Ice Prince, Patoranking,
Dj Neptune & Dj Humility set to perform.
On Tour
with MTV Shuga: Lagos kicks off at Unilag this weekend, as MTV Shuga, winner of “Best TV Series” at the Africa Magic
Viewer’s Choice Awards, takes over the campus on 16 May for an exclusive festival
starring Ice Prince, Patoranking, DJ
Neptune and DJ Humility.
Staged by MTV Base, the MTV Staying
Alive Foundation and the Elton John
AIDS Foundation, On Tour with MTV
Shuga draws inspiration from the award-winning TV drama and multimedia
campaign developed by the MTV Staying
Alive Foundation and MTV Base
(DStv channel 322) in partnership with NACA,
PEPFAR, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF.
Bringing the goals and aims of MTV Shuga to life in the real world, On Tour with MTV Shuga: Lagos combines
hot beats from DJ Neptune and DJ Humility, with live performances
from Patoranking and Ice Prince, plus the opportunity to
meet and interact with the stars from the
MTV Shuga TV series, including “Mr
Nigeria” Emmanuele Ikubese (‘Femi’), Timini Egbuson (‘Toby’)
and Sharon Ezeamaka (‘Princess’).
Hosted by MTV Base VJ Ehiz and Sharon
Ezeamaka, On Tour with MTV Shuga is an exciting new part of the outreach
campaign for MTV Shuga, and is
designed to motivate young people to
‘know their status’. HIV testing and
counselling will be available on site, confidential and free of charge, while
attendees will also be able to participate in auditions for the #MTVShugaAAA competition to be a red
carpet reporter at the premiere of series 4 later this year.
Tickets for On
Tour With MTV Shuga can be collected utside New Hall, Unilag on Thursday
14-Friday 15 May, from 10 am to 5 pm. Look out for the pink MTV Shuga branding.
MTV
Shuga series 4, starring Emmanuel
Ikubese, Sharon Ezeamaka, Nick Mutuma, Chris Attoh, Timini Egbuson
and Olumide Oworu will air around
the world from September 2015. The new season is set to top the success of
series 3 of MTV Shuga, which aired to more than 550 million households in
Africa, Europe, UK, The Americas, Asia, Australia and Oceania, and the
Caribbean via a total of 97 TV broadcasters including 63 African broadcasters.
Fusing sexual and other public health
messaging with world class storytelling and relatable characters, the new
series of MTV Shuga focuses on a range
of themes relevant to young people, including adolescent girls, first sex,
gender-based violence, HIV testing and counselling, prevention of
mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, disclosure of HIV status, stigma
and the use of helplines.
On Tour with MTV Shuga festivals are produced in partnership with the Elton John AIDS Foundation and
supported by UNFPA. The MTV Shuga TV series is produced in
partnership with BMGF, PEPFAR and UNICEF.
To find
out more about On Tour with MTV Shuga please go to www.MTVShuga.TV, like Shuga on www.facebook.com/MTVShuga; or
follow Shuga on Twitter or Instagram
@MTVShugausing
the hashtag #MTVShugaTour.
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