Ayra Starr's 20-City Starrgirl World Tour Goes on General Sale Today; Houston Opens North America, San Francisco Closes
Los Angeles — Tickets for Nigerian singer Ayra Starr's Starrgirl World Tour went on general sale at 10 a.m. local time on October 16 through Live Nation. The 20-city tour, promoted by Live Nation in support of her third studio album, Starrgirl, covers Europe, the United Kingdom and North America, following presales held on October 13 and 14.
The European and UK leg has seven dates: it opens on January 20, 2027, at Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany, followed by Amsterdam on January 21, Paris on January 24, Milan on January 27, Zurich on January 29 and Brussels on January 31, closing on February 2 at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. The North American leg runs 13 shows, opening March 18 at House of Blues in Houston, Texas, then Dallas on March 19, Atlanta on March 21, Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 24, Boston on March 25, Philadelphia on March 26, Brooklyn, New York, on March 28, Toronto on March 29, Montreal on March 30, Chicago on April 1, Minneapolis on April 2 and Denver on April 5, and ending April 14 at The Fillmore in San Francisco.
The tour was announced on October 12, a day after Starr performed the halftime show at the NFL International Game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, where the Philadelphia Eagles played the Jacksonville Jaguars. She performed Heaven Baby, Rush and Hot Body, becoming the first African artist to headline the halftime show at an NFL international game. Starrgirl was released on August 14 through Mavin Records and Republic Records with 16 tracks and collaborations including ZAYN, Leon Thomas and Wizkid. According to Live Nation figures, the album drew 3.9 million streams on its first full day; Starr's catalogue has passed seven billion global streams and one billion YouTube views, and she has twice been nominated for the Grammy for Best African Music Performance.
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Photo: 艾拉·斯塔尔演出现场，Tomisin Afolabi 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons / Ayra Starr performing live, photo by Tomisin Afolabi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
