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 (Page 2)

Date Concert Venue Location
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
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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, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 15, 2015
King Sunny Adé Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Oct 06, 2010
King Sunny Adé indigo at The O2 London, England, United Kingdom
May 23, 2010
King Sunny Adé Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia, United States
May 17, 2010
King Sunny Adé 9:30 Club Washington, District of Columbia, United States
May 07, 2010
King Sunny Adé Echoplex Los Angeles, California, United States
May 05, 2010
King Sunny Adé Aladdin Theater Portland, Oregon, United States
May 04, 2010
King Sunny Adé The Triple Door Seattle, Washington, United States
May 03, 2010
King Sunny Adé The Triple Door Seattle, Washington, United States
Apr 30, 2010
King Sunny Adé Boulder Theater Boulder, Colorado, United States
Apr 22, 2010
King Sunny Adé / Gov't Majik House of Blues New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Apr 18, 2010
King Sunny Adé Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Apr 17, 2010
King Sunny Adé The Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Apr 16, 2010
King Sunny Adé Old Town School Of Folk Music Chicago, Illinois, United States
Apr 15, 2010
King Sunny Adé Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Apr 14, 2010
King Sunny Adé The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Apr 13, 2010
King Sunny Adé The Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 06, 2010
King Sunny Adé Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Jul 07, 2009
King Sunny Adé Ballroom, Higher Ground 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

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Primavera Sound Festival 2017
May 31 - Jun 4, 2017
 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2009
Jun 11 - 14, 2009
 Chattanooga, Tennessee, 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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Taj Mahal / King Sunny Adé / The Funky Meters on Sep 3, 2001 [867-small]

Taj Mahal / King Sunny Adé / The Funky Meters
Sep 3, 2001
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Sep 3, 2001
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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King Sunny Adé on Jul 13, 1998 [618-small]

King Sunny Adé
Jul 13, 1998
 Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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King Sunny Adé on Jul 13, 1998 [252-small]

King Sunny Adé
Jul 13, 1998
 Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Santana / King Sunny Ade on Aug 26, 1983 [009-small]

Santana / King Sunny Ade
Aug 26, 1983
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Reggae on the River on Aug 7, 1994 [441-small]

Reggae on the River
Aug 7 - 8, 1994
 Piercy, California, United States
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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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Afropop
World Music
African
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Latest Setlist (07/18/1998):

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  1. Mo Ri Keke Kan
  2. Sijuade
  3. Ma Lanu Ma Korin
  4. Merciful God
  5. Tolongo
  6. Ara Eba Mi Yo
  7. Ja Funmi
  8. Oshe-Oshe
  9. Kiti Kiti
  10. Father Father
  11. Africa-Switherland
  12. Glory

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 1 concert
2017 4 concerts
2016 12 concerts
2015 6 concerts
2010 16 concerts
2009 6 concerts
2005 12 concerts
2002 1 concert
2001 3 concerts
2000 2 concerts
1998 3 concerts
1996 3 concerts
1994 6 concerts
1993 1 concert
1992 5 concerts
1990 2 concerts
1989 1 concert
1988 8 concerts
1987 2 concerts
1984 11 concerts
1983 19 concerts
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