Veteran singer Mesach Semakula has spoken out about the challenges he encountered during his 50 Years of Greatness concert, which took place at Kingdom Kampala on Saturday night.
Addressing the technical challenges that disrupted his performance, Semakula explained that the stage setup had been carefully planned, describing its theme and overall appearance before the heavy downpour as impressive and promising.
The Ssigwe Osimira singer went on to explain why the lights and screens were switched off when the rain started, revealing that Fenon had to take precautions to prevent damage to its equipment and avoid possible electric shocks to revelers.
“The theme of our stage you saw before it rained was wow. It had been planned like that, and we were going to mash it up, but then the rain came. Those machines are electric. The reason the lights and screens were switched off was that electricity was passing through them. It could easily harm or shock people, and if such a thing happened, that would have been trouble. In that case, the power had to be switched off because the wires were moving on the ground. That’s the reason why the power was switched off. Fenon had even feared switching its machines back on until I pleaded with them so much. We opted to use CD music because the live setup had failed. Water had entered some of the machines, yet we had intentionally put together a good stage setup.”
Semakula further expressed his belief that the concert would have gone down as one of the best shows in the country had the weather not disrupted their plans.
“Had everything gone the way we planned, it would have been talked about as the best or one of the best shows in the country, but God’s plans were different from ours.”
He also thanked Fenon for taking the risk of switching some of its equipment back on to allow him to perform using recorded music, saying he was determined not to disappoint fans who had braved the heavy downpour and remained at the venue.
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“I thank Fenon for risking its machines and switching them back on so that we could perform on CD. I wanted people to see that I had not run away. Since the fans had stayed back, I asked myself why I should run away. To everyone who braved the downpour, thank you.”
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