SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80
Elbphilharmonie Concert
Love & Revolution: Seun Kuti carries forward his father Fela’s Afrobeat legacy in the Grand Hall of Elbphilharmonie.
Past dates
8/16/25
8:00 PM
In the late 1960s, Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti fused funk, jazz, and African polyrhythms to create Afrobeat—the soundtrack of a Pan-African liberation movement. Since Fela’s passing in 1997, his youngest son, Seun Kuti, has led his father’s band, Egypt 80, carrying its musical and activist legacy into the 21st century. Following his father’s footsteps, Seun Kuti’s concerts are explosive celebrations of rhythm and resistance—electrifying spectacles of dance and music performed by a powerhouse ensemble, met with thunderous applause. The last time Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 set the stage ablaze at Kampnagel’s Summer Festival was in 2017. Now, three albums and a Grammy nomination later, they return to shake the Grand Hall of Elbphilharmonie with the infectious, revolutionary energy of Afrobeat. Bringing along his latest album, ''Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)'' (Record Kicks), Seun Kuti delivers songs of resistance, resilience, and revolution. Produced by Lenny Kravitz and Fela Kuti’s sound engineer, Sodi Marciszewer, the album seamlessly blends diasporic sounds from grooving reggae to soulful warmth, featuring guest artists such as Zambian singer Sampa The Great and Bob Marley’s son, Damian Marley.
