Encomium
It was all fun and excitement last night at Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos as Banky W, Naeto C, Sound Sultan, MI, Mr Raw, Seyi Shay, Oritse Femi and other super stars stormed the Star music trek sign-on gig.
The gig, which kicked off at about 8pm, lasted till late in the night and had great performances from Skales, Oritse Femi, Black Magic, Lil Kesh, Sound Sultan and General Pype. This was preceded by the unveiling of cities as well as headliners for this year’s edition of the trek.
Among those revealed to perform include pop icon, 2face Idibia, BET Awards winner, Davido, Wizkid, Chocolate City rapper, MI and Seyi Shay. Other artistes are, Timaya, Wande Coal, Burna Boy, Naeto C, Mr. Raw, Yemi Alade, Oritse Femi, Faze, Runtown, Cynthia Morgan, Banky W, Sean Tizzle, Pasuma, Sound Sultan and Black Magic.
The DJs on board are DJXclusive, DJ Snoop Damaja, DJ Switch, Tony Blaze andDJ Big N. Hosts are Lafup, Gbenga Adeyinka and Do2dtun.
An excited Seyi Shay had this to say shortly after the announcement ‘Star Music Trek is the longest music tour in Nigeria and I’m so glad I’m part of this year’s train’.
Some notable faces that attended the party include Yaw, Fade Ogunro, Maria Okan, Tunde Demuren, Colette Otusheso, Young Grey C, Lil Kesh, Skales, Yung L, Endia.
The sign-on gig officially kicks off the nation wide tour, which will hit eight cities across the nation in the coming months.
1st Phase:
| Location | Date | Venue |
| Calabar | May 2 | Muninipal Garden, Calabar |
| Abakaliki | May 9 | Abakaliki Township Stadium |
| Awka | May 16 | Ekwueme Square |
2nd Phase:
| Location | Date | Venue |
| Makurdi | Aug 1 | – |
| Sapele | Aug 8 | – |
| Auchi | Aug 15 | – |
| Ibadan | Aug 22 | – |
| Lagos | Aug 29 | – |
