Tunde and Wunmi Obe are about to hit the industry with a bang as their annual lover’s gig- Cupid ball enters the third year.
Already tagged ‘Sleek, Sassy and sailing’, the 2008 Cupid’s Ball is scheduled to hold aboard The Nire Prest Cruise Linear ‘This year’s edition of Cupid ball is an exclusive one’ says Tunde Obe, 50 couples will be taken on a 5 star cruise through the Lagos water ways. it will be a cruise filled with fun, laughter, food, champagne, a lingerie fashion show and good music from the baddest band in the land- Dejavu featuring T.W.O’ Tunde discloses.
Over the years, the romantic ball has often been held around the Valentine’s period, providing a pleasant atmosphere for lovers to wine and dine. The event became the most talked about Valentine’s event since it debuted in 2007, and then in 2008, it made a statement. With its usual blind date and lingerie fashion show sections, couples have gotten used to getting more than they bargain for.
But this year, the couples have a lot of activities packed up for the yearly gig ‘it will be no different this year’ says Wunmi Obe. ‘We will have the usual lingerie parade, celeb blind date, but there is a special thrill this year’.
The first edition of Cupid’s ball first held at Eko Hotel and suites in February 2007, while the second edition held at Lagoon restaurant,
‘We were looking out for something different and since it is a lover’s gig, we thought it would be better for us to add a little adventure to it, that was why we decided to go sailing this year’ Tunde Obe says
This year’s event which is being put together by their Kopy Kats entertainment outfit will take place in Nire Prest, a floating restaurant that will take off from admiralty way in Lekki, Lagos and will feature other artistes ‘the red carpet starts at 5pm and the boat will take off at 6pm prompt, it’s a gig to look forward to’ Wunmi says on a final note.
Tunde and Wunmi Obe first made an appearance in the Nigerian Entertainment scene in The Charly Boy Show, a TV program that rocked our screens in the 1990s, and went on to release their album ‘Sealed’ in 1999, which was followed by ‘T.W.O’ in 2003 and then ‘4 real’ in 2007. Their annual Valentine’s gig ‘Cupid ball’ started in 2007.
The event is scheduled for February 14, 2009, and will be supported by Now Muzik, Sound city, Nigezie, Encomium, City People, New wave production, Prime Time Entertainment and a host of others
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