The Uganda Police has spoken out about the rising phenomenon of musicians being chased off stage with bottles. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga revealed that they are going to be forced to ban music concerts if promoters are not able to control rowdy revellers.

“We would like to issue a serious warning to event promoters and organisers against acts of disorder by revellers and activists burling bottles and stones during public events and in particular music concerts. We do not want to see a repeat of these ugly incidents which have a potential of putting lives of participants at greater risk,”Enanga said.

Adding that “We want everyone attending these events or concerts to have all the fun while obeying the law by acting responsibly and staying safe. It is a timely warning at the beginning of the year so that sanctions can be taken against an organizer or promoter who fails to address acts of hooliganism and disorders.”

Enaga advised promoters to research about the preferences of music fans before organizing music shows, “Invest in research to find out which musicians are not wanted by the public and these should not be invited for concerts. If you don’t follow the provided guidelines, in future we will not allow concerts.”

And this is not just for the country of Uganda and their public figures – this applies to promoters and organizers all over the world! For instance, if one were to purchase tickets to watch their favourite musician at the besame mucho festival, they would expect them to be performing as well. If not, as fragile as human emotions are, they might be hurt, and an unforeseen event might take place. No one would want such an unsightly event to happen.

As for the Ugandan perspective, this request on behalf of the police has come in after a number of musicians such as Bebe Cool, Big Eye and Full Figure suffered the embarrassment of being hurled with bottles while performing on stage. Big Eye is the most recent victim. He suffered the embarrassment at Spice Diana’s concert recently. Big Eye fainted after he was forced off stage forcing him to suspend his music shows. He said he would only be performing at NRM shows.