06 June 2011

Chad Saaiman shot in hijacking

CHAD SAAIMAN

According to reports, singer and television personality Chad Saaiman is in hospital after being shot in an attempted hijacking on Sunday.

Chad’s record company, Stereotype Records have confirmed to Eyewitness News that the singer has undergone surgery at a Johannesburg hospital. It is understood he was shot in the stomach.

Stereotype Records spokesperson Tony Blonde said Saaiman is on a ventilator.

“A few other organs were damaged. He went into surgery and currently he is not conscious and is not breathing. We are waiting for more feedback,” he said.

According to Twitter, Lee Saaiman, Chad’s brother has also confirmed reports in an exclusive interview on BushRadio.

Lee says Chad, who recently moved to Johannesburg was a victim of a failed hijacking.

“Chad drove away when he was pulled over by hijackers and then they shot at him, he managed to get to a nearby house where he later collapsed” said Lee.

Messages of support have been flooding in on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. - IOL

03 June 2011

OppiKoppi Line-Up So Far Announced

OppiKoppi organisers have

revealed some of the acts billed

to perform at this year’s

festival.

They are:

Sipho Hotstix Mabuse

Not My Dog

aKING

Bittereinder

Jax Panik

Black Hotels

Tumi & The Volume

Die Antwoord

Zebra & Giraffe

Dan Patlansky

Gazelle

Van Coke Kartel

The Red Bull stage is set to COOK this year:

Double-Adapter

Monique Pascall

Sisco vs Jullian Gomes

O'ltak

Deep Sixty

Let’s get dust on the dancefloor:

Leighton Moody

The winners of the OPPIKOPPI FESTIVAL band slots are:

ALLAN JOHN and Only When It Rains!!!

“The line-up for 2011 is being announced in batches. As in the past it is a selection of South Africa’s finest and a few nice international faces. The list should grow to around 80 artists, musicians, poets, artists, DJ’s and well-dressed policemen,” says a spokesperson for the much-awaited event.

This year’s festival will run from 5 to 7 August at OppiKoppi Farm in Northam, Limpopo.

Tickets

- Tickets available from Ticketbreak.co.za
- First 1 000 ticket buyers may buy a ticket for last year’s price (R450), they will also receive a

free OppiKoppi t-shirt
- The second batch of 1 000 ticket buyers may buy a ticket for R500
- Thereafter, it is R550 per person
- And R600 at the gate.

Almost time for the first 1000 ticket holders to pick up their t-shirts! Please bring your ticket along, it will be scanned to make sure that you are one of the 1000 early birds.

Pretoria: 15 June – Tings ‘n Times or 17 July – Pta Botanical Gardens (Prime Circle show)

Johannesburg: 17 June – Gin or 10 July Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens (Zebra & Giraffe show)

31 May 2011

The Centrefolds _ ROCK BAND _ Battle Finals

The Centrefolds is a new up and coming rock band that will be playing in the Durex Ultimate Battle Finals.

The Durex Ultimate Battle is one of South Africa’s biggest live music contest visiting twenty venues in six provinces and engaging with over 150 bands across the country in the search for the ultimate new live band.

Unlike traditional band contests, The Durex Ultimate Battle does not judge on music styles or genres, but focuses on the live music aspects of a band’s career and judges them on categories such as professionalism, stage performance and set up, conduct and musicality

Buy your tickets Online at www.ultimatebattle.co.za and go into the lucky draw for the Durex Hamper worth over R10000.

The Hamper includes Loads of Durex Products, an Apple I-Pad, CD’s, T-Shirts and lots more – Only PreSale ticket holders can stand a chance to win

PreSale Tickets online – R35
At the door with a Band flyer or SMS – R50
Normal ticket – R60

What we have learned so far in the competition.

We have learned allot about ourselves and the Band as a whole, but to summarize we have three main points. Firstly marketing and how important it is and that the Band needs to function as a business. Secondly how important each member is and what a vital role that person plays in taking the band to the next level and also what a large role a Band Manager plays in keeping the Band focused on their goals. Thirdly having the right connections and knowing the right people is a huge advantage in getting to where you want to be. In general we are very happy with our progress and how far we have come in the Durex because the first round was only the second gig as the newly formed Centrefolds, with new drummer and rhythm guitarist joining the band just a few weeks before Durex started. Further we hope to finish this competition at the top , not just to win prizes etc. but because we believe we are a great band and want to share our music with as many people as possible and we hope that this would be a stepping stone to that goal.

Future Plans

We are busy negotiating studio time at a top recording studio in S.A and we are hoping to release our EP around 1 November 2011. At this time we are focused on the Durex but future plans include large festivals and venues in Joburg and Potch as we now mainly focus on Pretoria. We believe we will make a big impact very soon as our popularity is growing at an exponential rate and we are fuelling the fire as much as we can. We believe we have a great product and the support from our fans have proven this.

30 May 2011

Standard Bank Hoofverhoog

Woensdagaand 29 Junie 2011

Donderdagaand 30 Junie 2011

Vrydagaand 1 Julie 2011

Saterdagaand 2 Julie 2011

Ons dans in Afrikaans met ’n vol band en dansers
’n Vol band is ingespan om die kunstenaars Vrydag- en Saterdagaand te begelei en dit gaan bydra tot hierdie luisterryke vertonings.
Samesteller: Murray Lubbe. Musikale regisseur: Jaconell Mouton. Met Jasper van Rensburg, Vinnie Henrico, Juan Oosthuizen, JP van Schalkwyk, Ricus Nel, Brendan Ross, Fanie Fouché, Mariette Labuschagne en Anneke Visagie.
Onder leiding van choreograaf Ferdinand Gernandt gaan skitterende dansers op Saterdagaand gestalte gee aan vanjaar se "Dans in Afrikaans"-tema. Hierdie konsert beloof om die hoogtepunt van die Innibos-feesvieringe te wees.