Grammy winning dancehall artist Sean Paul will perform at the SunBet Arena at Time Square in Pretoria on Friday 4 December, the middle date of a three city South African tour that its promoters expect to be one of the biggest live entertainment events of the summer.
Blu Blood chief executive Shaaista Khan Osman and managing director Osman Osman, whose company is presenting the tour with Fire Water Earth Productions, said the tour would open at the Grand Arena at GrandWest in Cape Town on 3 December and close at the Durban ICC on 6 December. They said the three shows were the only South African performances confirmed, and urged fans to book early.
Tickets from R750 went on sale on 10 September exclusively through Blu Blood Tickets, and about 30% of tickets across the three shows had been sold within days, TimesLIVE reported at the time. “The response has been really strong and positive,” Blu Blood’s head of communications Monica Steyn told the publication.
Sean Paul’s career spans more than three decades, with hits including Get Busy, Temperature and We Be Burnin’ and collaborations such as Baby Boy. The promoters said his music had remained a constant presence in South Africa’s party culture, from summer soundtracks to the dance floor. The tour is presented in association with Spring Water SA, with 947 as official broadcast partner for the Pretoria show, KFM for Cape Town and East Coast Radio for Durban.
The concerts are not open to all ages, however. No children under three are permitted, and children under 12 are not allowed in the Golden Circle or General Standing areas, which families should take into account before choosing seats. The promoters have not released updated sales figures since the first week of sales.
The Pretoria show takes place on Friday 4 December at the SunBet Arena at Time Square. Tickets start at R750 and are sold only through blubloodtickets.com, which the promoters have named as the sole official ticketing channel for all three dates.
“His music transcends generations, cultures and genres, and we know Cape Town, Pretoria and Durban are ready to show up and show out,” Khan Osman and Osman said.
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