Davido Lands In Huge Trouble Again

When Davido hit the Nigerian music scene in
2010, it was with the force of dynamite. His
rise to stardom was meteoric and every song
he released was an instant hit. At 19, he had
become a household name, boasting of a
multimillion naira endorsement deal with
telecoms giant, MTN.

But then, with success in the music industry,
came a world of scandals and controversies.
Not long ago, Davido embarked on a $30
billion tour that took him to 30 cities across
the globe. However, the singer ran into
troubled waters with his show promoters
when he failed to turn up for a sold out show
on September 1 in Colorado, USA.

Fans had indeed been angry and expressed
their disgust at the failure of Davido to show
up for the show. Obviously aware that there
could be a backlash, the singer went online
on September 2 to apologise to his fans.

In a snap chat message, he declared that he
would have been arrested for credit card
fraud like fellow musician, Dammy Krane, had
he come for the show. He stated that it was
in a bid to avoid being “Dammy Krane” that
made him not to appear in Colorado.

“Damn they almost Dammy Kraned me
smh! Can’t make the show in Colorado
tonight! We were at the airport for five
hours. I’m so sorry! It was out of our
hands and there was nothing we could
do. I will do all I can to make it up to
you guys… God bless,” he stated.

However, Davido’s apology did little to
assuage frayed nerves. In a swift reaction,
the organiser, BME, had carpeted the
musician, stating that he deliberately missed
the show, while dubbing him a liar, SUN learnt.

According to BME, three flights had been
booked for Davido consecutively but he
bluntly failed to honour any of them, under
the guise that he was doing a photo shoot,
while he was actually partying.

BME said:

“We attempted to book a fourth flight for Davido but Davido failed to accept the fourth flight arrangement, stating that he wanted a direct flight into Denver. We could not get him a direct flight to Denver, as there were none; all that was available was connecting flights.
Davido , who bluntly refused to make his flight three times, then posted on his snapchat that he was not going to make it to Colorado! We don’t owe Davido . He breached his contract!”

Disappointed and fuming, Ayodele Akindele, a staunch fan of Davido based in Colorado,
had stated:

“It is obvious that Davido is not telling
the truth. That he was arrested is
probably an excuse just to get off the
hook. We all came out and bought
tickets for his show only for him to
abandon us; it is so sad.”

Another fan of Davido , Balkissa Saidou, said:
“(Davido) stole my money, wasted my time and didn’t even have the decency to be honest to the guests. So disappointed.”
And for Dan Asima, Davido simply took his fans for granted.

“It is sad that Davido chose to go
parting while his fans here in Colorado
were waiting for him. It is so sad.”

Meanwhile, in order to assuage fans, BME had organised another concert for October 16 featuring P-Square. It was a free show.
But lots of music fans were not assuaged by
BME’s option.
An angry Ashley Reynolds fumed:

“This means nothing to me! You guys
still haven’t resolved anything. And to
sum it up, you guys try and bring
another artiste out here when the first
one never came. You guys trying to
butter people up with a free concert.
(This) isn’t going to make people forget
how you’ve wronged us. Nor will it bring
our money back to our wallets.”

When Sunday Sun called Davido’s manager, Asa Asika for his reaction, mum was the word. He neither picked his call nor replied text messages sent him.