How Burna Boy Becomes First African Artist To Gross $1m From Single Concert In Oceania

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How Burna Boy Becomes First African Artist To Gross $1m From Single Concert In Oceania

Seun EMMANUEL Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has made history as the first African artist to gross over $1 million from a single concert in the continent of Oceania. He achieved the fit with the Sydney stop of his No Sign Of Weakness tour at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, on 18 October 2025, which grossed $1.117 million. Global tour monitoring platform, Touring Data, also reported that Burna Boy’s ‘No Sign If Weakness’ tour broke the record for “the highest-grossing tour by an African artist in Oceania’s history, with $3.1 million from 31,000 tickets sold across 4 shows.”https://urbanexpresslive.com/ucl-youre-weak-for-covering-your-mouth-with-a-shirt-vinicius-slams-prestianni-over-racist-comment/ The breakdown by Touring Data shows that the Australian leg of the tour sold 30,946 tickets across four shows at an average price of $100.94 per ticket and revenue of $772,791 average per show.https://urbanexpresslive.com/super-eagles-jordan-iran-friendlies-moved-to-turkey/ The No Sign Of Weakness tour was held across 20 shows in three continents, North America, Europe and Oceania. Burna Boy is now the first African artist in history to gross over $1 million from a single concert in 3 continents.

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Do The Needful - Chronicling The Life & Times of Comrade Dele Lawrence Ariyo

The reader will have a feel of who the late Ariyo was and how the textile world has evolved since his passing on June 14, 1993, and will be in a position to determine how the Nigerian textile industry should further evolve to honour his memory for the great sacrifices he made to the country’s textile sector.