American singer and songwriter John Legend was among the prominent figures who graced the Global Citizen’s Move Afrika tour in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday, February 25.
The event hosted by popular media personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu also featured performances from Simi and DJ Consequence.
However, John Legend’s unexpected visit to Lagos, Nigeria alongside his wife and model Chrissy Teigen was the highlight of the event as he gave the sold-out Lagos show an incredible headline performance.
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John Legend performed some of his hits, including ‘Ordinary People’, ‘PDA’, ‘Green Light’, ‘All of Me’ and ‘Refuge’ and was also joined on stage by Simi.
“It’s been too long, I’ve missed you all,”
John Legend said;
“We’re thankful to Global Citizen and Move Afrika for bringing us back here. We belong together, Lagos. I’m so happy we’re together tonight.”
According to Hugh Evans, Co-Founder & CEO of Global Citizen, the 2025 Move Afrika tour is a major step in the direction of establishing the pan-continental music touring circuit that both international and local artists will leverage for years to come.
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Watch clips from John Legend’s performance in Lagos below:
See another video from the Global Citizen’s Move Afrika tour in Lagos before John Legend’s performance:
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It was a musical and charity event which had Aya Nakamura, Jose Alvaro Balvin, aka J Balvin, Katy Perry, Jung Ho-seok, aka J-Hope, and Gautier Capuçon, among others, in attendance.
Reactions trail John Legend’s visit to Nigeria
Several Nigerians took to social media to express their surprise about the legendary singer’s unexpected visit to Nigeria. Legit.ng captured some of the reactions, read them below:
@Toriaforall:
“What do yo mean by John Legend was in Nigeria As in Lagos.”
@imousemen:
“Was John Legend in Nigeria?”
@Feyisparkles:
“John legend is coming to Nigeria and will be performing. Tix prices want to take my life.”
@BoyOfficial9:
“John Legend doing in his thing in the motherland Lagos Nigeria.”
@miss_lorlai:
“A night was had. Thank you John legend don’t stay away from Lagos for so long again. It was electric.”
@benoneillguitar:
“So thankful for this experience. Thanks, John!”
@derick_castor:
“@davethomasstyle really deserves a permanent contract. He really knows very well his job 👏 love from Rwanda 🇷🇼.”
@ugomozie:
“What a moment. So grateful to you and @davethomasstyle for including Us.”
@adedapo.adeniyi.pianist:
“It was a great honour to have tuned your Piano, @johnlegend. Thank you for your trust, and for a monumental show!”
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