City residents will observe prayer day with gospel band

PORT Moresby residents will be treated to a National Repentance Day concert at the Sir John Guise Stadium featuring Australian band Planetshakers.
The three-night concert starts tonight and ends on Sunday.
National Repentance Day will be observed tomorrow and is a pubic holiday.
Lead male vocalist Joth Hunt said the band would release a single called “We believe” which was dedicated to the people of PNG.
“We wanted to make it a song that would give the people of PNG something to grab hold of and sing and declare over this nation,” Hunt said.
The song will be recorded live during the concert and released on YouTube in a few months’ time.
“The song is full of positivity and that everybody can relate to,” Hunt said.
“We wanted to create a song that could be played on the radio which people who don’t know the Lord can really relate to the lyrics. The style of the song is current and modern.
“Our aim is to get everyone involved, every culture involved. We are not just targeting teenagers.
“We just want to write music that inspires people to praise God, have a good time, celebrate and have fun. That’s what we believe praising God should be.”
International director of the Planetshakers church and director of the Believe campaign to PNG Pastor Neil Smith said the concert was part of the campaign leading up to the National Repentance Day.
Smith, whose wife Leonie was born to missionary parents in Wewak, East Sepik said they were expecting a crowd of  between 60,000 and 100,000.
The 10-member band includes Hunt and Pastor Sam Evens as the lead vocalists.
Tickets are on sale at all Big Rooster outlets for K6.