Hill (first right, photo right) and colleagues enthrals the crowd

A packed Stad Lanmizik on Saturday December 6 saw reggae group Culture check in for what had been billed as the biggest concert ever in Seychelles.

It was a claim few people would dispute fiercely.

Seychellois came out in droves to Victoria Saturday night, despite prospects of rain earlier in the day, to see Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Telford Nelson perform in another marathon set lasting more than two hours.

But an almost full moon overhead assured the crowd that rain would not spoil the show as it did when Culture first performed in Seychelles 10 years ago.

In fact, midway through Saturday’s show, Mr Hill recalled the very song the group was performing before the rain swept them away in 1993, then went on to perform a complete rendition of Wings of a Dove.

The concert, sponsored by Seychelles Breweries Limited (SBL), appeared to pass without any major hiccups, apart from the virtual moshpit that was the entrance.

An overzealous Rastafarian fan who found his way on to the stage three times, only to be continually chased off by SBL’s marketing director Denis Payette, provided some comic relief but caused no real harm.

Culture also performed in front of a sold-out International Conference Centre on Wednesday December 3.

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