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


How many concerts has King Sunny Adé had?

King Sunny Adé has had 27 concerts.

What genre is King Sunny Adé?

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

When was the last King Sunny Adé concert?

The last King Sunny Adé concert was on June 03, 2017 at Victoria Park in London, England, United Kingdom. The bands that performed were: Beak> / Run the Jewels / Death Grips / Slowdive / Kite Base / Tom Ravenscroft / Andy Shauf / S U R V I V E / Flying Lotus / Hannah Diamond / Aphex Twin / Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith / Lena Willikens / Omar Souleyman / Kevin Morby / Aine Cahill / Whitney / Arab Strap / Julia Jacklin / PC Music / Methyl Ethel / Mura Masa / Esther Joy Lane / Imarhan / Gaika / Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids / Job Jobse / Dekmantel Soundsystem / Lady Leshurr / Overmono / Hunee / Silver Apples / Manuela / Clams Casino / Pictish Trail / Hælos / Moodymann / A. G. Cook / Phil Taggart / Midland / Idris Ackamoor / Fatima Yamaha / Loyle Carner / Flamingods / Tom Demac / Marcel Dettmann / Machinedrum / King Sunny Adé / Moderat / Abra / Jon Hopkins (DJ set) / Sinkane / Nicolas Jaar / Forest Swords / Marc Riley / Nina Kraviz / Âme / Rae Morris / Danny L Harle / Joe Goddard / John Cooper Clarke / Thee Oh Sees / King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / HMLTD.

What setlist does King Sunny Adé play live?

The songs that King Sunny Adé performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the July 08, 1983 concert at Montreaux Casino in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland:

  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
  18. Lai Woyiwola
  19. Bade Njaiye

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