Grammy award-winning artist and songwriter, Burna Boy will be making his debut headline appearance at one of London’s biggest entertainment arena ‘The O2’.
The O2 will be hosting some of the biggest and most anticipated “Welcome Back Shows” in August and Burna Boy will be part of one of the shows with his album ‘Twice As Tall’.
Taking to the verified page on Twitter, The O2 disclosed that Burna Boy will be part of the events this August. Posting an ad cover of the event, The O2 wrote, “As part of our Welcome Back Shows, @burnaboy is heading to London playing his first headline show at The O2 on 27 August 2021. On O2? Priority Tickets 26 May 10 am and General on-sale 28 May 10 am”
That notwithstanding, Burna Boy reacted to the post made by The O2 on it’s page. He retweeted the post on his page and simply wrote, “WE’RE OUTSIDE!”.
Comments on social media
More so, this announcement got the attention of his fans and tweeps. They showed much excitement and intimated that it is no doubt that Burna Boy is indeed an “African giant”.
@Boy from upland wrote: “Go and show these small boys how to shut down a show and get a plaque for it ODOGWU [victor]”.
@Slow burner said: “Twice as tall is 1 of the albums that won’t die in so many years to come”
@Richwriter also wrote: “African Giant, even if we have to walk several kilometers, we must come for this show”
@OUTSIDE also wrote: “You are the freaking Standard Odogwu [victor]”
The O2 Arena set to admit full capacity
Also, Anna Parry, who is the Programming Manager at The O2 said: “We’re ecstatic;that the ‘Welcome Back’ shows will kick off the arena returning;to full capacity this August with global superstar Burna Boy.
“He’s been a trailblazer in the music industry and we can’t wait;to hear him fill the arena with his feel-good hits, providing a much-needed antidote to this past year”.
Speaking about the O2 Arena, it is one of UK’s biggest and best venues;for live music, shows, and exhibitions, with a 20,000-sitting capacity.
It is worth mentioning that due to the pandemic, the Arena was closed. However, it is now opening to welcome back the crowd as part of the government’s Events Research Programme (ERP), which is designed to test a number of measures to examine how events can take place without the need for social distancing.
Steve Sayer, VP and General Manager of The O2 explained: “We’re ready to welcome full capacity crowds back to The O2 again, and The Welcome Back Shows are going to bring so much joy to fans who have been missing us almost as much as we’ve been missing them.
“We have created a truly spectacular program of events to reopen the venue, and 2022 looks set to be our busiest year ever”.
Nonetheless, the London concert will be the first leg of Burna Boy’s ‘Space Drift Arena tour’. He will later proceed to Los Angeles in October, Paris, and Amsterdam in November for the rest of the tour.
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