Burna Boy US Tour Collapse: Fans Fight Back, Shows Cancelled, Venues Empty
By: Abudu Olalekan
E just start like small play, but now the whole thing don scatter. Burna Boy enter America with chest, No Sign Of Weakness tour, Grammy holder, African Giant, Odogwu things. But two weeks inside, the giant don dey wobble. Fans dey vex. Venues dey empty. Two shows don die complete. And the streets no dey forgive am again.
First wahala land for Red Rocks, Colorado, November 12. One woman, Chaltu Jateny, siddon front row, eyes close small. She no dey sleep because she hate the music o. No. The babe just lost her baby daddy, she dey grief, she use her own money buy ticket say make she come forget sorrow small. Burna see am, pause show, point hand: “Carry this one comot!” Security drag the woman comot like thief. Everywhere scatter online.
Chaltu later cry for X: “I been mentally, physically, emotionally drained… I come your show to smile small, you come disgrace me.” That video pain everybody. Even Eminem enter the matter: “Yo, this is not cool.”
From there, the curse begin follow am.
Houston show, November 22. Camera catch another woman sleeping peacefully while Burna dey sweat for stage. Empty seats full everywhere. The hall wey suppose shake just dey look like village meeting wey food no reach. People begin drag that old live wey Burna talk: “Did I beg una to be my fans? I dey find fans wey get money.” Now the same mouth wey talk that one dey look for who go come show.
Ryan Garcia tell N3on for stream: “Burna Boy shows don empty because of him attitude. No people, no superstar. Life fit humble person quick quick.”
Then the final blow land. Two big shows wey suppose hold November 28 and December 1—cancelled sharp sharp. No explanation, just silent. Fans wey don pay hotel, flight, everything, just dey shout for comment section.
Nigerians for house come dey talk truth wey dey pain.
@korede_lagos write: “E work for Nigeria because here nobody get shame, but abroad? Dem hold their dignity die. You no fit try that rubbish there.”
@OmoAkin add: “At this point make Burna just drop apology video sharp sharp. This kind downfall when you dey sell out stadium na dangerous thing. One wrong move, him career fit never stand again.”
Even one TikToker @Wontonamera nearly cry: “We Nigerians suppose get self-respect. Him for perform to empty hall make him learn. Houston people show am say dem get liver. Anytime him perform for us, na disrespect sure for us.”
But some people still dey hold am small. One guy write long note say: “I don dey warn this boy since, but the truth be say him too important to Afrobeats. Him carry millions of our dreams for head. Him be the real ‘Afrobeats to the world’ soldier. Make him just swallow pride, apologise, respect him fans, everything go still rise again.”
Right now, Burna never talk since the whole wahala start. No post, no story, no apology, nothing. Silence loud pass thunder.
But the streets don talk finish: Odogwu, time to bend small. The crown wey you carry too heavy make you dey fall hand. Your real fans no be only the ones wey get money—them be the ones wey use their last card buy ticket to come cry and heal with your music.
If you no fit respect that kind pain, then maybe the weakness wey you say no dey show don dey show already.
