ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — Tens of thousands of people are lined up starting early Sunday morning to buy tickets for Teddy Afro’s concert tonight.
This concert, which will be held at the Addis Ababa Stadium, will be the first one for Teddy since he was released from prison last August.
The popular singer was thrown in jail for 2 years by the Woyanne tribal junta after being falsely accused of hit-and-run accident which claimed the life of a homeless man.
Awramba Times has the following report (Amharic):
አውራምባ ታይምስ (አዲስ አበባ)፡- ከእስር ከተለቀቀ በኋላ የመጀመሪያው የሆነውና ዛሬ ምሽት ከ12፡00 ሰዓት ጀምሮ በአዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም የሚካሄደውን የድምጻዊ ቴዎድሮስ ካሳሁን (ቴዲ አፍሮ) ኮንሰርት ለመታደም ከአዲስ አበባና ከመላው አገሪቱ የተሰባሰበ በመቶ ሺህ የሚቆጠር ህዝብ ከንጋት አንስቶ በአዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም ዙሪያ ተጥለቅልቋል፡፡
በሺህ የሚቆጠሩ የቴዲ አፍሮ አድናቂዎች ከባለፈው ሳምንት ጀምሮ የኮንሰርቱን ትኬት ለማግኘት ብዙ ጥረት ቢያደርጉም አውራምባ ታይምስ ያነጋገራቸው የኮንሰርቱ የፕሮሞሽን ኃላፊ አቶ ምትኩ ግርማ ግን ‹ትኬት አስቀድመን አንሸጥም የትኬት ሽያጩ የሚከናወነው ኮንሰርቱ በሚካሄድበት ዕለት በስታዲየም ነው ይህ የሆነበት ምክንያት ደግሞ ትኬቱ በህገወጥ መንገድ ዋጋው እንዳያሻቅብ ነው› ማለታቸው ይታወሳል፡፡ በዛሬው ዕለት በአዲስ አበባ ከጧት ጀምሮ ከባድ ዝናብ እየጣለ ቢሆንም በመቶ ሺህ የሚቆጠሩ የኮንሰርቱ ታዳሚዎች ግን ለዝናቡ ቦታ ሳይሰጡ በረጃጅም ሰልፎች እየተጠባበቁ ነው፡፡
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Teddy is the symbol of Unity,Love and Heroism of Ethiopian people.
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October 11th, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Just got home from the Teddy Afro concert. Unreal. The crowd was electric. The first set was a little slow but after a short break and some work on the sound system the second set was awesome. The usual songs brought the house down. There was a touching tribute to one of Ethiopia’s late, great singers, and another with a donation to helping the homeless. Teddy is back.
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October 11th, 2009 at 3:23 PM
American in Addis, how many people showed up? Was teddy advocating for the homeless’s or someother group?
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October 11th, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I really am eager to learn how the concert went…could some one please enlighten us with some more info…
and some pictures….
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October 12th, 2009 at 4:50 AM