BIG IN GHANA TALENT HUNT & TOUR FLYER |
The GUBA Award-winning Afropop duo FOKN Bois, popularly known for their hit single ‘thank God we are not a Nigerians’, together with the world’s first Pidgen Musical movie "Coz Ov Moni" is back with another musical concert dubbed ‘BIG IN GHANA TALENT HUNT & TOUR’ which starts from the 24th August – 1st of September 2012.
The talent hunt and tour is a charity concert geared
towards fostering Peace in the upcoming election and also help undiscovered
music talent find their biggest break in their careers.
Big in Ghana talent hunt
is giving opportunity to Bands and artists to audition this August to join the
FOKN bois alongside Yaa Pono and Efya during the GIMME PINCH tour. The boys
gave the Music dropping points for the auditions as Takoradi on the 4th
of August, Tema on the 5th of August, and Kumasi on the 11th
of August and Accra is on the 12th of August.
The two, Mensa and Wanluv who have already taken Hip life
to the final frontier sharing stages around the world with Snoop Dogg, Sway,
Femi Kuti, Little Brother, Irie Maffia and The Gorilla are very optimistic that
at the end of the tour, Ghana will be more than united and ready for the upcoming
election.
FOKN Bois disclosed: ‘talent hunts in the country has
never being this good as amazing prize packages awaits the winner. Packages
such as Going on tour with FOKN Bois, over 20,000 ghc worth of prizes,
including a cash prize of 3,000 ghc, a recording deal, professional video,
management and promotion; this is what talented musicians in Ghana will compete
for this August.
Wanlov the Kubolor of
FOKN Bois added his voice: “With the
elections coming up we want to spread the message of peace and hope hence as we
tour these four cities in the country kind courtesy Bavaria alcohol drink, we
will also let Ghana decide which of the underexposed talents in music should
achieve their dreams.
Throwing more light on the tour the FOKN Bois said after
being interviewed on BBC Radio 1, BBC 1XTRA and BBC World Service, and also
having been featured in prestigious zines such as Arise, FAB & Canoe, their
experience in the music world comes in handy at this point where new artiste
pop up day in, day out jumping from studio to another studio.
We want the
country to be peaceful so that our selected winner can show the country and the
world at large what they being hiding all these while. We are often compared to
duos like Outkast, Red & Meth and LMFAO, but we want our talent soon to be
discovered to be have such and even more across the world after this tour.
Bavaria, the drink behind the tour gave their words of
support by noting that “Bavaria is a Dutch beer brands that
thinks and behaves differently therefore we believe everyone deserves a break
once in a while.
They
also contended: ‘Beer brings us together and helps us to break down our
barriers. Breaking down barriers was also the vision that formed the foundation
of the Gimme Pinch Talent Hunt. This competition will give Ghana’s best talent
a shot at breaking through to an international audience.”
In
their final words, the FOKN bois noted that, pinch a friend if they think they
are dreaming because this is reality, your desire to be the biggest artiste in
Ghana has arrived but their word of caution to all talents who want to audition
was: ‘NO MIMING’ get ready to perform with a live band.
This is not an African thing, this is the big dream
you been waiting, auditions are free and come do the FOKN thing.
ABOUT THE GIMME
PINCH TOUR:
Talent Hunt:
Bands and artists
audition at music dropping points in Takoradi, Tema, Kumasi and Accra. A music
panel will select two artists/bands from each city that will audition in Accra
to the FOKN Bois.
Tour:
One winning artist/band
from each city will join FOKN Bois, EFYA & Yaa Pono on their FREE 4-city
tour performing live to crowds of over 8,000 per city.
Ghana Decides:
From the 3rd until the
9th of September Ghana gets to vote for their favorite artist or band via SMS.
Voters instantly receive a free ringtone of their favorite band/artist.
The “BIG In Ghana Talent
Hunt & Tour” is made possible by Bavaria. BAVARIA REPRESENTATIVE explains
why.
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