Burna Boy becomes the first African artist to sell out New York’s Madison Square Garden, said to be the world’s busiest arena
African music giant, Burna Boy has set a historical musical record as he becomes the first person from the continent of Africa to sell out New York City’s Madison Garden which is said to be the world’s busiest Arena.
Nigerian Afro-fusion superstar Burna Boy will also become the first Nigerian musician to headline Madison Square Garden in New York City in the United States of America.
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On April 28, he will play a one-night-only event titled “Burna Boy Presents One Night in Space.” The Madison Square Garden engagement follows the Grammy-winning artist’s previous two magnificent arena performances in 2022 at London’s O2 and Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, as well as coast-to-coast festival runs at New York’s Governors Ball and San Francisco’s Outside Lands.
Burna boy Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, true name Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, has set a milestone by becoming the first African to sell out New York City’s magnificent Madison Square Garden venue.
Burna spoke with Billboard soon before his sold-out Bowl event on Oct. 8, which was part of his 2021 Space Drift Arena Tour, and expressed his pride in the legacy he’s building for the Afro-fusion genre — and how far he’s carrying it throughout the world.
“I created Afro-fusion in the same way that Fela [Kuti] created Afro-beat. “It’s my greatest accomplishment in life,” he remarked.
“It’s always a delight to watch [the genre] progress to where it is now, especially with the younger generation.”
Burna Boy is undeniably one of the contemporary African musicians that is marketing Africa through music while also displaying the beautiful African genres of Afrobeat and Afro-fusion to the rest of the globe.
