Seun Kuti

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at Blue Note

Gig Alerts | Mar 28, 2025

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at Blue Note 
April 3-6, 8PM and 10:30PM. $38.05-$54.94

The Nigerian singer and bandleader Seun Kuti is a son of the fiery, groundbreaking Fela Kuti, the man who founded the Afrobeat style and inspired the Broadway musical Fela. Fela had a band called Afrika 70; Seun has a band called Egypt 80. Like his late father, Seun Kuti takes on topics like government corruption and corporate greed in his songs, setting his lyrics and his blazing sax solos to an insistent dance beat. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 play a run of shows at the Blue Note, April 3-6.

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