Archived: Machel Montano Makes Megastore Stop Ahead of Machel Monday

Monk Monte greeted the little ones at the Courts Megastore today.

Machel Montano seems set on ramming out the Hasely Crawford Stadium again this year, this despite talk of a looming recession in Trinidad and Tobago. With tickets priced between $300 and $1200 based on section choice, the Monk as he’s now called, will likely make a killing when thousands flood the gates of what will be turned into the Soca Drome come Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

Machel Montano shows off his knee at CIC’s Fete With the Saints .

Machel made his debut on the Carnival circuit at CIC’s Fete With The Saints on Saturday night and by all accounts, he thrilled. He even told his fans he’d busted his knee and had to have surgery done on it, showing off his bandage but never for a second, allowing that to stop his stage show. Montano was also the feature performer at SOAKA on Sunday morning at the O2 Park in Chaguaramas and of course, that young, energetic audience partied the morning away in wild abandon, getting soaked to the bone with water being sprayed into the crowd, while enjoying nothing but sweet soca music.

On Monday, fans of the artiste got a chance to meet him when he visited the Courts Megastore. A planned event dubbed, Mega Monday with Machel, saw the new Digicel endorsee, posing for snap shots with his adoring fans of all ages. Of course, there were tickets for his February 1st concert on sale during the meet and greet, this as the soca megastar prepares to welcome several international artistes to T&T again.