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How Was R Kelly's Concert?

Written by Brown Shuga from the blog SHUGAS BLOGIWOOD on 29 Jun 2009
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Too tired to blog... this is just a place for those who attended R KELLY's concerts in SA to give us feedback on their experiences.

Before we get to hear your feedback...here are a few pics R Kelly posted on his Twitter account.

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Arriving in Soweto with Winnie Madikizela Mandela. Now we see where he saw the first in the air thingy....

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Listening attentively to Mam' Winnie...at the Mandela home in Soweto.

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Looking through old Mandela family pictures ....

After Soweto, Kellz headed to Sun City to get ready for the perfomance and these were taken during rehearsals....

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These pics I took on our way to Sun City....

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It was hectic! I had already given up on seeing the man....

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Luckily for us, there were perfomances by Nato C and Malaika before him and about 15-20 minutes after I arrived at the Superbowl, R Kelly started perfoming and huwwieee...I was blown away.

Having watched a DVD of one of his concerts a few days before the Sun City gig, I sort of had an idea what he would do and his perfomance was exactly what I'd seen.

He's a gifted singer! He sounds really great and if your LIVE voice sounds like the voice on the CD then I'm cool. So ja, he was great.

People are complaining about how he didn't finish his songs but really now, if he had sang full songs, we would have complained about how he only perfomed a few songs.

My rating? 8/10!

I left immediately after the perfomance and I hear the perfomance was mad fun and those who were there, please share!
Heard R was really friendly and mingling, taking pics with people at the afterparty.... Were you there? Halla back!

79 Comments

Brown Shuga
29 Jun 2009 22:36

Looking foward to reading your "post mortem" lol

mjj
29 Jun 2009 23:32

I know you said you were tired to blog but hai bo? No comment about who drove you to sun city, what u did when you were stuck for almost 2 hours, what music did you listen to on your way to sun city, who did you see at sun city,who was your partner in crime for the nite? LAWD................kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa.............................

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 00:25

Lol I'm tired my friend. Gudnyt & please, can I have my toothbrush back!?!

60 Plus Madala
30 Jun 2009 02:08

LOL at the exchange to tooth brushes.... I hav no comment there!

Back 2 Mr Robert Kelly, I hav just returned 4rm his show @ Grand West Arena ... my comments r :

too nice , too short....,

In the most unholy Xhosa, I can simply say "usithe batyu-batyu wahamba...."

Stru God, I did not belive that it was finished already..... & the R500 + was gone just like that ....! Hayi I need 2 slp 4 fews hrs, check u guys later.....!

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 07:36

Mjj I've deleted your comment!

dali
30 Jun 2009 07:43

Ha ha! De joys of waking up early! Already saw it bs!lol i promise i wont tell anyone!

Green.arrow
30 Jun 2009 07:53

"usithe batyu-batyu wahamba...." ......lol..a good laugh in the morning....i love Xhosa oh my!....

I'll be popping in and out to hear the how the concert was...

maddie
30 Jun 2009 08:15

Shugs I saw u after the show outside e bus stop with some young boy, it was way too cold for me to come and introduce myself, u were holding a cup of coffee or hot chocolate me dont know.

People are complaining about how he didn't finish his songs but really now, if he had sang full songs, we would have complained about how he only perfomed a few songs.

mina i enjoyed his performance shem , besides he was not here to record a dvd

9/10

LM
30 Jun 2009 08:26

Mee too Dali...

LOL Shuga....uMjj uyenzani bo.... he wants to put ideas in our head, tltltltltltltltltltltltl...

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 08:53

LM & Dali, mjj's NOT telling the truth!

<<<<Shugs I saw u after the show outside e bus stop with some young boy>>> LOL that was my driver aka mjj! He's lost weight ja, but young boy he's not lol.

<<<mina i enjoyed his performance shem , besides he was not here to record a dvd>>> LOL true!

dali
30 Jun 2009 09:01

K bs! So who wants to know what mjj said? Pm me!lol

Nonny
30 Jun 2009 09:05

mina i enjoyed his performance shem , besides he was not here to record a dvd
LOL at people wanting a 20 hour show, to make up for the R500 they paid.

Mjj young boy...............kwa kwa kwa kodwa ke I suppose that is a compliment ne Maddie?

Nonny
30 Jun 2009 09:07

K bs! So who wants to know what mjj said? Pm me!lol
Dali, PM me coz vele mina nawe we have too far ukuthi ungangilahla manje!

funkyziemz
30 Jun 2009 09:17

I loved the show! and I agree BS, he was not gonna sing all his songs ngala 1H30min..dahhh! and i did like the short versions of his killer songs...it was 100% what I expected...and short though..........

JadaPinkett
30 Jun 2009 09:20

Well it's a shame dat R Kelly will go back to his own countey ngingazange ngisabona even one live perfomance of his concert anyway it's doesn't matter.

Lahvee
30 Jun 2009 09:25

I enjoyed the show shem... I dont mind him not finishing his songs coz that way we got to sing along to most of his songs... I think that was a great idea! The man has been in the music industry for more than 15yrs!

Lets not forget the tribute to Micheal Jackson, he sang "Jacksons 5 - I'll be there" and "I believe I can fly"... (my friend cried)...hehe shem, she loveeedddd MJ. Couldnt see if you and MJJ cried ;-) some guy behind us was bimbing "i believe I can fly" he was talking it.

I agree with Madala... it was supposed to be 90mins (according to computicket), but he was on stage at 10pm and done by 23h15. He could've sang 7 more songs in that last 15mins!! Attempts of us shouting "we want more" were not responded too. He just disappeared off stage and his band members ran away!!

dali
30 Jun 2009 09:31

I was jst kidding i did not c anything ppl!lol

cleve
30 Jun 2009 09:36

I really have seen better. The guys perfomance was average. I liked seeing him on stage but when he was done it was not a wow feeling. The organisation of the whole thing was crap. The golden circle was too full. I couldn't get food afterwards, the places were either closed or too full. Sun City can't cater for so many people. I did not go to the afterparty as it was too cold. Saw Khanyi Mbau looking without her camera crew. Maybe they had their night off. Hoping that they would find her a table at the restaurant because she was a diva. But it was first come first serve. So she eventually left.

cleve
30 Jun 2009 09:41

Lets not forget the tribute to Micheal Jackson, he sang "Jacksons 5 - I'll be there" and "I believe I can fly"... (my friend cried)...hehe shem, she loveeedddd MJ. Couldnt see if you and MJJ cried ;-) some guy behind us was bimbing "i believe I can fly" he was talking it.

That was my favorite part, I got it all on video. It was just beautiful.

I agree with Madala... it was supposed to be 90mins (according to computicket), but he was on stage at 10pm and done by 23h15. He could've sang 7 more songs in that last 15mins!! Attempts of us shouting "we want more" were not responded too. He just disappeared off stage and his band members ran away!!

I thought the guy would come back nyana. Maybe feel sorry for us. The ending was not the greatest.

Guys i can't find my camera cord. I wanted to upload the video's and photos. Will try again tomorrow.

Lahvee
30 Jun 2009 09:49

Bad Side:
Doors should've opened at 5 or 6 to avoid long ques. Tickets had to be verified by that scanning machine coz apparently there were fake tickets sold. I got a bit claustrophobic and since drinks were not allowed in, I had to go to the bathroom to drink water (as they didnt sell any drinks inside). When I came back in, the scanning machine was ditched.

Funny moment:
When R did the freestyle. He said he want a girl he can take back to America. "Do you have your passport? Did you get your shots? So you can come with me to Americaaa!!!" Then he also said its a long 20yrs now he's finally here. He could've been here long ago and blamed it on the Flying :-)

Afterparty:
Sponsored by SAB Miller so you know the drinks were free - or was it for VIP only? R Kelly was there hanging out and you could see where he was by spotting a group of girls trying to take photos of him. When he got close to the general area, gosh all hell broke loose.

His DJ played 4 tracks from his new album (after Naked DJ's set) and R went to the DJ Box and sang along to the last song. And he introduced his main man Touch! This was after Touch whispered something in R's ear... I think it might have been something like "Hey my man, introduce me as your main man Touch"..heheheh just kidding Touch! I noticed Touch had dimples..sweet.

Fistaz took over and got the crowd dancing until the some speaker died - that when we decided to leave. It was 3am but seemed like the party went on.

We saw 3 accidents on the N4 to Pretoria. Glad we all made it safe that we can still blog about Mr. R. In RnB!!

blakrose
30 Jun 2009 09:50

okay i was in that traffic, and i saw you BS, chaufered in a black merc, you go girl !!! i loved the show, yes it was too short but it was amazing noine the less. I had fun, it was so nostalgic..... the 90's :) "temperature is rising......."

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 09:52

Nice one Cheesa!

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 09:56

LOL Lahvee, that's why I love you my friend, I knew you'd give us all the details. Thanks !!!

<<<I noticed Touch had dimples..sweet>>>
Heh? Touch who????

cleve
30 Jun 2009 10:01

Lavhee was the party outside or something?? I was too cold but we left sun city around the same time as you because we were gambling. We got all our ticket money back there at the casino. Won R1200 so I saw R Kelly for mahala.

tizoz
30 Jun 2009 10:16

Oh wow, oh wow...***in Wilson BBBBBB Nkosi's Voice****

CAPE TOWN WAS ON FIRE LAS NITE!!!!!!!!!!!! I was blown away by the performance and it was not at all short.... 60 Plus Madala he went over the allocated 90 minutes. The man, The crowd, The sound WAS ON FIRE!!!!!!!

Okay enough now.... W erock up at the Grandwest and get our tickets checked ***that's after reading about the Sun City horror stories****
everything went smooth we were early so we decided to have a drink or two.... Lawd where on earth do they sell a Savannah for 20 bucks Crooks!!!! anyway just after 8 we go inside to get connected with our seats beautifully positioned right infront of the stage....

We go in I get a shock of my life... I had visions of empty confed cup stadiums and I saw rkelly promoters giving away tickets at some busy intersection in Cape Town.... LOL...

The place was deserted and the show was billed to start at 8?? so we chill for a few mins and some strange band goes on stage they are from Naija nd they do their thing and the sound was shocking to say the least, you couldnt hear a word of what they were saying....

15 minutes later they are done, the place is still empty.... they vacate the stage and we have some dj asking us if we are ready for Robert, we sya hell yeah we are... and she said we will resume in a bit in the meantime we were serenaded by some weird music while they were setting up the stage for Rob, now after a few drinks we had to go and empty our bladders a few times before Rob took the stage which worked out fine cause we waited for about an hour, the place was filling up lekker and all i was praying for was let the sound people do their job cause what I heard earlier with the Naija dude was shocking.

We decide to buy more drinks, and while in the static quee Rob gets on stage but after waiting an hour Savanna had to be more important, and guess who was standing behind me and started to chat, Rob's promoter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we had a lekka chat... that's all am willing to reveal.

I rush in after being served finally, and the house was on fire the Arena was packed and Rob was doing his thing on stage,

This is a part when I say oh wow Oh wow Oh wow! he gave us the best performance we all forgot about the Naija torture and waiting and just sang along to the man and he gave it to us.

I must say doing shorter versions of songs worked out very well cause he sort of covered almost everyone.

The Tribute was moving as expected all in all I was BLOWN AWAY, if asked to attend again would I? HELL YEAH!!!!

Now lets see if Anthony Hamilton will deliver

awelani
30 Jun 2009 10:17

OMW, guys I had so much fun at the concert,, I was backstage, so I got spend some few minutes with him.. I love this guy, he's down to earth and funny too. He gave me a very warm hug and a kiss,,on my cheek....

btw, ngicela singaphikisani mablockers, assomblief.

Lahvee
30 Jun 2009 10:18

<<Heh? Touch who????>>
Tbo Touch!! ;-) I guess he was very happy drinking expensive champagne from the bottle :-)

<<Lavhee was the party outside or something?>> No the party was indoors at the Hall of Treasures!

<<We got all our ticket money back there at the casino. Won R1200 so I saw R Kelly for mahala>> Eish I tried my luck with gambling for the very first time before the show. I loaded R200 on the card. There was a time when I was on 2000 credits. But lost everything. Then it hit me afterwards that I should've cashed it then, then go play again with the original money i put it. But ke... next time. I can see why Gambling can get addictive.

I remember not knowing which machine to go to coz I dont know how to play and my friend was like "ask the veterans, on your left" and there was these women in their 50's gambling away! Haai boMama!!

Cody
30 Jun 2009 10:22

LOL AWELANI!!!!!!!!! Phuleeeezz!!!

awelani
30 Jun 2009 10:24

"ask the veterans, on your left"..LOL

awelani
30 Jun 2009 10:26

Cody, my frend, I was there, I saw Rkelly ngo See..we chatted, he's a very jice guy yazi and we did a lil bit of flirting,,tl tl tl tl..we cud have taken it to the hotel room, but Touch kept interupting us..

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 10:27

<<<<and my friend was like "ask the veterans, on your left">>>> kikikikikikikikikikikik so sounds like something she would say lol

cleve
30 Jun 2009 10:27

I remember not knowing which machine to go to coz I dont know how to play and my friend was like "ask the veterans, on your left" and there was these women in their 50's gambling away! Haai boMama!!

LOL @ your friend. No the slot machines are a rip off. We played the tables. Black Jack and we were on FIRE!!!!!!!!

cleve
30 Jun 2009 10:28

AWELANI you lucky girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awelani
30 Jun 2009 10:32

I know cleve, gal I know...still cant stop thinking about him.

cleve
30 Jun 2009 10:36

kwa kwa kwa kwa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maddie
30 Jun 2009 10:45

awelani
30 Jun 2009 10:45

lol

addie
30 Jun 2009 10:58

R Kelly is always great, the talented man ever. BUT I think the organisers did GRAP JOB, How can they only go to Suncity only not THE Coca Cola DOME in Johannesburg? Infact The Dome capacity is more than Superbowl, organisers what where you thinking? It took a while for Kellz to come here and the next thing u do this lousy events sis man... I will never fogive u,I will never attand the events that u organise. You u better call him again before end of the year. So many places that he was supposed to go to. DISAPPOINTED. xa.

Matha
30 Jun 2009 11:05

Any work available for this CAPE TOWN concert?

Cande
30 Jun 2009 11:18

LOL@ Awe, yeah we had soo much fun my friend backsatge

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 11:19

<<<Any work available for this CAPE TOWN concert? >>> Huh??

Yho Tizoz, sounds like you had fun my friend....nice one!
What did the promoter say?

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 11:20

@Addie, there was The Woman's Show going on at THE DOME, at the same time, and I'm sure that was scheduled WAY before R Kelly got over his fear of flying.

awelani
30 Jun 2009 11:20

we surely did Cande.lol

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 11:21

P.S. And those who went to the Woman Show what what, please share!

Pooky
30 Jun 2009 11:23

i hope you took pics of you and Robert Awelani

Nonny
30 Jun 2009 11:24

LOL Awelani mngani wami, uwaphethe amabloggers nges'kelemu. Sheer lies my friend, or is it hallucination?

awelani
30 Jun 2009 11:32

Pooky, he sed I must not take pix, as I will be followed/hounded by paparazis, so i had to respect his wishes..he sed "What happened in Sun City, stays in Sun City".

Nonny,, ngithe ngicela singaphikisani mngani..mina no Robert Kelly were 2geda @ the concert okay!!

Pooky
30 Jun 2009 11:39

he he he you can take the gal out of Sterkfontein but you cant take Sterkfontein out of the gal....

lady gaga
30 Jun 2009 11:42

@awelani mzala, ungmfaka umuntu echina engabonaka ukhuthi ungene nini,ne lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awelani
30 Jun 2009 11:46

lol..guys,, um not even suppose to be telling u all these things,, lemme keep quiet..mara bottom line is Mina no Rkelly we.................

lady gaga
30 Jun 2009 11:50

haa my friend, i think im going to believe you, wena just tell me dat u used i raincoat ne??!!!

LM
30 Jun 2009 11:53

kwakwakwakwkakwkakwkakwkakwawakawakawaka Awelani....

TerryN
30 Jun 2009 11:56

@awelani mzala, ungmfaka umuntu echina engabonaka ukhuthi ungene nini,ne lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO

awelani
30 Jun 2009 12:00

Pokerface, what raincoat and miss a chance of being his baby mama?? Never, i saw an opportunity and used it sisi,lol..

lady gaga
30 Jun 2009 12:16

haa awe uskhebza mngane wam!!! i give up, now i've heard everything LMAOL!!!!!

myname
30 Jun 2009 12:19

Awisto LOL at your ur day dream

Eish u luck fishes i wish i was there!!!!!!

chatterbox
30 Jun 2009 12:20

The road to Sun City was just unbelievable, I was driving with my sister and she kept yelling "Yoooooooo R Kelly usenzani!!" she was a bit under the influence ofcourse.

We got into Sun City before Kell'z performance so we went to get some drinks outside Squires (lost my iphone there , dodgy bastards!!!)

I was close to tears when we got to entrance 6 and were told it's closed!! I was furious, how could it be full if there were loads of people there with tickets still standing outside???? After an exchange of not very nice words, they let us in..........LOL

All in all, it was a spectatular performance by R Kelly and I would have loved for him to go on and on.........................................

felfel
30 Jun 2009 12:24

Awe i hope zange wakuchamela ke ntombi, phela ubaba u Robert uyathandu tshiswa ngumchamo makehleli nesiphalaphala sentombi angayiboni nendlu yangasese tu, lol

awelani
30 Jun 2009 12:39

he was a gentleman Felfel,,he was a gentleman all the way,, yazi abantu bayamukhulumela shem,,he's a darling (* _*).

tizoz
30 Jun 2009 12:39

Yho Tizoz, sounds like you had fun my friend....nice one!
What did the promoter say?

LOL, I sure had fum Suga, been a while since I screamed like dat..... lol

she was going on about how good a performer he is and how they had to train him on flight simulators to get him to come down here, and apparently it was a mission to get him to leave sun city on a private jet etc....

apparently he is off to Naija for 3 shows and then London for 50 shows, apparently he will take over the MJ shows.... you got it from me fresh from the promoters mouth....

myname
30 Jun 2009 12:40

And i heard he doesnt shoot 1, maybe you r going 2 have triplex or should i say sixplex LOL

myname
30 Jun 2009 12:42

you got it from me fresh from the promoters mouth.... Can i be ur freind Tizoz?

Nonny
30 Jun 2009 12:52

apparently he is off to Naija for 3 shows and then London for 50 shows, apparently he will take over the MJ shows.... you got it from me fresh from the promoters mouth....
WOW, R Kelly is the perfect back-up plan for the MJ concerts.

tizoz
30 Jun 2009 12:57

was jus kiddin peeps about MJ's shows but Rob is off to London after Naija

Taken
30 Jun 2009 13:01

I envy all of you guys who went to the shows. But why are we Durbanites known for being stingy? Hai man nx nx!!!!!!!! When did we last have a great show with an international artist? Balokhu besilethela imisangano yoNcandweni la suka!!!!

pelo
30 Jun 2009 13:26

The way he sang his songs was A okay wif me, we would have been bored if he had finished each song. The concert at Grand Arena was off da Hook ya'll. I was satisfied

ngwana
30 Jun 2009 13:40

Oh wow, oh wow...***in Wilson BBBBBB Nkosi's Voice**** >>>> LMAO

mjj
30 Jun 2009 13:48

To set the record, I'm 21yrs old

Vesa
30 Jun 2009 13:50

Awe i hope zange wakuchamela ke ntombi, phela ubaba u Robert uyathandu tshiswa ngumchamo makehleli nesiphalaphala sentombi angayiboni nendlu yangasese tu, lol

@Felfel, You are reminding me of one of my colleagues.....he said exactly the same thing when I mentioned that I was going to the concert

Brown Shuga
30 Jun 2009 13:58

<<<<and then London for 50 shows, apparently he will take over the MJ shows.... you got it from me fresh from the promoters mouth..>>>

LOL Ryan Seacrest said Justin Timberlake is also gonna try and do some of MJ's scheduled shows.
I wondered why a healthy guy like Justin couldn't commit to ALL 50, when weak and sick Michael committed to 50. But then again, the nanny said MJ thought he had only signed for 10. *Deep sigh*

awelani
30 Jun 2009 14:06

I wondered why a healthy guy like Justin couldn't commit to ALL 50, when weak and sick Michael committed to 50. But then again, the nanny said MJ thought he had only signed for 10. *Deep sigh* ..lol

lol @ mjj

lady gaga
30 Jun 2009 14:09

@mjj

dnt let them get to you, lmaol...........

qaqamba
30 Jun 2009 14:16

Molweni ,, u Capetonians u 've made my day,, i couldnt go, by the time i went to buy tickets they were all sold out!! but nina tizozo,&cheesa niyandichaza nitsho kwavokotheka, THANK U,

Vesa
30 Jun 2009 14:51

@ mjj......To set the record, I'm 21yrs old

I believe you......

Papama20
01 Jul 2009 14:23

I've been a quiet blogger for years but for this I have to comment. I attended the concert in Cape Town , it was the bomb. R Kelly did not disappoint, his performance was out of this world. Although he started a bit late, the waiting was worth it. I had to change my high heels for flat ones so that I could enjoy him....to top it all I got a hug. He sang most of my songs and don't regret paying R568, it was worth every minute of it. After I heard what happened in Suncity, I was a bit worried thinking the same would happen.

Cheesa I think you were the girl I was standing with, talking about Xolelwa & her "pregnant looking boyfriend" and that stuck up nigerian girl.

Foxxy
01 Jul 2009 19:29

Hey ya'll... I also went to the cape town concert and i absolutely loved it. Still on a high from the performance.... No glitches with the tickets etc. Even though we had to wait for an hour as soon as R. Kelly came on it was all forgotten....

Was in golden circle but didn't manage to get to the front front (relying on other people for transport)... So i was like 3 people from the front. When he came down to hug people i only managed to reach over and touch his arm :-(

I also saw an old man, he was quiet, looking a bit sad, during the waiting period. Wanted to ask him if he was 60 plus Madala but i thought he may just think i'm a wierdo... Also got into a fight (verbal) about "spots" in golden circle with people who went to the toilet and came back and said "you're standing on my place"

Sdakamiswa
02 Jul 2009 18:43

Been meaning to post a comment here for a while, alls been said about the show at sin city, surprisingly mr r being mr sexman himself kept his set clean, after the show I felt sorry for the crazy girls around me who we're screaming so hard for the man to take his clothes off, that must have been a huge disappointment for them poor man couldnt have heard them shame..

sjura
02 Jul 2009 18:51

Lol Sdakie n the horny gals.

geoff
07 Jul 2009 12:40

Ekse Brown Suga, I flew more than 2000 km for this show, and could not take my camera inside. Now I am searching the whole internet full to find a place where I can view the photos that was taken at the show. do you know of such a place on the web?

Anyway, the show was the world's greatest, just a pitty I didn't know about the VIP passes, would have paid anything to be at the after party.

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