New Album Drops October 4, Two Singles Out Now: “Dey” and “T.O.P.”
Grammy-nominated artists Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 have announced their “Heavier Yet” tour, which kicks off October 10 and runs through December 14, hitting 29 venues and festivals in cities across Europe and the UK. This follows their North American “Dey” tour that included performances with The Soul Rebels and Red Hot Chili Peppers in the US and Canada.
The “Heavier Yet” tour is in support of their upcoming album Heavier Yet (Lays the Crownless Head), which will be released via Milan-based label Record Kicks on October 4. The LP is produced by top-tier artists, superstar Lenny Kravitz and original Fela Kuti and Egypt 80 producer Sodi Marciszewer, and promises to be a milestone in the genre of Afrobeat.
Two singles from the highly anticipated record are out now: “Dey,” featuring the iconic four-time Grammy Award-winner Damian Marley, and “T.O.P.”, a protest song that stands for “Things Over People.” The album is available for pre-order and pre-save here.
Ticketing information is available for all shows here. These are the currently confirmed dates:
| Date | Venue | Location |
| 10/10 | Fiesta des Suds | Marseille, France |
| 10/14 | Post Tenebras Rock | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 10/15 | Haus der Kulturen der Welt | Berlin, Germany |
| 10/16 | ARCHA+ | Prague, Czech Republic |
| 10/18 | Tourcoing Jazz Festival | Tourcoing, France |
| 10/19 | Isolation Budapest | Budapest, Hungary |
| 10/26 | Guinness Cork Jazz Festival | Cork, Ireland |
| 10/27 | Guinness Cork Jazz Festival | Cork, Ireland |
| 10/29 | JAZZMI | Milan, Italy |
| 10/30 | Largo Venue | Rome, Italy |
| 10/31 | Casa delle Arti | Conversano, Italy |
| 11/2 | Capitol | Pordenone, Italy |
| 11/11 | Leverkusener Jazztage | Leverkusen, Germany |
| 11/17 | EFG London Jazz Festival | London, United Kingdom |
| 11/18 | Belgrave Music Hall | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| 11/19 | Trinity Centre | Bristol, United Kingdom |
| 11/20 | The Waterfront | Norwich, United Kingdom |
| 11/21 | CHALK | Brighton, United Kingdom |
| 11/24 | De Oosterpoort | Groningen, Netherlands |
| 11/26 | Slaktkyrkan | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 11/27 | Vega | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 12/4 | Trabendo | Paris, France |
| 12/5 | La CLEF | Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| 12/6 | Le VIP | Saint-Nazaire, France |
| 12/7 | Quai M | La Roche-sur-Yon, France |
| 12/8 | Atabal Biarritz | Biarritz, France |
| 12/10 | Rockstore | Montpellier, France |
| 12/12 | Le fil | Saint-Étienne, France |
| 12/13 | Tolhuistuin | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 12/14 | WinterFuse | Bruges, Belgium |
Seun is a musician, singer, and songwriter based in Lagos, Nigeria who is renowned for his captivating global performances and socially conscious music. He is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy. He entered the ranks of Fela’s band Egypt 80 as a developing saxophonist and percussionist before the age of 12, and, in fulfilment of his father’s wishes, he assumed the mantle as head of the band when Fela passed in 1997. Seun has led them ever since; they rehearse at Fela’s former home, which is now the Kalakuta Museum.
Seun has also made his mark as a political activist and voice for the people of Nigeria, primarily via social media platforms. He was a participant in the Occupy Nigeria and #EndSARS protests and has revived Movement of the People (M.O.P.), a political party established by his father in 1979 that was quashed by the military government shortly after Fela’s failed presidential bid.
Seun has released four albums during his career with Egypt 80: Many Things (2008); From Africa With Fury: Rise (2011), which was co-produced by Brian Eno and John Reynolds; A Long Way to the Beginning (2014); and Grammy-nominated Black Times (2018), which includes a feature from Carlos Santana. He has also joined forces with countless notable artists, including Janelle Monae on the singles “Float” and “Knows Better” from her Grammy-nominated album The Age of Pleasure (2023); Talib Kweli and Madlib on the song “Nat Turner,” which features Cassper Nyovest, from their album Liberation 2 (2023); The Roots’ co-founder and emcee Black Thought on their EP African Dreams (2022); and Vic Mensa on the record “Bad Man Lighter 2.0,” which is a new version of Seun and Black Thought’s hip-hop remix of a single from Black Times.
Press materials are available here; photos of Seun are here, album art is here, and tour posters are here.
Media Contacts:
Platform Media Group (PMG), +1.323.337.9042
Henry Eshelman, heshelman@platformgrp.com
Saeli Eshelman, saeli@platformgrp.com
Record Kicks, +39.023.6561042