To be able gift at a reactionary level.
"Babe, I'll send a dispatch with some shoes, stay by your phone."
"Mummy, Those lace you mentioned, I'll send 3 by weekend."
"Old man, Check account, I done send something for project."
"Bro/Sis, this result is very good. I've sent you something to celebrate it."
Let’s be frank, only a few of us on this side of the pond really fucck with Dave’s music. And like it or not, even with two big Afrobeats collaborations with Burna Boy and Tems, Dave has never connected with us like the Benin boy he’s supposed to be. Skepta has done a better job of that.
I knew there were issues when his team brought in Zaylevelten as ‘support’.
The bigger question is whether Dave has built enough of a connection with the Nigerian audience to sell those tickets in the first place.
That’s why I don’t think the economy alone explains why the tickets didn’t move. October is also a weird time for a show like this. Why not wait until December, when the diaspora comes home?