Fewer than 350 seats were left across his three December nights at the National Theatre on Friday, a fan tally Davido shared with one word, two days after critics vowed to skip the shows over his uncle's backing of Tinubu.
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The week-long party for Fela Anikulapo-Kuti runs from Monday, 12 October to Sunday, 18 October in Ikeja, and it is the first since the Grammys gave the Afrobeat pioneer a lifetime achievement award.
Felabration 2026 runs from Monday, 12 October to Sunday, 18 October at the New Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos, with Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 and Made Kuti named as the week's headline acts, Voice of Nigeria reported on Saturday, 10 October. Right in the middle of the week sits Thursday, 15 October, which…
The 18th Headies, due in Toronto on 23 October, will now hold its finale on 10 and 11 April 2027. That puts nearly two years between ceremonies, and nominees from August face a wait of nearly eight months.
The 18th Headies will no longer hold its ceremony in Toronto on Friday, 23 October. Organisers moved it to Saturday and Sunday, 10 and 11 April 2027, in a statement on the award's official Instagram page on Saturday, 10 October, TheCable Lifestyle reported. The reason given is growth, not trouble. "We're expanding the programme in Nigeria and Canada ahead of…
The Grammy-winning American singer opens six straight nights of Flytime shows at Eko Convention Centre, after dates in Cape Town and Pretoria. Ticket prices are not out yet.
American R&B singer Brandy will headline Flytime's House of R&B at Eko Convention Centre in Lagos on Sunday, 20 December, Flytime announced this week. Her Lagos concert opens six straight nights of Flytime shows over Detty December. Flytime founder Cecil Hammond called her one of the most influential voices in R&B, EURweb reported. Her stop in Lagos comes days after…
The Nigerian star took the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stage with the Eagles 14-7 up on the Jaguars and ran through Rush, Hot Body and Santa. Here is the setlist, the 'first African' claim and where Nigerians stand on catching up.
Updated 11:25am WAT, Tuesday, 13 October 2026: the NFL has posted the full halftime show on its official YouTube channel, now at the top of this story. Updated 5:25pm WAT, Sunday, 11 October 2026: Ayra Starr has performed. Setlist, halftime score and the NFL's own post added. Ayra Starr opened the NFL halftime show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London…
Rockstar Games has named Burna Boy co-host of AfroBank FM, one of six radio stations revealed for Grand Theft Auto VI, which launches on 19 November.
Burna Boy will co-host AfroBank FM, an African music station in Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games revealed on Thursday, 8 October 2026. The Nigerian singer shares the station with DJ Palms Trax, and the pair appear in the game as "Burna" and "Palmsy", according to the official Grand Theft Auto VI music page and reports by Complex and Kotaku.…
FOLA's 14-track second album, with Davido and Ayra Starr on it, tops GistMatrix's Music Countdown for Friday, 9 October 2026. The countdown's Nigerian and African picks were checked on Apple Music Nigeria on Friday morning, and seven of the ten came out that day.
FOLA's second album arrives on New Music Friday with Davido, Ayra Starr and BNXN on the guest list, and it leads GistMatrix's countdown of new songs this week for Friday, 9 October 2026. GistMatrix checked each Nigerian and African pick on Apple Music Nigeria at about 8:40am WAT on Friday: the release date, the label and the track count. Seven…
Bass Persuades opened with 61,000 US units, and 47,000 of them were copies sold, not streams. Ella Langley's Dandelion finished almost level in second place.
Thirteen years after Bangerz, Miley Cyrus has another No 1 album in America. Bass Persuades debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 with 61,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Thursday, 24 September 2026, according to Billboard figures reported by Arise News. Most of that came from people buying the record. Album sales made up 47,000 units, streaming…
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