South African Grammy-winning singer Tyla has removed Lagos from the schedule of her APOP World Tour, days after her planned December 22 concert in Nigeria sparked calls for a boycott.
A check of the singer’s official tour website on Friday showed that the Lagos stop, which had previously been scheduled for December 22, was no longer listed on the tour itinerary.
The updated schedule retains the previously announced dates across Europe, North America and South Africa but no longer includes a performance in Nigeria.
On Monday Tyla unveiled the APOP World Tour, with Lagos listed as the only Nigerian stop before the tour concluded with performances in Cape Town on January 4 and Johannesburg on January 9.
The announcement sparked heated reactions on social media, with some Nigerians urging a boycott of the concert in protest against the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
Some social media users argued that no South African artiste should perform in Nigeria while reports of attacks on Nigerians continued, while others maintained that musicians should not be held responsible for political or social issues.
The removal of Lagos from the tour schedule comes amid renewed concerns over the treatment of Nigerians in South Africa following reports of alleged xenophobic attacks and the death of Nigerian nationals, including one Chika Ibe in Cape Town.
As of the time of filing this report, neither Tyla nor her management had publicly explained why the Lagos concert was removed from the tour schedule.
Neither had the concert promoters announced a cancellation or postponement of the show.
