Reports gathered by What’s On indicate that the Senegalese female-Mbalax star, Titi and band are currently warming up for their upcoming three-day mega concerts in The Gambia.

Koriteh Extra party will also enable the Senegalese mega star to thrill her Gambian fans to the fullest.

Organised by DJ Lamin Cham of Champions Sound Movement in collaboration with Sunu Musik, the three-day fun-filled event is scheduled to take place on the17th, 18th and 19th of October. The indentified venues are Brikama in Western Region, Jama Hall in Senegambia and Jokor West Field respectively.

The President Award winner, DJ Cham, said these upcoming mega concerts are due to popular demand.

“This is the moment the fans in The Gambia have been waiting for. Titi loves the people of the country. So come in your numbers to grace this occasion. This will be purely a night of total togetherness. This show will be one of the hottest shows in the history of Gambian show-biz,” he said.

So don’t be left out.

Organized by New Desire Njoofen, Alieu Mbye Nder and his ensemble, will stage live concerts at Jama Hall, Jokor Brikama and Jokor Westfield respectively.

“The concerts will kick-start on 25 at Jama Hall and will be repeated to audiences at Jokor Brikama on 26 and then Jokor Westfield on 27,” Entertainment was hinted.

The Taipei City Government will host a series of concerts and an art exhibition starting on Tuesday to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the 228 Incident.

Thanks to record collector Lin Tai-wei, the public will also be able to hear the first Taiwanese song banned by the government in 1934 - Wandering in the Streets - using a victrola during the concert.

Sharing his collection of records during a press conference at the 228 Memorial Museum on Friday, Lin said the song was banned because it described the difficulties experienced by people in finding employment and feeding their families as a result of a sluggish economy.

The event will also feature an art exhibition with 48 paintings collected by a 228 victim’s family member, Liao De-cheng.

The 228 Incident refers to the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) bloody crackdown on demonstrators and local elite under Dictator Chiang Kai-shek’s administration. On the night of Feb. 27, 1947, a woman named Lin Chiang-mai, who had been selling smuggled cigarettes in Taipei, was beaten with a pistol by an agent from the Taiwan Monopoly Bureau.

Lin was left bloody and unconscious on the ground. An angry crowd gathered and turned on the agents, who fired their guns wildly to escape, killing a man named Chen Wen-hsi. When monopoly agents were discovered pistol-whipping two children for a similar offense the following day, an angry crowd beat the agents to death. The incident then sparked island-wide anti-KMT protests and riots.

KMT troops were rushed from China in early March to quell the disturbances and as a result tens of thousands of Taiwanese were killed.

The Taipei City Cultural Affairs Department on Friday invited residents to claim free concert tickets at the department, City Stage or the 228 Memorial Museum.

Reports reaching What’s On ,has revealed that the Senegalese born Mbalax star Baba Maal and his group are currently warming up to storm the smiling coast of The Gambia sometime this coming easter Organised by Champions Sounds Promotion, this will be Baba Maal’s first concerts live in The Gambia this year and will witness the release of Maals new album.

In an interview with What’s On, The President Award winning DJ Lamin Cham of Champion Sounds said this upcoming event will be historic as will enable the Senegalese born international star to expose his new talents.

According to him, the main idea behind organising such concerts is to give music fans and music lovers the very best flavours from our Senegambian stars. Also it will give them the chance to share the rich culture of Senegambia and expose our artist to a international level. Watch out for Baba Maal Banjul concerts !!!!

The Jamaican Royal family of reggae music, Morgan Heritage are expected to perform today at the Independent Stadium, Bakau.

The United States  Jamaican based world renowned reggae family arrived in the country on Monday at about 13:30 pm from Senegal where they held a series of concerts in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

They were received at the Banjul International Airport by members of the excutive of the organising committee of their upcoming mega concerts amid hundreds of music enthisiasts who later escorted them from the airport terminal through the streets of Greater Banjul Area.

Meanwhile, Franky Dancehall Paul, a distinguished and reputed Jamaican reggae dancehall genius, who has been visiting the country is also expected to perform alongside other top-rated Gambian artists.

A line of programmes are being organised by Bright Star Production in collaboration with the Jammeh Foundation for Peace. The main idea behind the programe is to raise funds to augment the resource base of JFP.

In an interview with what’s on shortly before their arrival, Ansumana Drammeh, chairperson of the Media and Publicity Sub-commitee said JFP  is solely sponsored by President Yahya Jammeh. According to him, coming up with such an idea, will greatly help to boost the foundation.

The GRTS showbiz (Goudi Samdi) anchor Drammeh further revealed that during the Jamaican Royal Family’s stay in the country, they will stage their first photo and autography session at ccon Wednesady. “On Friday, there will be a live performance at Brikama Jokor on January 25, and Saturday  February 26, will be the main concert at the Independent Stadium;” he said.
 
He therefore, called on the general public, government institutions, the private sector and all those concerned with the welfare of Gambians to come out in numbers to support this worthy cause.

To celebrate the two lion awards bestowed on him by the Gambian leader HE Dr Alhaji Yahya A.J.J Jammeh early this year, DJ Lamin Cham, Proprietor and Chief Executive Officer of Champion Sounds, has concluded all protocols to stage a groundbreaking concert with Senegalese Mega star Thione Seck and the Raam Daan Band from 19 to 21 October 2007.

Speaking to this paper DJ Lamin Cham said that he is all-out to organise what he described as the heaviest concert ever to be staged on Gambian soil. He said the concert is conceived to say ‘thank you’ to Mr. President for honouring him twice with awards.

“I’m inviting President Jammeh, the Cabinet and the entire nation to this all-important concert,” he said.

According to the internationally renowned DJ, Thione Seck and Raam Daan band are poised  to thrill their Gambian fans to the maximum adding that everyone should take favourable advantage of the golden opportunity accorded them by attending the three-day concert.

Meanwhile, if you are a real mbalax fan or you love the lyrics of Thione Seck, please join the crowd at Joko Brikama on Friday 19 October, entrance fee is just D200 or Jama Hall, Kairaba Hotel on Saturday 20 October for the grand ambiance, entrance fee D300 for single and D600 for patron or on Sunday 21 October at Jokor Westfield entrance fee D250.