Burna Boy announced for UEFA Champion’s League kick-off show

nme.com:

Burna Boy has been announced to co-headline this year’s UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show by Pepsi.The Nigerian Afrobeats star will perform at the sporting final on June 10 at Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium, alongside another soon-to-be-announced “global sensation”, according to a press release.“As a huge football fan myself, I know it doesn’t get any bigger than the UEFA Champions League!” Burna Boy said in a statement.“That’s why I’m so excited to be performing on the Pepsi MAX stage at this year’s final.

Music and football are the ultimate combination, so you already know I’ll be bringing the vibes and making magic in Istanbul.

The world ain’t ready for what we have in store!”Gustavo Reyna, Pepsi MAX’s senior director of global marketing, said: “The UEFA Champions League Final is the stand-out date of the club football calendar, and Pepsi MAX prides itself on marking the occasion with the very best entertainment spectacles.“The newly named ‘Kick Off Show by Pepsi’ is going to be huge this year; we’re so excited to welcome Burna Boy, one of the world’s most exciting artists, to the Pepsi x UEFA Champions League stage and we can’t wait to see which fans are selected to feature as part of this truly unmissable performance.

Stay tuned to find out who is co-headlining alongside Burna Boy in the weeks to come!”UEFA marketing director, Guy-Laurent Epstein, added: “The UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show is a significant part of our joint efforts with Pepsi MAX, providing an incredible opportunity to reach new and younger audiences with some of the biggest names and rising stars in music.