New Edition in Nigeria for first ever African concert

AMERICAN superstar, Bobby Brown, together with his boy band members, New Edition, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria Wednesday ahead of their two-city tour of that country.

Saturday, March 10, 2012
Bobby Brown, together with his boy band members, New Edition, arrive in Lagos, Nigeria. Net photo.

AMERICAN superstar, Bobby Brown, together with his boy band members, New Edition, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria Wednesday ahead of their two-city tour of that country.The two-city concert is being put together by Lagos-based events company R28 Events and it will see Bobby and his group performing at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos and the Polo Club, Port Harcourt, all in Nigeria. The concert started yesterday and ends on March 11.Bobby and New Edition and their 50-man crew arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos to a rapturous reception in Africa’s populous nation.This is Bobby Brown, born Robert Barisford Brown, and the band’s first ever performance in Africa and it will see them perform alongside renowned Nigerian artistes, 2face Idibia, Mode 9, Duncan Mighty, Banky W and eLDee.Bobby was the husband of late music diva Whitney Houston, who died on February 11. The group have said they will be dedicating the concert, New Edition Live in Concert, to the late singer.New Edition, made up of Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell, was formed in Boston, USA in 1978. They reached their height of popularity in the 1980s.