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 4)

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 31, 2001 –
Sep 03, 2001
Bumbershoot 2001
Cake / Cat Power / Mos Def / Rufus Wainwright / The Black Crowes / Jurassic 5 / Rusted Root / Neko Case / Built to Spill / Ween / Low / G. Love & Special Sauce / Dilated Peoples / Meshell Ndegeocello (fka Me'Shell NdegéOcello) / Del Amitri / Guided By Voices / Daniel Johnston / MxPx / Loretta Lynn / Galactic / Shawn Mullins / Old 97's / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Reverend Horton Heat / Habib Koite & Bamada / Jon Brion / Keller Williams / Great Big Sea / Herbert / David Cross / Bahamadia / Maria Muldaur / Supersuckers / Marshall Crenshaw / Slaid Cleaves / Sam Bush / Mary Black / The Tiger Lillies / Chris Smither / Yerba Buena / Karl Denson's Tiny Universe / Richard Buckner / Nebula / King Sunny Adé / Flood / King Chango / Bobby Rush / Todd Barry / Brian Posehn / Northern lights / catie curtis / DJ Logic / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Mark Rae / Paul F. Tompkins / Maktub / Chris Hardwick / Rocky Dawuni / Bob Weir & RatDog / Donald Glaude / Red Elvises / Swag / The Wild Magnolias / Funky Meters / Damon & Naomi / John Sinclair / Jon Auer / Joanne Shenandoah / Boom Bap Project / Laura Love / Ki / Robert Walter's 20th Congress / Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men / David Jacobs-Strain / Tarbox Ramblers / Jackie Kashian / C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band / Beaver Nelson / Kelley Hunt / The Dusty 45s / Yair Dalal / Kiki & Herb / Nina Hynes / Johnny Astro / Greg Fitzsimmons / New Orleans Klezmer All Stars / Actual Tigers / Sarah Vowell / Lost at Last / Karen Kilgariff / Aveo / Pinehurst Kids / Dave Eggers / Alice Stuart / The Tony Furtado Band / David Crowe / Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band / Mountain Con / Adam Starr / Hog Molly / Sexmob / Duffy Bishop Band / FCS North / Bill Dana / Spalding Gray / Dudley Manlove Quartet / Dwayne Kennedy / Beyond Reality / Jerry Abstract / J R / David Meltzer / Shuggie / Wofa / Jeffrey McDaniel / Jeff Mason / Daphne Gottlieb / Charles R. Cross / Pizzazz / Mark Dufresne Band / Diane Di Prima / Phat Sidy Smokehouse / Kevin Jones Band / Jo Miller And Her Burly Roughnecks / Susan Robkin / Matt Corwine / M.L. Liebler & the Magic Poetry Band / Darek Mazzone / Vassar Clements With Northern Lights / The Henry Cooper Band / Bradley Paul / Project Bandaloop / Kerry Lauder Band / Taj Mahal / Phantom Blues Band / David Lee Roth / Discohesive Show all bands
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Seattle Center Seattle, Washington, United States
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May 02, 2000
King Sunny Adé Cat's Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
Apr 29, 2000
King Sunny Adé Higher Ground Winooski, Vermont, United States
Jul 31, 1998 –
Aug 02, 1998
Womad 1998
Hukwe Zawose / Wilco / Waldemar Bastos / Klezmatics / Yungchen Lhamo / Ayub Ogada / Ravi Shankar feat. Anoushka Shankar / Abdullah Ibrahim / Terem Quartet / Baaba Maal / Esquina / Pieter Bourke / Lo'jo / Spearhead / Ashley Macisaac / Joan Osborne / Muzsikas with Marta Sebestyen / King Sunny Adé / Sky Cries Mary / Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited / Justin Vali / Kepa Junkera / Zakir Hussain / Billy Bragg / Lisa Gerrard / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Cesar Stroscio / Ulali / The Tragically Hip Show all bands
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Marymoor Park Redmond, Washington, United States
Show Duplicate for Jul 31, 1998
Jul 18, 1998
King Sunny Adé

Montreux Jazz Festival

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Auditorium Stravinski Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Jul 13, 1998
King Sunny Adé
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Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Aug 10, 1996
Johnny Clegg / King Sunny Adé Pier 62/63 on Alaskan Way Seattle, Washington, United States
Aug 04, 1996
King Sunny Adé

Reggae On The River (Day 3)

French's Camp Garberville, California, United States
Aug 03, 1996 –
Aug 04, 1996
Reggae on the River
Beres Hammond / Luciano w/ Dean Fraser and the Firehouse Crew / Israel Vibration + Roots Radics / Toure Kunda / Mystic Revealers / Akabu / Dub Syndicate / Mikey General / Sizzla / Cidade Negra / Wendy Shaw and the Fully Fullwood Band / Sambo Ngo / The Heptones / Johnny Clegg and Jaluka / King Sunny Adé / IJAHMAN LEVI / The Twinkle Brothers and Della Grant / Junior Reid / Dub Nation / Kachimbo Show all bands
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French's Camp Piercy, California, United States
Aug 16, 1994
King Sunny Adé House of Blues Anaheim Anaheim, California, United States
Aug 07, 1994 –
Aug 08, 1994
Reggae on the River
Inner Circle / King Sunny Adé / Shinehead / U-Roy / Angie Angel / Morgan Heritage / Moaikane / The Sattalites / Strictly Roots / Kaso Djun Djun / Steel Pulse / Sugar Minott / Barrington Levy / Africa Fete / Angélique Kidjo / Kaasav / Khaled / Zeskakan / Boom shaka / Skool Band / Dindingolu Ye Show all bands
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French's Camp Piercy, California, United States
Jul 03, 1994
King Sunny Adé

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

Le Spectrum Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 26, 1994
King Sunny Adé Rumsey Playfield, Central Park New York, New York, United States
Jun 21, 1994
King Sunny Adé

Riverbend Festival

Ross's Landing Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Jun 18, 1994
King Sunny Adé

City Stages

Linn Park Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Jun 05, 1993
King Sunny Adé The China Club Chicago, Illinois, United States
Aug 17, 1992
King Sunny Adé Toad's Place New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Jul 24, 1992
King Sunny Adé Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Jul 06, 1992
King Sunny Adé

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

Le Spectrum Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 05, 1992
King Sunny Adé

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

Le Spectrum Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2009
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 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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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
Jul 13, 1998
 Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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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
Aug 7 - 8, 1994
 Piercy, California, United States
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King Sunny Adé
Jun 13, 1990
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Reggae on the River
Aug 3 - 4, 1996
 Piercy, California, United States
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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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