Tyla has confirmed the latest details of her highly anticipated A*POP World Tour, with the global superstar set to take her sophomore album around Europe, the United Kingdom and North America before bringing the tour home to South Africa.
The tour is scheduled to begin in Paris on 12 October 2026, followed by dates across Europe and the UK. Among the confirmed stops are London on 15 and 16 October, while the North American leg includes a Brooklyn show on 28 November. Tyla will then head to South Africa for performances in Cape Town on 4 January 2027 and Johannesburg on 9 January, bringing the tour to a close.
The South African dates will mark the final shows of the tour and give local fans an opportunity to see the Grammy-winning singer perform songs from APOP*, her second studio album, which was released in July.
The announcement has generated plenty of excitement among Tyla’s supporters, particularly those who have been waiting to see the singer bring her new material to the stage. However, the tour routing has also sparked disappointment among fans in other parts of Africa and in Brazil, who had hoped to see the singer perform in their cities.
The African leg initially included Lagos, Nigeria, alongside Cape Town and Johannesburg. However, the Lagos date was removed from the itinerary in July following calls on social media for a boycott of the concert. Reports linked the backlash to anger over xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa. No official reason was given for the removal of the Lagos date.
The controversy has continued to fuel discussion around Tyla’s decision to tour only South African cities on the continent. Some African social media users have connected the limited routing to South Africa’s ongoing tensions surrounding immigration and anti-migrant protests. Those comments remain social-media speculation, rather than a confirmed explanation from Tyla or her team.
The issue also comes amid broader diplomatic tensions between South Africa and Nigeria. Reuters reported this month that Nigeria’s parliament suspended official visits and legislative participation in South Africa over concerns about anti-migrant violence targeting Nigerians and other African nationals.
Despite the debate surrounding the African leg, Tyla’s international schedule remains packed, with the A*POP World Tour taking her through multiple major music markets before she returns home.
For South African fans, the tour’s final two dates will offer a homecoming moment for one of the country’s biggest global pop exports, while fans elsewhere continue to hope that additional African dates could eventually be announced.
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