A promotional group portrait photograph by Holly Whitaker showing members of the Zamrock band W.I.T.C.H., c. 2025 posing outdoors against lush green tropical foliage and red brick walling. Standing in the back center, lead vocalist Emmanuel "Jagari" Chanda wears a vibrant patterned red top with a matching hooded jacket, dark sunglasses, and a red headpiece. To his left stands a band member in a red and black paisley shirt with tinted round sunglasses, and to his right, a band member in a black kimono-style jacket over a white top. Seated in front, two band members wear colorful patterned shirts—one in a grey short-sleeved button-up with red underneath, and the other in a brightly striped yellow, red, and green top—completing the five-member lineup under soft outdoor light. — W.I.T.C.H., c. 2025 Credit: Holly Whitaker

Music fans, online at least, will present devastation when 74-year-old Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda can no longer tour in front of his pioneering Zamrock band W.I.T.C.H. This is a chance to pay respects in the flesh.

Influenced by prog-rock, Fela Kuti and The Rolling Stones, W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc) has always possessed a revolutionary energy and refuses to rest on laurels from its heyday in the ’70s and ’80s.

Just look at last year’s new album, Sogolo, where Chanda & co. tap into desert rock (“(In Memory Of) ⁠John”), Sabbath (“Kamusale”), African folk (“Mbangula Sesa”), and more. St. Pete psychedelic and rock & roll warriors, The Venus and Deadborns, make the drive across the Sunshine Skyway to open the show.

Tickets to see W.I.T.C.H., The Venus, and Deadborns at Oscura in Bradenton on Wednesday, Sept. 16 are still available and start at $29.67.