iROKING on US tour with Femi Kuti
Online platform is US tour’s official digital music partner
16 January 2013. iROKING, Africa’s number one digital music platform, today announces an exclusive partnership with one of the continent’s most revered recording artists, Femi Kuti, as he embarks on his latest tour of the USA: Femi Kuti and the Positive Force Tour.
To celebrate this new partnership, and to welcome Femi Kuti onto its digital platform, iROKING has compiled an exclusive playlist, now available on http://iroking.com/album/1338/positive-tour-2013.
The full track listing includes:
1) Truth Don die (album Shoki Shoki)
2) Beng Beng Beng (album Shoki Shoki)
3) Do Your Best (album Fight To Win)
4)'97 (album Fight To Win)
5) Traitors Of Africa (album Fight To Win)
6) Oyimbo (album Day By Day)
7) Day By Day (album Day By Day)
8) You Better Ask Yourself (album Day By Day)
9) Dem Bobo (album Africa for Africa)
10) Can't Buy me (album Africa for Africa)
Michael Ugwu, CEO of iROKING says: “Femi Kuti is an African icon and we are honoured, and very excited, to have his music on iROKING. He continues to push the boundaries and fly the flag for African music around the world. I urge everyone to go and see Femi Kuti on his US tour; if you think his songs sound good on the iROKING play list, imagine how intense and powerful they will be live”.
As part of this exclusive partnership, iROKING has competition tickets to give away for dates to the Femi Kuti & the Positive Force Tour. To be in with a chance of winning, Femi Kuti fans must answer the following question correctly and state clearly which tour date you would like to attend. More information can be found on the iROKING blog http://blog.iroking.com/ or click here to see full competition details.
What is the name of the Lagos club made famous by Fela Kuti and re-launched by Femi Kuti?
Two tickets are available for each tour date:
Solana Beach, CA
17 JAN
Los Angeles, CA
18 JAN
San Francisco, CA
19 JAN
Chicago, IL
21 JAN
Boston, MA
23 JAN
New York, NY
24 JAN
Philadelphia, PA
25 JAN
Washington, DC
26 JAN
Lyndon, VERMONT
27 JAN
iROKING is Africa’s number one music distribution platform, with over 35,000 tunes from 400 artists. The company also manages the YouTube channels of over 80 artists, delivering 15 million video views on average a month and over 130,000,000 views across its pages.
iROKING | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Blog
For information concerning iROKING please contact Global Communications Officer Jessica Hope – jessica.hope@irokopartners.com / 0044 203 176 2808
Notes to editors:
iROKING is Africa’s number one music streaming service. Launched in 2010, www.iroking.com has over 35,000 songs from over 400 of West Africa’s biggest recording artists, including international superstars such as Bez, 2Face and 2Shotz. iROKING is successfully re-organising Nigerian music distribution via iROKING.com, YouTube, iTUNES and Amazon. Since its inception, the iROKING team has grown the business to over 80 managed YouTube channels delivering 15 million video views on average a month and over 130,000,000 views across its artists’ pages.
In August 2012, iROKING announced that the music platform had registered 100,000 users and October 2012 saw the launch of a mobile site for iROKING, where registered users can listen to and download any of the 35,000 tracks on the site from their Feature phones.
FEMI KUTI is a Grammy-award winning and renowned Nigerian recording artist influenced by and playing Afrobeat – a blend of jazz, hip-hop, African rhythms, funk, soul and psychedelic rock. Winning a Grammy in 2010 for his album Africa to Africa, Femi continues to push the boundaries of music with distinctive, powerful lyrics and melodies and actively campaigns for social and political justice.
http://www.myspace.com/femikuti
http://www.femikuti.tv/
FEMI KUTI AND THE POSITIVE FORCE are currently touring the USA for 11 dates from 13 – 27 January 2013. The official airline partner is Arik Air, West Africa’s premier airline and proud supporter of both the European and US tours.
http://www.arikair.com/
Online platform is US tour’s official digital music partner
16 January 2013. iROKING, Africa’s number one digital music platform, today announces an exclusive partnership with one of the continent’s most revered recording artists, Femi Kuti, as he embarks on his latest tour of the USA: Femi Kuti and the Positive Force Tour.
To celebrate this new partnership, and to welcome Femi Kuti onto its digital platform, iROKING has compiled an exclusive playlist, now available on http://iroking.com/album/1338/positive-tour-2013.
The full track listing includes:
1) Truth Don die (album Shoki Shoki)
2) Beng Beng Beng (album Shoki Shoki)
3) Do Your Best (album Fight To Win)
4)'97 (album Fight To Win)
5) Traitors Of Africa (album Fight To Win)
6) Oyimbo (album Day By Day)
7) Day By Day (album Day By Day)
8) You Better Ask Yourself (album Day By Day)
9) Dem Bobo (album Africa for Africa)
10) Can't Buy me (album Africa for Africa)
Michael Ugwu, CEO of iROKING says: “Femi Kuti is an African icon and we are honoured, and very excited, to have his music on iROKING. He continues to push the boundaries and fly the flag for African music around the world. I urge everyone to go and see Femi Kuti on his US tour; if you think his songs sound good on the iROKING play list, imagine how intense and powerful they will be live”.
As part of this exclusive partnership, iROKING has competition tickets to give away for dates to the Femi Kuti & the Positive Force Tour. To be in with a chance of winning, Femi Kuti fans must answer the following question correctly and state clearly which tour date you would like to attend. More information can be found on the iROKING blog http://blog.iroking.com/ or click here to see full competition details.
What is the name of the Lagos club made famous by Fela Kuti and re-launched by Femi Kuti?
Two tickets are available for each tour date:
Solana Beach, CA
17 JAN
Los Angeles, CA
18 JAN
San Francisco, CA
19 JAN
Chicago, IL
21 JAN
Boston, MA
23 JAN
New York, NY
24 JAN
Philadelphia, PA
25 JAN
Washington, DC
26 JAN
Lyndon, VERMONT
27 JAN
iROKING is Africa’s number one music distribution platform, with over 35,000 tunes from 400 artists. The company also manages the YouTube channels of over 80 artists, delivering 15 million video views on average a month and over 130,000,000 views across its pages.
iROKING | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Blog
For information concerning iROKING please contact Global Communications Officer Jessica Hope – jessica.hope@irokopartners.com / 0044 203 176 2808
Notes to editors:
iROKING is Africa’s number one music streaming service. Launched in 2010, www.iroking.com has over 35,000 songs from over 400 of West Africa’s biggest recording artists, including international superstars such as Bez, 2Face and 2Shotz. iROKING is successfully re-organising Nigerian music distribution via iROKING.com, YouTube, iTUNES and Amazon. Since its inception, the iROKING team has grown the business to over 80 managed YouTube channels delivering 15 million video views on average a month and over 130,000,000 views across its artists’ pages.
In August 2012, iROKING announced that the music platform had registered 100,000 users and October 2012 saw the launch of a mobile site for iROKING, where registered users can listen to and download any of the 35,000 tracks on the site from their Feature phones.
FEMI KUTI is a Grammy-award winning and renowned Nigerian recording artist influenced by and playing Afrobeat – a blend of jazz, hip-hop, African rhythms, funk, soul and psychedelic rock. Winning a Grammy in 2010 for his album Africa to Africa, Femi continues to push the boundaries of music with distinctive, powerful lyrics and melodies and actively campaigns for social and political justice.
http://www.myspace.com/femikuti
http://www.femikuti.tv/
FEMI KUTI AND THE POSITIVE FORCE are currently touring the USA for 11 dates from 13 – 27 January 2013. The official airline partner is Arik Air, West Africa’s premier airline and proud supporter of both the European and US tours.
http://www.arikair.com/
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