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Sound City wins Glo Rock ‘n’ Rule account

GLOBACOM has picked Consolidated Media Associates, owner of Soundcity, to handle the production and transmission of its forthcoming mega musical concert and beauty pageant, Rock ‘n’ Rule, which is set to rock 18 major cities across the country.

Soundcity’s presentation to Glo, according to top officials of the leading telecoms company, met Globacom’s rigorous and pragmatic demands for top quality production of sound and visuals of key element s of the nationwide event. “Their presentation was the best out of all the production houses we screened for the project”, said a Glo official.

As part of the deal, Soundcity is expected to deploy its production expertise to bring home to all Nigerians, the essentials and highlights of the event from each of the 18 cities to be covered by the tour. The event has been packaged to search for Mr Rock ‘n’ Rule and Miss Rock ‘n’ Rule. It will also have the cream of Nigerian and Ghanaian artistes rocking with Nigerian youths in the selected cities.

D’Banj, Sunny Nneji, Sammy Okposo, Pasuma Wonder, Ego, Original Stereoman, Mode 9, May7ven Sunny Danja, Basketmouth, Okey Bakassi, DJ Jimmy Jatt and Ghanaian music diva, Becca and top Ghanaian artiste, Van Vicker have been lined up to provide high class entertainment and fun for residents in the cities to be covered. These cities include Benin , Abuja , Port Harcourt , Asaba, Enugu , Jos, Lagos , Awka, Kaduna , Calabar, Owerri, Lokoja, Uyo, Akure, Umuahia, Makurdi, Ibadan and Ilorin .

Soundcity will produce edited versions of the event in each city for broadcast across its network of 10 partner TV stations in the country. The stations include AIT Network of stations, LTV 8, MITV, Plateau State TV, Bauchi State TV, Kwara State TV, Enugu State TV, Kwara TV, ITV Benin and Edo Broadcasting TV.