Kwesta fails to turn up for The Metro FM Heatwave in Kimberley. December is the hottest month of the year in South Africa – not only in terms of temperature but considering the fiery events we have across the country this month. Let’s just say it gets LIT. So, when the people of Kimberley found out that the Metro FM Heatwave was coming to their town, you can understand why the mood was at literal fever pitch.
The Metro FM Heatwave made its way to the city of Diamonds this past weekend, but some fans who attended the event were not too pleased with the way events transpired.
Unfortunately, the events that transpired didn’t live up to the excitement that had been building up for weeks ahead of the event. Here’s everything that went wrong on the day:
Crowd Control Issues
It was a weekend filled with crowd control issues. Just ask AKA who had beer bottles and cans thrown at him from overly-eager fans. The Metro FM Heatwave was the same with many reporting that the crowd was out of control. We can understand why they’d be disappointed considering the poor turn out from the artists on the roster.
https://twitter.com/Dr_Tshirax/status/1074116208885157889
#MetroFmHeatwaveKIM what a disappointment from you guys why do u have to lie to us we came all the way from different regions of northern Cape jst to support this event and what we get is bullshit personally am very unhappy with what happened there artist not showing up sies
— TLOTLO TT KAILANE (@TKAILANE) December 16, 2018
Kwesta didn’t show up
There were a few artist no-shows, but Kwesta’s was probably the most keenly felt by concert-goers who were excited to see the Vur Vai rapper in action. Sadly, he couldn’t make it due to the crowd control issues. He apologised on Twitter:
#MetroFmHeatwaveKIM what a disappointment from you guys why do u have to lie to us we came all the way from different regions of northern Cape jst to support this event and what we get is bullshit personally am very unhappy with what happened there artist not showing up sies
— TLOTLO TT KAILANE (@TKAILANE) December 16, 2018
Arrived in Kimberley to the heartbreaking news that the #MetroFMHeatwave even was shutdown to prevent further damage caused by the crowd throwing bottles. What possess a person to endanger the lives innocent patrons who come to enjoy live music? WE COME IN PEACE, or not at all… pic.twitter.com/vTTYm92Et3
— #godguluva (@KwestaDaKAR) December 17, 2018
Unfortunately, many people didn’t buy his apology:
I'm sorry buth' @KwestaDaKAR but it's not the first time
The same thing happened in June when we were promised to see you and you never pitch this time we had hope of you seeing you but NIKS THE PEOPLE need an explanation @METROFMSA #metrofmheatwavekim— Pumbalious (@Mpumi89903875) December 17, 2018
Hey @KwestaDaKAR
It has come to my attention that everytime you're booked to perform in Kimberley. You never pitch. Pls don't accept bookings when you know that you dont want to be in Kimberley #MetroFmHeatwaveKIM— My name is Joy (@phly_jellow) December 16, 2018
More no shows
DJ Speedsta and Distruction Boyz also had to cancel at the last minute after claiming that bad weather prevented their plane from landing. Not sure about you, but Accu Weather claims that the temperature on the day was a scorching 39 degrees celsius. Uncomfortable? Yes, but hardly the kind of weather that could prevent travel from happening.
https://twitter.com/DJSPEEDSTA/status/1074056065392750594
