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MusicBrooklyn
Uncle Waffles on Asake: In God We Trust World Tour, Brooklyn
Uncle Waffles supports Asake on the In God We Trust World Tour at Barclays Center. All ages; VIP upgrade add-ons are offered.
MusicLondon
Piano People in the Park 2026
Kelvin Momo performs with his Jazz Cruise band on the Park Stage at the third edition of London's biggest amapiano festival, a two-arena event at Southwark Park running roughly 14:00 to 22:30.
MusicLondon
Mörda at Piano People In The Park
Mörda is billed on the Park Stage at the third edition of London's Piano People In The Park, an all-day open-air amapiano festival running 14:00–22:30 at Southwark Park. Kelvin Momo & The Jazz Cruise headline; tickets went on general sale on 30 April 2026.
MusicLondon
Mellow & Sleazy at E1 London
Mellow & Sleazy headline the 1,600-capacity E1 in Wapping with CowBoii supporting, doors 22:00. Tickets are on sale via DICE from £11.33.
MusicNairobi
We'R Afro — TheMostWanted & Friends Africa Live Tour
Jazzwrld is billed alongside Thukuthela for the first full live-band edition of the We'R Afro tour in Africa, from 18:00 at Uhuru Gardens. Further guests were still to be announced at the time of listing.
MusicDurban
Impucuzeko Maskandi Festival 2026
Khuzani is billed on the lineup of the Impucuzeko Maskandi Festival at Moses Mabhida Stadium. The Computicket BoxOffice listing runs the festival from 10:00 on Saturday 29 August through to 01:00 on Sunday 30 August 2026, with tickets on sale from R150.
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TheLastLetter Turns a Lover’s Drunken Switch Into R&B on “Jaded”
TheLastLetter’s “Jaded” turns the unsettling experience of loving someone whose personality changes with intoxication into intimate R&B, bringing Indigo Stella, Rashè and Wichi1080 into a deeply personal story.
Entertainment
Durban FilmMart 2026 Is Asking South Africa’s Film Industry to Look Inward
Durban FilmMart’s 2026 SA in Focus programme is turning towards the systems behind South African cinema, putting AI, funding uncertainty, performer ownership, documentary, production sustainability and industry representation on the same table.
Music
South Africa Put Three Cleo Sol Songs in Its Apple Music Top 10 Almost Immediately. Why Does Quiet Soul Travel So Well Here?
One day after Cleo Sol released Gentlewoman, three of its songs were already inside Apple Music South Africa’s Top 10. The speed of that response says something interesting about this country’s appetite for music that does not need to shout to command attention.
Music
Maskandi Just Beat the Algorithm: How “Lashona Ilanga” Became One of South Africa’s Biggest Songs
Four days after Inkos’Yamagcokama’s death, “Lashona Ilanga” arrived. Days later, the Limit Nala and Sne Ntuli collaboration was South Africa’s No.1 song on Spotify — showing what happens when streaming technology meets a music community that was already deeply invested.
Music
TXC Aren’t Waiting for International Co-Signs — They’re Building Amapiano Collaborations on Their Own Terms
TXC’s collaborations with Davido and their possible future work with Wizkid and Jorja Smith point to a different kind of global amapiano story: not South African artists waiting for validation, but international names entering a musical framework TXC already knows how to lead.
Music
lordkez Just Won Her Second SAMA. Now She’s Bringing Kwesta Into Her ‘Neo Nostalgia’ Era
Fresh from her second Best R&B/Soul Album SAMA, lordkez brings Kwesta into her “Neo Nostalgia” world on “4SHO”, turning a week of recognition into the beginning of another chapter.
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