The Iron Man Roots Fest staged on March 20 at the National Park may have been a major financial disappointment to the promoters but for those who attended the show was a great one.
Just about 200 patrons turned out to see the artiste but that did not stop Bush man from delivering a welcomed performance.

Shevvon Mentus and Justin Leigh who promoted the Iron Man Roots Fest speaking to this publication said that despite the poor turn out we promised and we delivered…we believe that our show had poor support because of what unfolded at the last show but we are not phased because we believe in the local entertainment industry and with time people will realise that we deliver and will support us.”

Mentus said too that in her estimation the show was a wonderful show despite and “we are proud of the artiste’s performance”.
The Roots Fest was carded to be staged in Guyana on March 6 originally but that show was postponed to March 20 on the advice of officials from the Home Affairs Ministry after the preceding show that proved a disaster. Bottles rained and damaged more than $3m worth of equipment after the artistes were no shows.

The roots fest promoters are promising that since their show was incident free that “This is not the last show Bushman will be returning with other artistes later in the year”. Meanwhile as much as they did not make anything from the show the Promoters still delivered food to the children at the Durban Backlands home.



By: Mondale Smith

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