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 3)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 02, 2009 –
Jul 05, 2009
Rothbury Festival 2009
Kid Cudi / Bob Dylan / Cold War Kids / Pretty Lights / Chromeo / Willie Nelson / Matisyahu / Broken Social Scene / The Black Crowes / Flogging Molly / The Glitch Mob / Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley / Girl Talk / Rebelution / John Butler Trio / Guster / Brett Dennen / Grace Potter / MSTRKRFT / Toots & The Maytals / G. Love & Special Sauce / The Hold Steady / Gov't Mule / STS9 / Man Man / The String Cheese Incident / Lotus / Shpongle / Yonder Mountain String Band / Son Volt / The White Buffalo / Disco Biscuits / Soulive / Martin Sexton / Railroad Earth / Les Claypool / Break Science / John Butler / Sam Roberts Band / Dweezil Zappa / Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad / The Dead / King Sunny Adé / Toubab Krewe / Hill Country Revue / Rachel Goodrich / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / Kyle Hollingsworth / Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys / Chris Pierce / 2020 Soundsystem / The Hard Lessons / Davy Knowles / The Ragbirds / Jackie Green / The Macpodz / Steppin' In It / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Underground Orchestra / Four Finger Five / Lipp Service / Quannum All Stars / Ani DiFranco / Eoto / Future rock / The Dead Show all bands
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Unknown venue Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Show Duplicate for Jul 02, 2009
Jul 01, 2009
King Sunny Adé / Femi Kuti and the Positive Force Ravinia Highland Park, Illinois, United States
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 Adé / Dave Holland Big Band / Monty Alexander / Oscar Hernandez / Alfredo Rodriguez / Anat Cohen / Brian Blade / John Patitucci / Danilo Perez / Bill Cosby / King Sunny Adé & 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 / 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 Touré / Delta Spirit / Booker T & the Dbts / King Sunny Adé / 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. Jones / 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 / 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 Adé / Jim Lauderdale / Erykah Badu / Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band / Booker T. Jones / Raphael Saadiq / The Itals / Pete Holmes / Amadou & Mariam / Turbine / Ben Harper and Relentless7 / The Tangiers Blues Band Show all bands
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Great Stage Park Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Show Duplicates for Jun 11, 2009
Apr 30, 2005
King Sunny Adé Roseland Ballroom New York, New York, United States
Apr 29, 2005
King Sunny Adé Roseland Ballroom New York, New York, United States
Apr 22, 2005
King Sunny Adé / Obe Osadebe The Fillmore San Francisco, California, United States
Apr 10, 2005
King Sunny Adé / Obi Osadebe The Cabooze Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Apr 09, 2005
King Sunny Adé The Vic Theatre Chicago, Illinois, United States
Apr 08, 2005
King Sunny Adé / Obi Osadebe Luther's Blues Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Apr 07, 2005
King Sunny Adé / Obi Osadebe Shank Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Mar 31, 2005
King Sunny Adé The Opera House Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mar 29, 2005
King Sunny Adé

King Sunny Ade at Hart Theatre @ The Egg

Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre Albany, New York, United States
Mar 24, 2005
King Sunny Adé Cat's Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
Mar 23, 2005
King Sunny Adé / Obi Osadebe The Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Mar 18, 2005
King Sunny Adé Center Stage Theater Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Aug 31, 2002
Bumbershoot
Johnny Lang / Lou Reed / Dave Davies / Dave Edmunds / Kelly Willis / Kevn Kinney with Lenny Kaye / The Derailers / Luna / Wild Magnolias / King Chango / King Sunny Adé / Michelle Shocked and Hothouse Flowers / Richard Thompson / Concrete Blonde
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Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
Sep 08, 2001
King Sunny Adé

San Diego Street Scene

Gaslamp Quarter San Diego, California, United States
Sep 03, 2001
Taj Mahal / King Sunny Adé / The Funky Meters

Bumbershoot Festival, 2001 (Day 4 of 4)

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Memorial Stadium Seattle, Washington, United States

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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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Taj Mahal / King Sunny Adé / The Funky Meters on Sep 3, 2001 [866-small]

Taj Mahal / King Sunny Adé / The Funky Meters
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 Adé on Aug 26, 1983 [009-small]

Santana / King Sunny Adé
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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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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