Sunday, July 14 marked the second successful show of Buju Banton‘s return to the United States, however, Monday, July 15 is The Gargamel’s birthday hence the celebrations started on Sunday night at the UBS Arena in Queens, New York.
On night 2 of the ‘Long Walk To Freedom’ concert, Buju was dressed in all white, a contrast to his bright-orange outfit on the night prior. Night 1 had over 18000 patrons rocking to Buju’s lyrics.
As reported earlier, both Saturday and Sunday nights were sold out leading up to the event, and both nights seemingly had a jam-packed venue from top to bottom as shown in screenshots uploaded by Destine Media.
“Mark “Buju Banton” Myrie is a true testament of resilience, God Fearing, love, perseverance and an OVERCOMER. What we saw and felt NIGHT 1 at LWTF-NY, from the SOLD OUT crowd was nothing short of magical,” part of the caption to the post reads.
After performing many of his hit songs, the night culminated with everyone singing Buju Banton ‘happy birthday’ accompanied by a large cake on stage. “Thank you very much, i love you, i will see you at the party, that’s all!” he said as he walked off stage, bringing the much-anticipated concert to an end.
The after-party was set for Amazura nightclub. Buju Banton who is now 51 years old was born on July 15, 1973.
Buju’s associate, Destine Media also wrote the following about Night 2, “Buju Banton •••What better way to start a new chapter @bujubanton a true OVERCOMER. LWTF NY NIGHT (2) SOLD OUT. Blessed Earthstrong from family, friends, and your loyal loving, praying fans. #BujuBanton #LongWalkToFreedomNY.”
On the night, Buju Banton was joined by, Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Gramps Morgan amongst others.
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