London-based Nigerian vocalist Obongjayar, who is releasing a deluxe edition of his acclaimed album PARADISE NOW next month, has announced an Australian tour to complement several festival appearances in early 2026.
The tour will kick off at Sydney’s Metro Theatre on March 3rd, following his set at New Zealand’s Electric Avenue Festival the previous week.
He will then make his way to Brisbane’s Princess Theatre and Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre, before playing at Meredith’s Golden Plains Festival on March 7th and WOMADelaide on March 8th.
The tour is in support of his album PARADISE NOW, with a deluxe edition, PARADISE NOW & FOREVER, due out on November 20th. The album brings together a kaleidoscope of influences, including soul and Afrobeat to spoken word and alternative pop.
The deluxe will include four new tracks that expand the album’s sonic landscape, including the new single “GIVE ME MORE”. The track is a sunlit anthem of desire and drive, buoyed by crisp acoustic strumming and an insistent hook. Its joyous and uplifting tone brings a hopeful edge to Obongjayar’s emotionally open and vulnerable lyrics, to capture the feeling of laying your heart at the feet of a lover.
Obongjayar has been on the radars of keen-eyed soul and Afrobeat fans since 2016’s Home EP laid a first introduction. Since then, his evolution has played out vividly, with the artist navigating his ‘20s through the music, providing listeners with a beautifully fleshed out world of sonics that have drawn acclaim from industry and a growing global fan community alike. In 2022, he released his debut album, Some Nights I Dream of Doors, which won him an Ivor Novello Award.
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2025 has been a big year for Obongjayar, with the release of PARADISE NOW, an appearance on the Graham Norton Show with Little Simz, various tours, and the ongoing success of his feature on Fred again..’s “adore u”.
In November, Obongjayar will take to stages across the UK and Europe for a string of shows in Berlin, Cologne, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and London, where he will play the O2 Kentish Town Forum — his largest London show to date.
Tickets to his Australian shows go on sale from 10am, Wednesday, November 5th. Presale will run from 10am, Monday, November 3rd — sign up here.
OBONGJAYAR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 2026
Friday, February 27th
Electric Avenue Festival, Ōtautahi/Christchurch NZ
Tuesday, March 3rd
Metro Theatre, Eora/Sydney NSW
Wednesday, March 4th
Princess Theatre, Meanjin/Brisbane QLD
Friday, March 6th
Northcote Theatre, Naarm/Melbourne VIC
Saturday, March 7th
Golden Plains Festival, Wadawurrung Land/Meredith VIC
Sunday, March 8th
WOMADelaide, Tarntanya/Adelaide SA
