14th December, 2012
Femi Kuti has disclosed that he has cancelled concert dates to be on the judges’ panel of Season Three of Nigeria Idol. The Afrobeat musician is a replacement for Charly Boy on the panel of the music talent hunt show sponsored by Etisalat. He will join Jeffery Daniels and Yinka Davies, judges since Season One.
“I usually have my world tour in the first quarter of the year, but because I have become deeply involved with this show, I cancelled some gigs and shows because I have found my place in this show,” he said at a forum with the judges in Lagos.
Kuti explained the organisers have also made concessions. “Etisalat and Nigeria Idol have shifted audition dates so that I can attend to some of my business. On days that audition and my shows clashed, they rescheduled,” he said.
—Seun Bisuga