All about Burna Boy's historic sold-out concert at Madison Square garden

Burna Boy's ‘One Night In Space’ the concert saw over 20,000 revellers attend

• For three hours Burna Boy kept his audience captivated with back-to-back hits together with his band,  The Outsiders.

Nigerian rapper Burna Boy performs to a sold out crowd at the Madison Square Garden
Nigerian rapper Burna Boy performs to a sold out crowd at the Madison Square Garden
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Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has officially become the first African artiste to sell out a show at the Madison Square Garden, New York.

Dubbed ‘One Night In Space’ the concert on Thursday saw over 20,000 revellers attend the show and over 100,000 streamed it online via YouTube.

Africa Facts Zone took to Twitter to say, "Burna Boy joins Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Adele, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey on the list of artistes, who have sold out the world's most famous arena, 20,789 capacity Madison Square Garden in New York.#BurnaMSG #Burnaboy #OneNightInSpace."

For three hours Burna Boy kept his audience captivated with back-to-back hits together with his band,  The Outsiders.

During the show, Burna Boy announced for the first time on the night that the project is scheduled to drop on July 2, 2022.

Known in real life as Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, Burna was on Trevor Noah's Daily Show where he was interviewed.

Check that out below.

O the show, Burna Boy spoke about a number of things.

Burna Boy explained how he was able to record the “African Giant” album during the pandemic using Zoom.

He explained, "It’s not like Zoom has a recording studio. It was basically the laptop with all the parties involved and while we are making music and stuff, everyone was like “this is the song we have to choose,” and it just worked out."

Artistes Burna Boy dreamt of working with and was shocked when it came to reality.

He said, "Everyone on my last album and the previous. Like working with Angélique Kidjo on the previous one and working with Youssou N’Dour. Like these are people that I watched on TV when I was in pampers. Seeing them in real life and actually making music with them and getting the love. Sometimes it gets kind of weird because I’m like ‘My mum loves you.”

On having his mom, Bose Ogulu, as his manager, he said, "It’s not all peaches and roses, but it’s a lot of food and that makes me happy enough."

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