Fireboy: Nigerian music industry doesn’t have structure

Nigerian singer, Adedamola Adefolahan, professionally known as Fireboy DML, has said Nigerian music lacks structure. This is as he narrated why Nigerian artistes rarely tour the country despite selling out arenas worldwide. According to him, Nigerian music is “perfect”, but there is no structure, which makes it difficult to tour the country. In a recent […]

Nigerian singer, Adedamola Adefolahan, professionally known as Fireboy DML, has said Nigerian music lacks structure.

This is as he narrated why Nigerian artistes rarely tour the country despite selling out arenas worldwide.

According to him, Nigerian music is “perfect”, but there is no structure, which makes it difficult to tour the country.

In a recent interview with Cool FM Nigeria, Lagos, hosted by Kayode Oladotun, popularly known as Do2dtun, the singer said: “Everyone is saying ‘Afrobeats to the world.’ The music is perfect. But there is no structure.

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“Foreign fans are listening to our music but when are they going to come to Lagos and watch us perform? When are we going have arenas in Lagos where we can bring people from all around the world? Structure will make everything just easier.”

On whether he thought Nigerian fans could afford to pay for arena shows, he said, “Yeah, they will. We already are. We just need to give people the incentive to pay. If you build a proper arena in Lagos, people would want to pay (gate fees) because they know that they are safe.”

Daily Trust reports that Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade are among Nigerian artistes who have sold out concerts abroad.