December 17th 2017,was the yearly Olamide Live In Concert better known as OLIC.
The concert featured Tiwa Savage, Lil Kesh, Daddy Showkey, Ycee, among others.
For the first time in four years, Olamide the self-proclaimed King of the street, changed the venue of his annual concert from Eko Hotel Convention Centre to Teslim Balogun Stadium.
He probably took the decision because the new venue would give him ample opportunity to connect more with his fans. However, he failed to deliver on his promise.
It hurts that I am writing this. Fans are yet to recover from how Olamide broke their hearts.
The crowd cheered, jubilated and the atmosphere became electrified when Olamide mounted the stage. Rather than performing for his fans, the reverse was the case. One would have expected Olamide to start his performance with a live band, but he resorted to using a DJ. His energy level wasn’t impressive, his vocals were weak. It was like he was abducted and his performance was supposed to set him free. His performance was more of call and response.
Rather than perform for his fans, it was the fans that were singing the songs .A King Sunny Ade, Asa, or Bez won’t take fans for granted with such a mediocre outing.
The drumbeat however changed when Phyno joined him on stage. They both performed Fada and Augment, which got the crowd cheering and excited.
Olamide performed for less than 30 minutes. His fans were disappointed.
On our way out of the venue, fans can be heard lamenting over how short his performance was. A certain fan was telling his friends: “ We expected Olamide to perform more songs from his ‘Lagos na wa’ album but he failed us”.
The Yahoo boy no laptop sensation, simply failed to soar