This past Sunday R&B crooner Joe Thomas did what he does best, serenade the ladies with his voice and sultry dance moves. He performed into a crazily screaming crowd at the second and final half of his 2-city South African tour at the ICC in Durban.
I had seen Joe perform live in the country twice before. So when I got offered the tickets, it couldn’t hurt to go for the third time. Even better was the fact that I was also offered to give away tickets to some of my YEAHBO fam who continuously support me.
Because I had to hand out the tickets to the winning readers, I couldn’t go inside the venue at exactly 19:00, the scheduled time for the performances. It’s amazing that by the time I eventually got in, which was well after 21:00, Theo Kgosinkwe was still on stage. This is where I learnt that Zonke cancelled at the last minute. Perhaps that’s why there were some delays.
Anyway, Theo gave us a great act, as usual. He performed songs from his two albums, as well as some material released during his days with Mafikizolo. But the best part about his shows is always the dancing. He brought out his dancers and sizzled the crowd.
Joe Thomas started peerforming at 22:20. The first stint lasted just over an hour. During this segment he sang an assortment of his songs from his discography that tallies into a total of 9. The songs on the set list included Where You At (which originally features Papoose on the rap verse), Let’s Stay Home Tonight, Miss My Baby, We Need To Roll, Stutter, Ride (in which he originally collaborates with G-Unit), Worst Case Scenario, Come Get With This, More And More, I Wanna Know, All The Things, Good Girls and Magic.
He then retuned for an encore session. During this time he performed Can’t Get Over You, Dear Joe and Losing. Inbetween the songs, he would throw a few lines from other songs, amongst them I’m In Love, the very first song he recorded that appeared on his debut album Everything. By the time he left the stage, the clock read 22:40.
The highlight of the show for me was when he brought his acoustic guitar on stage to play while singing All That I Am (my all-time favourite Joe song) and No-One Else Comes Close. Another noteworthy moment came when he did a medley of Treat Her Like A Lady and What If A Woman.
The ladies were screaming throughout the show. I don’t know if it was for his greying beard or his sweaty bird chest, or the combination of the two (LOL). Some even fighting their way to touch his hand in front of the stage. It was absolutely rioteous in there. He gave us a sterling performance though. It was a great show, albeit the not so great turn out.
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