Sensational Ghanaian artist Mr Drew has refuted claims by event organizers at Jamrock Event Centre for breaching their contract. Jamrock Event Center was not pleased about the absence of Mr. Drew from a show on which both parties had an agreement.
The organizers filed a complaint against Mr. Drew on April 15, 2024 for breaching their contract for failing to show up at the concert. They thus demanded 200,000 cedis from Mr. Drew as compensation.
However, in an official statement released by Mr. Drew’s management, they detailed how the event organizers delayed the show, which led to the unfortunate situation even though they agreed on a 50% payment before the show.
“The organizers were required to pay 50% of the amount to confirm the booking. The remaining 50% was agreed to be paid to him on the day of the event, before his performance.
“It was further agreed that Mr. Drew would shoot a promotional video confirming his participation in the event, which he shot and delivered to the organisers to be used as promotional material for the event.
“It was stated that the event would commence at 8:00 and Mr. Drew, the headline act, would perform at 11:30 to close out the show,” the statement read.
However, on the day of the event, despite the musician and his team’s timely arrival, the event did not start at the agreed-upon time of 8:00 .
“On the day of the event, Mr. Drew and his team hired a private vehicle to take them to Akosombo. The team arrived at 2:40 and was lodged at Atta Korea Guest House by the organisers.
“Contrary to the agreement, the event did not commence at 8:00 and had not begun until 12:00 am on April 2nd. Mr. Drew and his team waited at the guesthouse to be called to perform by the organisers.
“The organisers did not contact the team throughout this episode but at 12:26 am, they came to the guesthouse and asked that the team join a convoy through the town to draw patrons to the event,” the statement said. The team revealed that left some hours when they had not been told of anything about payment.
“Organizers of the event refused to make payment and rather demanded that Mr. Drew move to the event first, citing the low turnout as the reason for their refusal to make payment.
“As of 1:00 on April 2, the event was yet to start with the supporting acts yet to perform. After waiting for a further 50 minutes with no communication on when he would receive his payment, Mr. Drew and his team left Akosombo at 1:50 am,” they said.
The artist’s team is now demanding an apology from Jamzrock Event Center for their defamatory remarks about Mr.Drew.
