King Sunny Adé Concert History

King Sunny Adé (Sunday Adeniyi, born 1946) is by far the most popular performer of Nigerian Jùjú music. With his band, King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, King Sunny Ade became an international star across Africa during the mid-1980s, touring and gaining a significant audience in the United States and Europe as well. He is known as the Minister of Enjoyment.

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King Sunny Adé Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Jun 03, 2017
Field Day 2017
Flying Lotus / Mura Masa / Aphex Twin / Run the Jewels / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Moderat / Nicolas Jaar / Loyle Carner / Death Grips / Slowdive / Whitney / Clams Casino / Kevin Morby / Osees / Midland / Joe Goddard / Julia Jacklin / Abra / Lady Leshurr / Andy Shauf / Machinedrum / Âme / Nina Kraviz / Methyl Ethel / Rae Morris / Moodymann / Forest Swords / Sinkane / Arab Strap / Fatima Yamaha / Hælos / Beak> / Danny L Harle / John Cooper Clarke / S U R V I V E / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / Omar Souleyman / A. G. Cook / Marcel Dettmann / Silver Apples / Hannah Diamond / Overmono / Hunee / King Sunny Adé / Imarhan / Gaika / Tom Demac / Pictish Trail / Flamingods / Áine / Idris Ackamoor / Manuela / PC Music / Lena Willikens / Job Jobse / Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids / Kite Base / Dekmantel Soundsystem / Jon Hopkins (DJ set) / Esther Joy Lane / Marc Riley / Tom Ravenscroft / Phil Taggart Show all bands
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Victoria Park London, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicates for Jun 03, 2017
Jun 02, 2017
Primavera Sound
"Primavera Sound" / Frank Ocean / The xx / Mac DeMarco / Run the Jewels / Flying Lotus / Descendents / The Magnetic Fields / The Make-Up / Grandaddy / Front 242 / Sampha / Swans / The Growlers / Dixon / Sleaford Mods / Whitney / Talaboman / Shellac / Belako / KiNK / Mitski / Berri Txarrak / King Sunny Ade / Operators / Michael Mayer / Sinkane / Kepa Junkera / Wand / Slim Cessna's Auto Club / Kornel Kovacs / William Tyler / Priests / Avalon Emerson / Iosonouncane / HVOB / Abdulla Rashim / Marie Davidson / It's Not Not / Vaadat Charigim / Fairmont / Huerco S. / Ian Pooley / The Radio Dept. / Lawrence Arabia Show all bands
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Various Venues Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
May 31, 2017 –
Jun 04, 2017
Primavera Sound Festival 2017
The xx / Arcade Fire / Bon Iver / Frank Ocean / Miguel / Van Morrison / Local Natives / Metronomy / Flying Lotus / Broken Social Scene / Glass Animals / Aphex Twin / Slayer / Mac DeMarco / Tycho / The Zombies / Solange / Skepta / Wild Beasts / Against Me! / The Magnetic Fields / Japandroids / The Black Angels / Sampha / Grace Jones / King Krule / Grandaddy / Seu Jorge / Death Grips / Gojira / The Damned / The Growlers / Swans / Descendents / Angel Olsen / BadBadNotGood / Teenage Fanclub / John Talabot / !!! (Chk Chk Chk) / The Afghan Whigs / Pond / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Converge / Joy Orbison / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / The Wedding Present / Sleep / Skinny Puppy / St. Etienne / Front 242 / Shellac / Preoccupations / Hamilton Leithauser / Mitski / Whitney / Cigarettes After Sex / Kevin Morby / Sinkane / Sleaford Mods / Romare / The Wave Pictures / Bicep / Nikki Lane / Michael Mayer / HVOB / Julie Doiron / Henrik Schwarz / Dixon / Pinegrove / Pearson Sound / Jeremy Jay / Elza Soares / Weval / Joey Purp / Royal Trux / King Sunny Adé / Triangulo de Amor Bizarro / Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) / William Tyler / Weyes Blood / youandewan / S U R V I V E / Fatima Yamaha / LVL UP / Wand / Formation / Julia Jacklin / Operators / Gordi / Let’s Eat Grandma / Ben UFO / Slim Cessna's Auto Club / Mishima / DJ Tennis / Annette Peacock / Make-Up / Huerco S. / Berri Txarrak / Aldous Harding / Alexandra Savior / Swet Shop Boys / Kornél Kovács / Iosonouncane / Alex Cameron / Lauer / The Mystery Lights / Young Marco / Matrixxman / Talaboman / No Zu / Avalon Emerson / Belako / Clubz / El Petit De Cal Eril / The Rajasthan Express / Kelly Lee Owens / Kepa Junkera / Aries / Mannequin Pussy / 7 Notas 7 Colores / Marie Davidson / Ferenc / Vaadat Charigim / Lady Wray / Sau Poler / Lord of the Isles / Animic / Abdulla Rashim / Jardín De La Croix / Shye Ben Tzur / Priests - DC / Shelby Grey / Moscoman / Aurora Halal / Kokoshca / Joel Sarakula / Noga Erez / Tuff City Kids / Soledad Vélez / Agorazein / Tourista / Khidja / It's Not Not / The Molochs / Vox Low / Phurpa / Barbott / Les Sueques / Miss Garrison / Dj Coco / Junun / Murdoc / Mélange / Pender Street Steppers / Dave P / PAVVLA / InnerCut / This Is Not This Heat / Rosalía & Raül Refree / Autarkic / Odina / Hańba / Nots (Memphis) / RIVIERE / Adelaida / Muñeco / Pedro Vian / Don't DJ / De Mónaco / JMII / Her Little Donkey / Museless / Alien Tango / No Metal in This Battle / Astronaut Project / About leaving / Sorry Kate / Rebuig / DJ Dustin / Retirada! / Vladimir Ivkovic / Conttra / Inzul / Playback Maracas / The Waterparties / Màquina Total / Escorpio / recondite / KiNK / Run the Jewels Show all bands
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Parc del Fòrum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Aug 14, 2016
King Sunny Ade / Dexter Story The Regent Theater Los Angeles, California, United States
Aug 13, 2016
King Sunny Adé / ______ Slim's San Francisco, California, United States
Aug 11, 2016
King Sunny Ade The Triple Door Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 10, 2016
King Sunny Ade The Triple Door Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 09, 2016
King Sunny Adé

King Sunny Adé @ Star Theater

Star Theater Portland, Oregon, United States
Aug 05, 2016
Yo La Tengo / King Sunny Adé / Black Mountain / Myke Bogan / Tennyson / Sir Richard Bishop

Pickathon 2016

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Woods Stage, Pendarvis Farm Happy Valley, Oregon, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 05, 2016
Aug 05, 2016 –
Aug 07, 2016
Pickathon 2016
Beach House / Yo La Tengo / Mac DeMarco / Wolf Parade / Patrick Watson / Thee Oh Sees / Dan Deacon / BadBadNotGood / Fruit Bats / Black Mountain / The Oh Hellos / Alvvays / Julia Holter / Ry X / Thao & The Get Down Stay Down / Ibeyi / Moon Duo / Ezra Furman / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Jeff Tweedy / Kevin Morby / La Luz / Protomartyr / Open Mike Eagle / C.W. Stoneking / Lindi Ortega / Futurebirds / Ultimate Painting / Mount Moriah / Daniel Norgren / King Sunny Adé / Town Mountain / Palehound / Margo Price / The James Hunter Six / My Bubba / Cory Henry / The Wild Reeds / Sir Richard Bishop / Adia Victoria / Golden Rules / The Deslondes / Promised Land Sound / The Cairo Gang / Foghorn Stringband / Ty Segall and The Muggers / Myke Bogan / Vhol / I Draw Slow / The Boulevards / Yemen Blues / The Woolen Men / The Easy Leaves / Kacy & Clayton / 10 String Symphony / Chanti Darling / Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms / Blossom (OR) / JOSEPH Show all bands
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Pendarvis Farm Happy Valley, Oregon, United States
Aug 03, 2016
King Sunny Ade Fox Theatre Boulder, Colorado, United States
Jul 06, 2016
King Sunny Ade The Sinclair Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Show Duplicate for Jul 06, 2016
Jul 03, 2016
"Summerstage" / King Sunny Ade / Orlando Julius / Rich Medina

Summerstage

Rumsey Playfield, Central Park New York, New York, United States
Jul 16, 2015 –
Jul 19, 2015
California Worldfest 2015
Lucinda Williams / Beats Antique / Sean Hayes / Richard Thompson / Dengue Fever / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Mariee Sioux / King Sunny Adé / EmiSunshine / Las Cafeteras / Portland Cello Project / Dakha Brakha / Birds of Chicago / Makana / The Sam Chase / MaMuse / Kacey Johansing / Daniel Champagne / Tuba Skinny / Secret Agent 23 Skidoo / Saritah / Todo Mundo / Joy & Madness / Achilles Wheel / Brett Shady / SunMonks / Boca Do Rio / Justin Ancheta Band / John Trudell And Bad Dog Show all bands
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Nevada County Fairgrounds Grass Valley, California, United States
Jun 28, 2015
Solid Sound Festival
"Solid Sound Festival" / TWEEDY / King Sunny Ade & His African Beats / Charles Lloyd / Gerald Clayton / Kendrick Scott / Mikael Jorgensen / King Sunny Ade / Jeff B. Davis / Glenn Kotche / Jeffrey Zeigler / William Tyler / The Autumn Defense / Nels Cline / Norton Wisdom Show all bands
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Mass MoCA North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Show Duplicate for Jun 28, 2015
Jun 26, 2015 –
Jun 28, 2015
Solid Sound Festival 2015
Mac DeMarco / Wilco / Real Estate / Parquet Courts / Taj Mahal / Shabazz Palaces / The Felice Brothers / Bill Frisell / Cibo Matto / Jessica Pratt / TWEEDY / Ryley Walker / William Tyler / Luluc / NRBQ / King Sunny Adé / Nels Cline / The Autumn Defense / Charles Lloyd Quartet / Glenn Kotche / The Story Pirates / Jeffrey Zeigler / The Richard Thompson Electric Trio / Jeff Davis / Mikael Jorgensen / Norton Wisdom / circus smirkus Show all bands
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Mass MoCA North Adams, MA, US
May 17, 2010
King Sunny Adé 9:30 Club Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Jul 07, 2009
King Sunny Ade Higher Ground - Ballroom South Burlington, Vermont, United States
Jul 07, 2009 –
Jul 18, 2009
Ottawa Bluesfest 2009
The Black Keys / Ludacris / M83 / Lynyrd Skynyrd / KISS / The National / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Ice Cube / Iron & Wine / Busta Rhymes / Gym Class Heroes / Paolo Nutini / Stone Temple Pilots / Metric / Cake / Estelle / Ben Harper / Matisyahu / Mother Mother / Styx / Elvis Costello / LĪVE / of Montreal / Jackson Browne / K'naan / The Zombies / The Heavy / Patrick Watson / The Dead Weather / Silverstein / Steve Earle / Joe Cocker / Girl Talk / Jeff Beck / Neko Case / Toots & The Maytals / Xavier Rudd / Okkervil River / Our Lady Peace / Josh Ritter / Deer Tick / k.d. lang / Ani DiFranco / The Dodos / Drive-By Truckers / Japandroids / The Church / The Yardbirds / Punch Brothers / Devotchka / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Los Lonely Boys / Rachael Yamagata / Great Lake Swimmers / Martha Wainwright / Loreena McKennitt / Jennifer Warnes / Black Mountain / Arkells / The Alan Parsons Project / Hayes Carll / Beast / The Low Anthem / Serena Ryder / Burning Spear / Loudon Wainwright III / The Brian Setzer Orchestra / Holy Fuck / Arlo Guthrie / Shiloh / Mirah / Israel & New Breed / The Stills / Cotton Jones / Handsome Furs / Blue Rodeo / Dna / Dave Mason / Land of Talk / Mishka / Hey Rosetta! / Leif Vollebekk / Oumou Sangare / Joe Pug / Les Claypool / Jesse Cook / The King Khan & BBQ Show / The New Mastersounds / Femi Kuti / Sam Roberts Band / Relentless7 / Otis Taylor / Clem Snide / Jill Barber / John Vanderslice / Hollerado / Del McCoury Band / Van Der Graaf Generator / Magneto / Jon and Roy / Curumin / Eric Lindell / The Deep Dark Woods / Buckwheat Zydeco / Chris Smither / Ryan Shaw / Bellowhead / NewWorldSon / Rocco Deluca and the Burden / Jenn Grant / Ornette Coleman / Alex Cuba / Chatham County Line / Shemekia Copeland / Joe Louis Walker / King Sunny Adé / Matt Andersen / Blue King Brown / The Duhks / Thunderheist / Carlos Varela / Die Mannequin / Sergent Garcia / Philip Sayce / David Lindley / Moth / Sweetfire / Library Voices / Steve Poltz / Roomful of Blues / That 1 Guy / Socalled / Papa San / the road hammers / DJ Logic / Amelia Curran / Oka / Pacifika / Mick Taylor / Bell Orchestre / Divine Brown / Woodhands / Alasdair Fraser / Hubert Sumlin / Henry Butler / Gentleman Reg / Skydiggers / Steven Page / Colin Linden / Moreland & Arbuckle / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / Shout Out Out Out Out / Spam Allstars / Amos The Transparent / Larry McCray / Louisiana Red / Cassie Taylor / Lee Harvey Osmond / Danny Barnes / Jeff Lang / Spencer Davis / Sugar Blue / Sunparlour Players / Doyle Bramhall / The Soul Of John Black / The Balconies / Watermelon Slim / Papa Mali / Alan Parsons Live Project / Eden Brent / Kobo Town / MonkeyJunk / Homemade Jamz Blues Band / Ridley Bent / Anchors / Larry Garner / Flash Lightnin / Vance Gilbert / Saffire / Campbell Brothers / C.R. Avery / Paul Reddick / Valery Gore / Kyrie Kristmanson / Derek Miller / Tara Holloway / Riley Baugus / The Hundreds and Thousands / Zac Harmon / Vishtèn / Gunsmoke / Digging Roots / John Campbelljohn / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm / Abrams Brothers / Jessica Tyler / Alana Levandoski / Mary Flower / Don Amero / Drew Nelson / Mark Berube and The Patriotic Few / Hoodlum / T. Nile / Brock Zeman / Andrew Vincent / Big Dave Mclean / Amanda Rheaume / Sista Monica / YaHoWha 13 / David Maxwell / Silver Creek / Ernie Hawkins / Treasa Levasseur / The Kerplunks! / The Sedatives / The Ebony Hillbillies / Prescott / Lukas Ligeti / Giant Hand / United Steelworkers of Montreal / LoudLove / Voices Of Praise / Rick Fines / Tom House / Poorfolk / Tannis Slimmon / Lindsay Ferguson / Freddie Roulette / Oumou Sangar / Steve Marriner / jon creeden / Frankie Whyte & the Dead Idols / Enoch Kent / The Roll Models / Tyler Kealey / Dust Poets / Tympanic / Joël Fafard / Ana Miura / Flecton Big Sky / The Human Statues / Dala (Canada) / Good2go / Pacific Curls / Pappy Johns Band / City of a Hundred Spires / Meredith Luce / Friendly Rich And The Lollipop People / Brothers Chaffey / JACKPINE / Reggie Young & Gospel Park / Mr. Mark / Craig Horton / Marie-Josée Houle / Anders Drerup / Politique / John Allaire / Concession 23 / Kingdom Shore / T.j. Wheeler / The Allrights / Disguises / Watters Brothers / Diunna Greenleaf Blue Mercy / Eppiphane / The Rebel Year / Brock Stonefish / Linda Tillery and the Culture Heritage Choir / Lucas Haneman / Shane Simpson / Dominique Reynolds / Marc Charron / The Drew Nelson Band / Elage / Funktagon / Becky Abbott / Ken Workman & the Union / Lonesome Paul Show all bands
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Ottawa Bluesfest 2009 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jul 02, 2009 –
Jul 05, 2009
Rothbury Festival 2009
MSTRKRFT / Jackie Green / Future rock / Eoto / The Hold Steady / Quannum All Stars / The Ragbirds / Willie Nelson / Soulive / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / Grace Potter / The Disco Biscuits / The Black Crowes / Lotus / Dweezil Zappa / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Kid Cudi / John Butler / Underground Orchestra / John Butler Trio / Broken Social Scene / The Macpodz / Martin Sexton / Girl Talk / Break Science / STS9 / Toots & The Maytals / The Hard Lessons / Ani DiFranco / Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad / Bob Dylan / Shpongle / Gov't Mule / Four Finger Five / The Glitch Mob / 2020 Soundsystem / Davy Knowles / Steppin' In It / The Dead / Matisyahu / King Sunny Adé / Guster / G. Love & Special Sauce / Rebelution / Les Claypool / Rachel Goodrich / The String Cheese Incident / Chris Pierce / Brett Dennen / Yonder Mountain String Band / Toubab Krewe / Lipp Service / Kyle Hollingsworth / Flogging Molly / Son Volt / Man Man / Cold War Kids / The White Buffalo / Railroad Earth / Sam Roberts Band / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Chromeo / Pretty Lights / Hill Country Revue / Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley / The Dead Show all bands
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Unknown venue Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Show Duplicate for Jul 02, 2009
Jun 19, 2009
King Sunny Adé

King Sunny Adé @ The Independent

The Independent San Francisco, California, United States
Jun 14, 2009
Playboy Jazz Festival
"Playboy Jazz Festival" / Wayne Shorter / Kenny G / Patti Austin / King Sunny Ade / Dave Holland Big Band / Monty Alexander / Oscar Hernandez / Alfredo Rodriguez / Anat Cohen / Brian Blade / John Patitucci / Danilo Perez / Bill Cosby / King Sunny Ade & His African Beats Show all bands
Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California, United States

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Glastonbury Festival 1983
Jun 17 - 19, 1983
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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Glastonbury Festival 1983
Jun 17 - 19, 1983
 Pilton, England, United Kingdom
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King Sunny Adé on Jun 13, 1990 [357-small]

King Sunny Adé
Jun 13, 1990
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Reggae on the River on Aug 3, 1996 [127-small]

Reggae on the River
Aug 3 - 4, 1996
 Piercy, California, United States
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King Sunny Adé / Black Uhuru with Sly & Robbie on Aug 18, 1984 [651-small]

King Sunny Adé / Black Uhuru with Sly & Robbie
Aug 18, 1984
 Berkeley, California, United States
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King Sunny Adé / Black Uhuru with Sly & Robbie on Aug 18, 1984 [844-small]

King Sunny Adé / Black Uhuru with Sly & Robbie
Aug 18, 1984
 Berkeley, California, United States
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Field Day 2017 on Jun 3, 2017 [719-small]

Field Day 2017
Jun 3, 2017
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Reggae on the River on Aug 7, 1994 [885-small]

Reggae on the River
Aug 7 - 8, 1994
 Piercy, California, United States
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King Sunny Ade on Feb 21, 1983 [985-small]

King Sunny Ade
Feb 21, 1983
 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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King Sunny Ade on Aug 14, 1983 [984-small]

King Sunny Ade
Aug 14, 1983
 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Latest Setlist (07/08/1983):

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  1. Gbeyogbeyo
  2. Otami Mayomi
  3. Ilako
  4. Moti Mo
  5. Message
  6. Synchro System
  7. Kolawale
  8. Falabe Lewe
  9. Safunmi
  10. Ma Jaiye Oni
  11. E Wele
  12. Tolongo
  13. Mo Beru Agba
  14. Sunny Ti De Ariya
  15. Maajo
  16. Penkele
  17. E Saiye Re
  20. Lai Woyiwola
  22. Bade Njaiye

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Concerts Per Year:

2017 3 concerts
2016 9 concerts
2015 3 concerts
2010 1 concert
2009 5 concerts
2005 10 concerts
2002 1 concert
2001 1 concert
2000 2 concerts
1998 1 concert
1996 2 concerts
1994 1 concert
1993 1 concert
1992 1 concert
1990 1 concert
1988 2 concerts
1984 6 concerts
1983 10 concerts

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