Sonnie Badu in emotional and memorable home coming concert
The National Theatre was on Saturday night charged with the overwhelming presence of God when hundreds of music lovers thronged there to witness the home-coming concert of Sonnie Badu.
This concert, dubbed 'Ghana worships with Sonnie Badu'was organised by Orange Africa.
This was the first time the Ghanaian, born in the U.K and the Best Gospel Act 2009 at Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts (BEFFTA) winner was performing live in Ghana.
The National Theatre was filled to capacity and with other Ghanaian musicians like Pastor Joe Becham, Kwaku Gyasi, Nii Okai, Danny Nattey and Soul Winners taking turns to dish out non-stop hits, the teeming crowd could not hold back, dancing all night long.
Then the much awaited moment came; the man every one came to see, Sonnie Badu, taking the stage. He was greeted with the loudest cheer and applause.
Incidentally, just as Sonnie Badu was announced to perform, the lights went off, and for close to 15 minutes, performances went on in the dark. This notwithstanding, Sonnie Badu lived up to expectation and produced one of the most emotional and memorable performances ever.
With the support of a live band and a full choir, Sonnie 'the worship king' dished out worship songs he has originally composed and renditions from other composers. Sonnie Badu appeared to possess a 'fire' that will never go off.
Hundreds of music lovers at the National Theatre on Saturday night for the memorable concert.
Sonnie Badu in an interview with Myjoyonline.com after concert said his coming to Ghana now rather than earlier was due to the fact that God said this was the right time for him to come home and perform here.
“This is what I expected God to do. He promised me that he would do that and he has done it...At that time, God didn't want me to come home. So I came at the right time when he permitted me to come and I came. When God gives you a mission, he makes provision for everything you need for you battle.”
Asked if this concert is heralding more concerts to come, Sonnie said “I haven't even started.”
Reacting to comments in the various media he is said to have made to the effect that Ghanaian gospel music don't make sense, he said “I didn't say that. I said on TV that we need to look into the lyrics we put in songs and sing more songs to glorify God than talking about death, 'me ye ayare'(I am sick), 'na me bre' (I am suffering), owu ye ya (Death is painful).”
He said that the newspapers got him wrong and urged that Gospel musicians take a cue from pastors like Rev. Owusu Ansah and Pastor Yawson who he described as great men of God.