Ghanaian artiste Kwabena Kwabena, known in private life as George Kwabena Adu, has commented on the perception new Ghanaian artistes have of events abroad.
Recently, a Ghanaian event promoter in Germany in an interview with ZionFelix complained about the high charges some Ghanaian artistes demand when contacted for events abroad.
After urging the artistes to be considerate when charging, Ofori One added that if these artistes wouldn’t agree to take €2000 or other amounts that would benefit both parties, then they should organize their own events.
Commenting on this in an interview with Nana Romeo on Accra FM, Kwabena Kwabena stated that the new crop of artistes in Ghana are living in a space or have the wrong mindset about events abroad which must be corrected.
He claimed event organizers abroad do not struggle when they contact old artistes like himself. According to him, the old artistes know what goes into events abroad so they do not stress the organizers.
Kwabena Kwabena said event organizers abroad do not make much money because the people who are 90 percent Ghanaian audience won’t pay 50 dollars or euros to attend. He averred some would even want to pay 10 dollars or 15 euros.
Looking at the challenges at hand, Kwabena advised new artistes to change the perception they have about events abroad.
He added that it’s different if an artiste is signed onto a label and the label is putting him/her on an event abroad.
Watch his statement below.
