

Tell this to Phyno. His Enugu show at the stadium was sold out.

Nigerians are on edge and Olamide just gave them a reason to make him an upcoming act.

Sanchez01:

Tell this to Phyno. His Enugu show at the stadium was sold out.

Nigerians are on edge and Olamide just gave them a reason to make him an upcoming act.

Naaah, the reason the show wasnt sold out is because it didn't get much publicity as it should have.

Is this olamide live in concert 4? I doubt...cuz d one I attended yesterday was the olic4 Tha held in Netherland.....


#truthman

Hozier:
Naaah, the reason the show wasnt sold out is because it didn't get much publicity as it should have.

Seems you're just getting to know OLIC then. It has become more of an annual event than a concert. Olamide stepped into a quicksand with the SARS thing. Most of his fans are...

Nothing last forever
Olamide came & will surely pass
Nothing special
It's just principle @ work

Sanchez01:

Tell this to Phyno. His Enugu show at the stadium was sold out.

Nigerians are on edge and Olamide just gave them a reason to make him an upcoming act.

were you at phyno's concert?is enugu lagos?how peaceful is enugu compared to lagos?these are questions to answer.What would you call a over12,000 people,shey no be crowd.as far as i am concerned the concert was sold out

kingfhaddo:
were you at phyno's concert?is enugu lagos?how peaceful is enugu compared to lagos?these are questions to answer.What would you call a over12,000 people,shey no be crowd.as far as i am concerned the concert was sold out

It seems the meaning of the words 'sold out' is missing in your dictionary. For the record, a venue cannot be said to be sold out if it is not filled to the brim, and all tickets meant to be sold are sold completely.

Enugu is saner and more peaceful than Lagos. Below are pictures of Phyno's sold out Phynofest just last month.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6284957_p_jpeg8fa53345052cf60d6b5438e4dbe9a709

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6284958_p2_jpeg2968aac941362234adf072828ec880c6

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6284959_p3_jpeg5be7932de55916dd84ecfe1c19a1993d

Like EndSars Nigerians simply decided to end it thru OLIC thanks to YomiSars

Sanchez01:


It seems the meaning of the words 'sold out' is missing in your dictionary. For the record, a venue cannot be said to be sold out if it is not filled to the brim, and all tickets meant to be sold are sold completely.

Enugu is saner and more peaceful than Lagos. Below are pictures of Phyno's sold out Phynofest just last month.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6284957_p_jpeg8fa53345052cf60d6b5438e4dbe9a709

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6284958_p2_jpeg2968aac941362234adf072828ec880c6

www.nairaland.com/attachments/6284959_p3_jpeg5be7932de55916dd84ecfe1c19a1993d

i dont know why you are so concerned about the word sold-out.i am sure olamide and his team are smiling to their bank account right now

kingfhaddo:
i dont know why you are so concerned about the word sold-out.i am sure olamide and his team are smiling to their bank account right now

So in your own life, you pray to secure a 25,000 capacity venue (rented, of course), with the hope filling the place up, only to have just 12,000 people in attendance.

Note that Lil Keshi, Native/Small doctor, Yomi Sars, et al, would all be settled/balanced from the proceeds of ticket sales.

We are yet to talk about logistics. Hiring a generating set, contracting a sound/technical company to see to the output of the speakers, hotel and accommodation of the other artistes even though the show is within Lagos. We should not rule out the DJ's fee as well before talking about his take home for the night.

Also note that the tickets are as cheap as free and it would take 50k upwards to make sense out of ticket sales knowing that others must be duly settled.

Now tell me, do you really think Olamide and his team would really be happy /smiling to the bank that the show was a success when it was clearly half full? How about we talk about why he would get a capacity ad that when he knew he could have gotten something else which would have cost lesser than what he paid for the stadium. Do the maths.