One day after becoming the first Afrobeats artist to headline an NFL International Game halftime show, Ayra Starr said where she’s going next: 20 cities across Europe and North America in early 2027. The FADER and uDiscover Music have the routing.
The Starrgirl World Tour opens Jan. 20 at Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany, and moves through Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Zurich and Brussels before the European leg ends at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Feb. 2, her only U.K. stop. North America starts March 18 at House of Blues in Houston and finishes April 14 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. General sales start Friday (Oct. 16).
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Before any of that, she will close out 2026 with what The FADER calls “a special return to Africa.” Details are still to come.
The tour supports Starrgirl, her album out Aug. 14 on Mavin and Republic Records. It debuted at No. 2 on Spotify’s global albums chart and No. 1 on Apple Music’s album chart in 15 countries, per uDiscover. The video for “Heaven Baby,” with ZAYN, arrived Oct. 5 and quickly passed 40 million global streams, and the song reached No. 1 on Shazam’s Global Viral chart within a week, according to The FADER. Watch it below.
It follows her NFL halftime show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, a milestone for Afrobeats, with Burna Boy due to take the next one in Paris. Starr has two Grammy nominations, collaborations with Wizkid, Stormzy, Rema and Coldplay, and a co-sign from Rihanna, The FADER notes.
She has described Starrgirl as a change of posture. “I’ve been moving from the point of view of I have to be,” she told The FADER. “With Starrgirl, it’s just like, I am.”
The dates
Europe and U.K.: Jan. 20, Cologne (Live Music Hall); Jan. 21, Amsterdam (Melkweg); Jan. 24, Paris (Zénith Paris); Jan. 27, Milan (Fabrique); Jan. 29, Zurich (X-TRA); Jan. 31, Brussels (Forest National); Feb. 2, London (Shepherd’s Bush Empire).
North America: March 18, Houston (House of Blues); March 19, Dallas (House of Blues); March 21, Atlanta (Tabernacle); March 24, Silver Spring, Md. (The Fillmore Silver Spring); March 25, Boston (Big Night Live); March 26, Philadelphia (Brooklyn Bowl); March 28, Brooklyn (Brooklyn Paramount); March 29, Toronto (History); March 30, Montreal (MTELUS); April 1, Chicago (Park West); April 2, Minneapolis (The Fillmore Minneapolis); April 5, Denver (Summit Music Hall); April 14, San Francisco (The Fillmore).
