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Tafadzwa Zimoyo Entertainment Reporter
R&B sensation Tia will tonight present her much-hyped concert at the Zimbabwe Germany Society in Milton Park starting at 7:30pm. Aptly titled “The R&B Experience”, the one-off live show will set the ball rolling for her upcoming tour as well as cement her relationship with Huawei, whom she partnered for the concert. A number of lucky fans will walk away with smartphones and other goodies courtesy of Huawei, the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world.

The 30 year-old beauty whose real name is Portia Njazi will be announcing her return to live performance after taking a sabbatical from the stage.

“It’s all systems go tomorrow (tonight) when Tia hits the stage. It promises to be a great show filled with energy and spark. We are hoping to have a capacity crowd,” a spokesperson said.

Tia will be backed by her eight piece band.

Of late Tia has been performing in South Africa where she is now based. Her music is receiving airplay on almost 30 radio stations across the Limpopo.

Her recent single “Forget the bills” has been topping the charts for seven consecutive weeks. Her second single “Brand New Day” ,a deep house track recorded in South Africa featuring a South African DJ Magnetik is also receiving generous airplay on the airwaves.

Tia has made it known that she is a crossover artiste whose music transcends regions and genres.

Though she’s rated among the top five R&B singers to emerge from Zimbabwe, she has done a couple of deep soulful house tracks where she nicely lays her vocals.

She has appealed to fans outside the country’s borders through her magic in penning love songs, a subject known by many whether good or bad.

Tia made a huge splash on the music scene with a Wheels of Fortune produced track “Boy You Got to Know” in 2003. The video was an instant hit featuring Zimbabwe’s own Hollywood export Tongai Arnold Chirisa.

The video later took the region by storm after its debut on Channel O, a DStv satellite music channel.

She was to follow on this success with her first full length album “Spice It Up” which was to be the source of her Best Urban Grooves (Female) Award at the 2007 Zimbabwe Music Awards.

She went on to release “Euphoria” and ironically the euphoria around her died at the same time when she decided to pursue her studies. She’s doing the rounds on almost every radio station with two new singles “Gimme Love” and “Forget The Bills.”