{"id":39958,"date":"2025-10-28T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39958"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T11:57:28","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigneuphonik-warns-fans-about-fake-bookings-i-hardly-take-gigs-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/28\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigneuphonik-warns-fans-about-fake-bookings-i-hardly-take-gigs-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Euphonik warns fans about fake bookings: \u201cI hardly take gigs in SA\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105198\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105198\" class=\"wp-image-105198 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Euphonik-warns-fans-about-fake-bookings-I-hardly-take-gigs.jpg?resize=515%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Euphonik-warns-fans-about-fake-bookings-I-hardly-take-gigs.jpg 515w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Euphonik-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-105198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euphonik calls out fake event promoters using his name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African DJ and music producer Euphonik has raised the alarm over fake event organisers using his name and image to promote bogus shows.<\/p>\n<p>The star took to X (formerly Twitter) to expose a fraudulent flyer advertising an event he had no involvement in.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the image of the flyer, Euphonik wrote: \u201cThis is funny \ud83e\udd23 I hardly take bookings in SA and this is not one of them. Be safe out there. \ud83e\udee1\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His post quickly caught attention online, with fans flooding the comments section \u2014 some expressing concern about the scam, while others took playful jabs at his remark about \u201chardly taking bookings\u201d locally.<\/p>\n<p>One follower claimed to have encountered similar fraudulent claims, commenting: \u201cThis company claimed to be your agency and they sponsored the owner with your set. They even have you on their website and their artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others responded with humor, poking fun at the DJ\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow listen to that flexing, \u2018I hardly take local bookings,\u2019\u201d one user joked, followed by a string of laughing emojis.<\/p>\n<p>Another added a note of caution mixed with shade: \u201cIf you see Euphonik on a banner, it\u2019s a scam. He goes by the name \u2018Themba\u2019 nowadays. [Apparently] he rebranded after some controversial allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not everyone was sympathetic, as one user quipped: \u201cIt\u2019s not that you don\u2019t take bookings in SA, nobody books you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is funny \ud83e\udd23 I hardly take bookings in SA and this is not one of them. Be safe out there. \ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gF5Bl9YYaI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gF5Bl9YYaI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Euphonik\u2122\u265b (@euphonik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/euphonik\/status\/1982890276877369495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Euphonik #warns #fans #fake #bookings #gigs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Euphonik calls out fake event promoters using his name South African DJ and music producer Euphonik has raised the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39960,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39958\/revisions\/39960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}