Olamide is headed to London’s 20,000-capacity O2 Arena on March 25, 2027, becoming the 6th Nigerian act to headline it. Here’s the full gist and why it matters.
Baddo is going back to London, and this time he’s not thinking small.
Olamide has announced a headline show at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena on March 25, 2027. That makes him the sixth Nigerian artist to headline the venue, after Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Asake and Rema. Not bad company, right?
He teased it on Instagram first, then shared a video of himself painting the date on a wall. Yes, painting. Olamide has been showing a different side of himself through art lately, and he found a way to bring it into the news. Very Baddo.
In November 2025, he sold out the Wembley Arena in London. It was his first headline show in the city since 2016, so nine years had passed. Fans were so eager that the ticket website crashed minutes after sales opened.
The show itself reportedly went down well. He brought out Asake, Young Jonn, Seyi Vibez, Lil Kesh, Pheelz and other guests, and people left talking about the nostalgia and his stage presence.
Here’s the part that stands out. Wembley Arena holds about 12,000 people. The O2 holds 20,000. That’s a big jump, and he’s going for it a little over a year later.
For many fans, this feels long overdue. Olamide has spent years backing other artists, and Asake, one of his own YBNL protégés, has already headlined the O2. Now the man behind the movement gets his turn on the same stage.
The O2 has also become a symbol of Afrobeats’ global rise and the part the Nigerian diaspora plays in it. Seeing Olamide there says a lot about his place in Nigerian pop history.
March is still a few months away, but the buzz has already started. Wembley was the warm-up, and the O2 is the real test. Going by how the last one went, London fans might want to move fast when tickets drop.
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