Reggae singer Luciano has cancelled his trip to Africa because of the fears associated with the spreading Ebola panic in western Africa. Luciano’s booking agent Sonia Sterling confirmed to bounce876.com that the Over the Valleys singer changed his mind at the last minute.
“Luciano is still in the island, but he has changed his mind about going to Africa. I can confirm that as of this morning, he is not going to Africa. Luciano was all set to go on Saturday, but he has been doing his research about the disease and changed his mind,” Sonia Sterling said.
She explained that Luciano got a heath scare which might have played a role in his decision.
“Luciano did the yellow fever shot the week before, and the thing with it is that the shot pulls you down for a few days because it introduces a virus in your body. Then, to make matters worse, he got chikungunya the next day, so we had to change the ticket from Tuesday to Saturday. He recuperated and then began to start read up and said this thing is dangerous. I offered to cancel Ghana, and just do South Africa, but he doesn’t want to do it,”
Sterling said the promoters in Africa will be losing a lot of money because of the cancelled shows in Malawi on October 19th and the subsequent shows in South Africa.
“We had seven dates lined up, this tour was booked from February for shows in Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa. We are trying to work things out with the promoters, like possibly doing the shows without paying the balance. The promoters are trying hard for it to happen, they even sent up clippings with Shaggy in Uganda, they want to save the shows, but Luciano is not going,” Sterling said.
