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Harare Bureau
Chimurenga Music Company (CMC), which handles the affairs of Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo has blasted local music promoters for providing misleading facts about the musician’s homecoming shows scheduled for September this year.Speaking through their publicist Blessing Vava, CMC said they had nothing to do with the local promoters who are misleading fans on Mukanya’s homecoming gig dubbed “Gudo Mumunda” as it is their company which is solely handling both the promotion and marketing of the shows.

“We disassociate ourselves from claims by some local music promoters that they have already sealed deals with Dr Mapfumo for the homecoming shows.

“Such claims are not only lies and unfounded but they are unfortunate, very unprofessional and are a ploy to gain cheap mileage by those spreading the lies,” explained Vava.

Vava said it was the trend of local promoters to fleece huge amounts from shows while the artists get peanuts.

“We are aware of how these so-called promoters have been taking advantage of musicians, fleecing them by giving them peanuts whilst they are making huge sums of money,” said Vava.