CKay heading to North America and Europe with debut album Sad Romance

The self-defined ‘emo Afrobeat’ musician and producer will kick off the 22-city tour in Oakland, California, on 1 October, and round things up across the pond in London on 20 November. Other stops will include Toronto, Brussels, Copenhagen, Cologne and Paris.

Signed to Warner Music Africa, CKay shot to international stardom last year following the global chart-topping success of his 2019 single ‘Love Nwantiti’. The song, which debuted on the Billboard Global 200 chart, made him the first Nigerian to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. It was also Shazam’s longest-running global No 1 song of 2021.

The impact of the song, together with subsequent releases like ‘Emiliana’, ‘Watawi’ and 'You', has heightened anticipation around his upcoming studio album.

Discussing the album with Guardian Life Magazine last year, Ckay said: “I feel like I’ve given fans enough EPs, so it’s time to give them a proper body of work,” adding that the collection “is going to be amazing.”

Sad Romance tour dates: 

• Oct 1 – New Parish – Oakland, CA
• Oct 4 – The Roxy – West Hollywood, CA
• Oct 7 – The Promontory – Chicago, Il
• Oct 8 – One Music Festival – Atlanta, GA
• Oct 11 – Howard Theater – Washington, DC
• Oct 12 – Irving Plaza – New York, NY
• Oct 14 – Fete Music Hall – Lounge – Providence, RI
• Oct 15 – The Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub – Boston, MA
• Oct 15 – Sonia – Cambridge, MA
• Oct 18 – Studio Td – Montréal, QC
• Oct 20 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON
• Oct 22 – Hollywood Theater – Vancouver, BC
• Oct 24 – The Crocodile – Showroom – Seattle, WA
• Oct 26 – Deep Art Ellum – Dallas, TX
• Oct 28 – Warehouse Live – The Studio – Houston, TX
• Nov 9 – Fällan – Stockholm, Sweden
• Nov 10 – Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, Denmark
• Nov 14 – Paradiso Tolhuistuin – Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Nov 15 – Club Volta – Cologne, Germany
• Nov 16 – Botanique – Brussels, Belgium
• Nov 17 – Bataclan – Paris, France
• Nov 20 – Koko – London, UK