Asake announces ‘Lungu Boy World Tour’ with shows in North America and Europe

Tickets available from Wednesday June 12 with artist pre-sale

General on-sale begins Friday, June 14 at 10:00 a.m. local on AsakeTour.com

Today, Nigerian Grammy-nominated Afrobeats superstar Asake announced his 2024 schedule. Lungu Boys World Tour with upcoming dates across North America and Europe, in support of his new album due out later this summer. Produced by Live Nation, the 10-date tour kicks off Friday, August 16 in Washington, DC, at the Capital One Arena, with stops in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam and more before wrapping up on Saturday and Sunday. September 28 in Paris, France at the Zénith. The Lungu Boy World Tour sees Asake play the biggest venues of his career so far with performances at iconic venues such as Madison Square Garden.

TICKETS TO NORTH AMERICA: Tickets will be available from an artist pre-sale beginning Wednesday, June 12 at 10 a.m. local time. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week before general on-sale starting Friday, June 14 at 10 a.m. local time on asaketour.com.

EUROPE/UK TICKETS:

• Tickets will be available from a Mastercard presale in select markets (details below) and an artist presale beginning Wednesday, June 12 at 10 a.m. local time. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week before general on-sale starting Friday, June 14 at 10 a.m. local time at com.
• PRESALE: Mastercard cardholders benefit from privileged access to pre-sale tickets in France and the Netherlands from Wednesday June 12 at 10 a.m. local until Friday June 14. Access to preferential tickets is available on Friday June 14 at 10 a.m. local time. Visit priceless.com/music to learn more.

Asake has proven himself to be one of the most exciting artists emerging from the African continent over the past two years. He shared his first album Mr. Money with the vibe in 2022, which set the record for the highest-charting Nigerian debut album of all time, reaching No. 1 in over 30 countries on Apple Music. The following year he continued with Work of art which debuted at #4 on the Billboard World Albums Chart and #66 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single “Amapiano” featuring Olamide which earned Asake his first ever nomination in the inaugural Grammy category Awards for best African musical performance. He also collaborated with award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist HER for the “Lonely At The Top (Remix)” – the original record was the first ever song to reach 100 million streams on Audiomack, cementing it as as an artist of The. Year, and is the longest running #1 song in Nigeria. Asake has performed on late night television on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and has been featured in CNN, Good Morning America, Flaunt Magazine, GQ Magazine, Rolling Stone. Future 25and more, and reached a career milestone of 2 billion streams and counting.

LUNGU BOY WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

Wednesday June 26 – Portimao, PT – AfroNation*^
Saturday July 13 – London, United Kingdom – Wireless Festival^
Friday, August 16 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Sunday, August 18 – Detroit, MI – AfroNation^
Wednesday, August 21 – Atlanta, Georgia – State Farm Arena
Saturday, August 24 – Houston, Texas – Toyota Center
Tuesday, August 27 – Los Angeles, California – YouTube Theater
Friday, August 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Sunday September 15 – Cologne, DE – Palladium
Tuesday September 24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live
Thu. September 26 – Berlin, DE – UberEats Music Hall
Saturday September 28 – Paris, FR – Zénith
Tuesday October 1 – Dublin, IE – 3Arena*
Sunday October 6 – Gold Coast, AU – Promiseland*^
*Non-living nation date
^Festival date

About Asake:

Nigerian artist Asake has had a memorable career that defined 2023 with his late-night television debut on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, featuring a vibrant performance of “Yoga” and “Organize.” He then released his second album Work of art which has over 1.75 billion streams across all platforms in just 4 months. All tracks from the album landed immediately on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs Chart and the album debuted at #4 on the Billboard World Albums Chart and #66 on the Billboard 200. The New York Times named Work of art as the #1 album of the year. Asake earned his first-ever 2024 Grammy nomination for “Amapiano” (featuring YBNL founder and former Afrobeat artist Olamide) in the Best African Musical Performance category.

Asake sold out London’s O2 Arena and New York’s Barclays Center and went on to perform exhilarating live shows on stages around the world, including Sweden’s Rosendal Garden Party, Broccoli City Festival, Afronation Miami and more. He tapped award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, H.E.R., to share the “Lonely At The Top” (Remix) – the original record was the first ever song to reach 100 million streams on Audiomack, thus consolidating his title of artist of the year. , and is the longest running #1 song in Nigeria. Asake also performed the notable hit on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in February 2024.

Asake exploded onto the scene in 2022 with his debut album Mr. Money with the vibe. With songs like “Joha,” “Terminator,” “PBUY” and “Sungba” featuring Burna Boy – each with tens of millions of streams – the album set the record to become the highest-charting Nigerian debut album of all the temperature. The New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork, The FACE and many others included the album at the top of their “Best of 2022” lists, with Rolling Stone noting that it “become one of Nigeria’s biggest stars in recent years.” Asake has undoubtedly established himself as a pioneer in the afro-urban and afrobeats genres, attracting audiences around the world.

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