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Rhythm & Revolution presents Lagos Thugs + Kalakuta after party! (RESCHEDULED)

Fri 25 Oct 2024 @ 7:30 pm - Sat 26 Oct 2024 @ 3:00 am

Venue

Dissection Room
1 Summerhall
Edinburgh,EH9 1PLUnited Kingdom
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Phone
0131 560 1580
Age Group: 18+
Duration: 6h30m
Contains flashing lights. Standing only event. For access information please contact the venue directly.

RESCHEDULED – Due to unforeseen circumstances this gig has been rescheduled. New date TBC, all original tickets will still be valid

Straight from the heart of Nigeria, in celebration of the life and music of the great Fela Kuti and Black History Month, Rhythm & Revolution presents for the first time in the UK and Scotland, Lagos Thugs with special guest, Indy Dibongue (official guitarist of Tony Allen).

Lagos Thugs are a high-energy Afrobeat band, founded and led by singer and award-winning saxophonist Adetunji Adeyemi. Their music follows the stunning musical architecture and language of Afrobeat developed by the Lagos Scene pioneers Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, whose music shaped a generation.

Emerging from the streets of West Africa in the ‘70s & ‘80s, Afrobeat blends traditional Yoruba music, jazz, and fuji with American funk and soul, featuring strong brass, precise percussion and hard-hitting messages which deliver a strong impact on social justice movements from Nigerian independence to Black Power.

Lagos Thugs have gone from strength to strength since forming in 2021, regularly supporting Seun Kuti, recording with Ezra Collective, performing at the New Afrika Shrine and at Nigerian Jazz Festival and featured in an Antibalas documentary. The band have quickly gained a dedicated following both locally and internationally as rising stars in the Afrobeat scene.

Rhythm & Revolution are honoured to bring this band to Scotland for what will be an unmissable show in the nation’s gig calendar.

Full Price tickets include entry to gig and After Party (from 23:00). 

Tickets to After Party also available – £5

"Top of the World on our Songlines March 2024 issue, the album is so great I am playing it on repeat for two days in a row to write this review"Russell Higham (Songlines Magazine)
"Probably the best contemporary Afrobeat album from a band based in Nigeria I have heard for the last 20 years"Dom Servini ( BBC6 / Jazz FM)
"Amazing authentic Afrobeat from Lagos that I’m honored to support"Dele Sosimi
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