Akon to play Bristol show
Posted on: 02 Aug 2017The serial collaborator and noughties r’n’b sensation will return to Bristol for one night at the O2 Academy on the 4th November, as part of a wider UK tour.
Nostalgia, it appears, will never go out of fashion in Bristol. Whether you’re after a nineties-themed trip down memory lane or something from the subsequent decade, the next couple of months in the city won’t disappoint. Last week it was announced that Vanilla Ice, Salt N Pepa, Coolio and many others would be appearing as part of the ‘I Love the 90s’ tour, and while the noughties lacks such a concentrated elegy, the bookings of R Kelly and Ne-Yo will provide more than enough to compete.
Another in the latter mould is Akon, the smooth-voiced r’n’b crooner who ascended to superstardom with a series of 12A hits like ‘I Wanna Love You’, ‘Smack That’ and ‘Don’t Matter’. These earned him collaborations with the likes of David Guetta and Snoop Dogg, and a place in the big leagues.
And, after fading somewhat into obscurity after 2008’s Freedom, he is back on the scene and back in Bristol for a night at the O2 Academy with the Konvict Kartel on Saturday 4th November.
Tickets go on sale soon, for more information click here.
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An ardent Geordie minus the accent, Sam seemingly strove to get as far away from the Toon as possible, as soon as university beckoned. Three undergraduate years at UoB were more than ample time for Bristol (as it inevitably does) to get under his skin, and so here he remains: reporting, as Assistant Editor, on the cultural happenings which so infatuated him with the city. Catch him at sam@365bristol.com.
