They came in at the stroke of midnight, sang a few songs, did some name dropping and concluded their act before it was 12.30a.m. But most revellers seemed to have enjoyed Brick and Lace’s concert anyway

The idea of a Brick & Lace end of year concert was ridiculed by sceptics who pointed out all so obviously that the duo had one hit to their name and it was better to just watch the video on TV.

But Brick & Lace aka Nyanda and Nailah did not have just one song to their name. They had several. Even then, the critics were right. You would have gotten your money’s worth buying pirated music videos of the duo than watch them perform live.

By the time the duo got on stage, the crowd had already been worked up by the ever present curtain raisers who gave the local music enthusiasts value for their Shs25,000 or Shs50,000 for the VIP ticket, because really there was not much to say about Brick & Lace’s 25 minute performance that lasted slightly longer than the fireworks display.

The show that was held at Africana was slated to begin at 6p.m. but by 11p.m., people were still clamouring to get in at the gate. There was generally a large turn up of mostly teenagers and young people on holiday.

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BRICK & Lace lived up to their hype, but disappointed some fans who had expected more than an hour’s performance from the Jamaican twin sisters.

The utl and Club Beer-sponsored show was held at Hotel Africana on Monday night. At 12:03am, the Thorbourne sisters (Nyanda and Nailah) stepped on stage just as fireworks were being displayed. They were welcomed by cheers, although their performance left many asking for more because they did not gyrate like they do in their music videos.

Trying to blend with Africa, they sang Nigerian star, 2 Face Idibia’s African Queen, Akon’s Lonely and Sean Kingston’s Suicidal.

After serenading revellers, most of them teenagers, with Never Never, Repent, the crowd’s favourite Love is Wicked and four other songs that the crowd did not know, Brick ‘n’ Lace left the stage.

Some fans could not believe the show was over, but Henry Tigan, who was scheduled to perform much earlier, came on stage and consoled the fans with two songs.

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