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Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Burna Boy Announces Australian Arena Tour For October 2025
Burna Boy is coming back down under for his biggest ever headline shows on our shores. Hot on the heels of dropping his eighth studio album No Sign Of Weakness, the GRAMMY-winning Afrofusion king is heading to Australia this October for a string of massive headline shows across the country. Burna Boy – 'Change Your Mind' Ft. Shaboozey The No Sign Of Weakness Australia Tour strtches across four huge nights, kicking off on Thursday, 16th October at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl, before hitting Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, and wrapping things up at Perth's RAC Arena on Friday, 24th October. Known for his electric stage presence, genre-melding sound, and sold-out arena takeovers across the globe, Burna Boy's Aussie return follows a history-making run — he's the first Nigerian artist to ever headline Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the US (yep, the same place U2 and Radiohead have torn up), and the first African artist with two albums to rack up over a billion streams on Spotify. His new record No Sign Of Weakness is also a straight-up flex — featuring collabs with Travis Scott ('TaTaTa') and Shaboozey ('Change Your Mind), plus reggae-tinged hit 'Sweet Love', the euphoric 'Bundle By Bundle', and chant-along anthem 'Update'. With 11 GRAMMY nominations, four BET Award wins, and a 2023 Billboard trophy for Top Afrobeats Artist, Burna Boy has become the global ambassador for African music, shattering records and stereotypes with every release. His sound blends Afrobeats with pop, hip-hop, R&B, reggae and everything in between. You can suss all the dates and details of his 2025 Aussie arena tour down below. Burna Boy 2025 Australian Tour Dates Thurs 16 Oct | Melbourne | Sidney Myer Music Bowl | TICKETS Sat 18 Oct | Sydney | Qudos Bank Arena | TICKETS Mon 20 Oct | Brisbane | Entertainment Centre | TICKETS Friday 24 Oct | Perth | RAC Arena | TICKETS Tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday, 24th July at 12pm (local time) Further Reading Aitch Announces Australian Tour Dates For January 2026 Allday Shares New Single 'Falling Under', Regional 2025 Tour Dates Jessica Mauboy And Barkaa Bring Home NAIDOC Week On 'Like A Version' The post Burna Boy Announces Australian Arena Tour For October 2025 appeared first on Music Feeds. Solve the daily Crossword
New York Times
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
For Them, Juneteenth Was a Celebration of Black Love
Ermida Koduah and Theodore Brown-Matos Santos-Gaffney got engaged on Juneteenth in 2024 and were married this year during Juneteenth weekend — by design. They say their love story is about much more than just the love the two of them share. 'I believe our marriage shows a new type of Black love,' Ms. Koduah said, 'one that is culturally diverse in many aspects. I'm Ghanaian American. But I'm a mix of three different Ghanaian tribes — Fante, Ashanti, and Ewe. Theodore comes from rich Afro-Brazilian and Black American backgrounds.' When they first connected on July 4, 2018, on Bumble, their cultural backgrounds were at the forefront of their connections. 'I swiped right on a couple of people,' Ms. Koduah said. 'But I ended up having a conversation with him because he was the most interesting. He wanted to go to Brazil to see the eclipse and mentioned he was half Brazilian.' On July 13, 2018, they had their first date at a Nationals baseball game in Washington. Neither was focused on the game, and they 'spent the entire time engrossed in conversation,' Ms. Koduah said, 'sharing stories and exploring our diverse cultural backgrounds.' After the game, they had dinner at 1230 Afrofusion Restaurant and Champagne Lounge, a Ghanaian-owned eatery that has since closed. 'Theodore tried Ghanaian suya kebabs for the first time,' Ms. Koduah said. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
