Afrobeat virtuoso Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 will be performing at Coachella 2025 next April 11th and 18th. The festival will be held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California and Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 appear on the lineup alongside headliner Lady Gaga, Missy Elliott, Benson Boone, The Marias, Lisa, The Prodigy and many more. Ticket pre-sale starts on Friday, November 22nd at 11AM PT. Currently, on tour across Europe, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 will present at the festival their new album ‘Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)’, released worldwide last October 4th via independent Milan-based label Record Kicks.
Executive produced by legendary musician Lenny Kravitz and Fela Kuti’s original engineer Sodi Marciszewer (artistic producer), ‘Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)’ has been highly acclaimed since its release by outlets such as The Guardian, Le Monde, Mojo Magazine, Uncut, Financial Times and Rolling Stone Africa with many calling it “his greatest and most powerful album yet”.
Seun Kuti is renowned for his captivating performances and socially conscious music. He is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and he has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy as the leader of his father’s former band Egypt 80. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. In 1997 when Fela passed, in fulfilment of his father’s wishes, Seun assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80 and he has run it ever since. During his career, Seun Kuti released 5 albums with Egypt 80 and collaborated with many great artists such as MC extraordinaire Black Thought, Janelle Monae, Talib Kweli, MadLib and Damian Marley. His latest album is ‘Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)’ and it has been praised by the critics and public alike.