Burna Boy Confirmed For Jamaica Concert
Grammy Award-winning Afrobeats star Burna Boy is set to bring his Love Damini tour to the Caribbean islands of Trinidad, Antigua, and Jamaica next month.
“Burna Boy Live – the Concert Experience would take place in Trinidad on December 16 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Antigua on December 17 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, and Jamaica on December 18 at the National Stadium in Kingston, making him the first African artist ever to headline a stadium in these Caribbean Islands,” a press release said.
The promoters are Duke Concept, which has “hosted events in major venues across the globe, most especially in North America,” Twisted Entertainment, originally from Barbados, which hosted Burna Boy in Barbados and Miami this year, and Fete Kingdom and Sho Entertainment, two Antigua-based event management companies “focusing on producing international casted events and festivals.
Tickets are on sale at Burna Boy’s website: www.onaspaceship.com.
Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, Twice as Tall (2020), won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021.
He was previously nominated for Best World Music Album for African Giant (2019).
The Nigerian singer subsequently earned Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year (for his contribution to Justin Bieber’s Justice) and for Best Global Music Performance for his song Do Yourself at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
His sixth studio album Love Damini was recently nominated for Best Global Music Album, while the album’s lead single Last Last was nominated for Best Global Music Performance at the upcoming 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
Love Damini featured Dancehall star Popcaan on the song Toni-Ann Singh.