King Sunny Ade's 2009 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.

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 07, 2009
King Sunny Ade Higher Ground - Ballroom South Burlington, Vermont, 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
Jun 11, 2009 –
Jun 14, 2009
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2009
Cage The Elephant / The Low Anthem / MGMT / Bruce Springsteen / Gomez / Grace Potter and The Nocturnals / Jets Overhead / DJ Quickie Mart / ani difranco / High On Fire / Nas / Ted Leo and The Pharmacists / People Under the Stairs / Nine Inch Nails / of Montreal / Alejandro Escovedo / Jessica Lea Mayfield / Erick Baker / Kristen Schaal / Jimmy Fallon / Kaki King / Jedd Hughes / Animal Collective / Toumani Diabat / Christian Finnegan / Sons of Bill / Arj Barker / Valley Lodge / Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3 / Tony Rice Unit / Julia Nunes / Dirty Projectors / Roger Alan Wade / Brett Dennen / Kraak & Smaak / Phoenix / Alberta Cross / Janeane Garofalo / MyNameIsJohnMichael / Rory Albanese / Wilco / Todd Barry / Hocky / Dan Dyer / Michael Ian Black / Pretty Lights / Béla Fleck / Lucinda Williams / Vieux Farka Toure / Delta Spirit / Booker T & the Dbts / King Sunny Ad / Jimmy Buffett / Shadows Fall / Michael Showalter / Justin Townes Earle / Bon Iver / Ki:Theory / Allen Toussaint / William Elliott Whitmore / Heartless Bastards / American Princes / Public Enemy / Jerry Hannan / Wailing Souls / Andrew Bird / The Heavy Pets / Murs / Wyatt Cenac / The Hood Internet / Heypenny / Okkervil River / Kurt Braunohler / Ilo and the Coral Reefer Allstars / Mike Farris / Femi Kuti / Cherryholmes / The Decemberists / Coheed and Cambria / Ben Harper / Aaron LaCrate / Tift Merritt / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Elvis Costello / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Phish / Yeasayer / Nick Kroll / Zee Avi / The Features / Wayne Federman / Triumph The Insult Comic Dog / Santigold / Gypsyphonic Disko / Passion Pit / Fiction Family / Don Hertzfeldt / Nikhil Korula Band / Chairlift / J Boogie / Madi Diaz / David Byrne / Erin McCarley / The Mars Volta / Aziz Ansari / Joe Pug / Patterson Hood / Outernational / Booker T / Katzenjammer / Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue / moe. / Band of Horses / Portugal. The Man / Galactic / Lovell Sisters / Amy Schumer / A.A. Bondy / Ben Sollee / Kuroma / Girl Talk / Midnite / Zac Brown Band / Motion Potion / brakesbrakesbrakes / Paul Oakenfold / Elvis Perkins In Dearland / Toumani Diabaté / Dear and the Headlights / Russian Circles / White Rabbits / The Dillinger Escape Plan / TV On the Radio / Moonalice / The Dirty Guv'nahs / Janelle Monáe / Cotton Jones / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Evan Watson / Hockey / Toubab Krewe / Merle Haggard / Jenny Lewis / Grizzly Bear / Charlie Allen / Everest / Todd Snider / Dirty Sweet / Robyn Hitchcock / Al Green / David Grisman Quintet / The SteelDrivers / Those Darlins / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Giraffes / Robert Earl Keen / Neko Case / Crystal Castles / John Oliver / Beastie Boys / Citizen Cope / Tangiers Blues Band / Del McCoury Band / Nick Thune / Vertigo / The Knux / Kumail Nanjiani / The Black Lillies / The Protomen / Gov't Mule / Tobacco / St. Vincent / The Belleville Outfit / King Sunny Ade / Jim Lauderdale / Erykah Badu / Bruce Spingsteen & The E Street Band / Booker T. Jones / Raphael Saadiq / The Itals / Pete Holmes / Amadou & Mariam / Turbine / Relentless7 Show all bands
  Setlists
Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicate for Jun 11, 2009
World
Afrobeat
Afropop
African
Africa
Nigeria
Griot
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2017 1 concert
2016 6 concerts
2015 1 concert
2009 3 concerts
2005 10 concerts
2000 2 concerts
1996 2 concerts
1984 1 concert
1983 3 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has King Sunny Ade had?

King Sunny Ade has had 29 concerts.

What genre is King Sunny Ade?

King Sunny Ade is most often considered to be World, Afrobeat, Afropop, African, Africa, Nigeria, and Griot.

When was the last King Sunny Ade concert?

The last King Sunny Ade concert was on June 02, 2017 at Various Venues in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The bands that performed were: "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.

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