Tyla cancels Nigeria tour date as tensions with South Africa rise
The singer quietly removed a Lagos performance from her just-announced A*POP World Tour as tensions flare over anti-migrant demonstrations in her native South Africa
News By Tochi Louis | 4 August 2026
South African star Tyla has removed the Lagos stop from the itinerary of her forthcoming A*POP World Tour as relations between Nigeria and the singer’s native country sour over anti-migrant demonstrations and repatriation efforts in the southern nation.
Neither Tyla nor her management has publicly explained the decision after the Lagos disappeared from the official schedule just days after it was first announced, and no official statement has linked the change to the recent diplomatic tensions between Nigeria…
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