Magic System play London's Coronet

Ivory Coast stars Magic System of 'Premier Gaou' fame to play first ever full live show this Easter Sunday at London's Coronet

Magic System is more than just a popular African group. Magic System is a phenomenon and what made them a phenomenon is 'Premier Gaou', the first African song, after Mory Kanté's 1987 smash hit 'Yéké Yéké', that truly exploded in Europe and all over the African continent. Now for the first time Ivorian supergroup Magic System will bring their Zouglou sounds to the UK with a full live band.

Support comes from Franck Akyl from the Democratic Republic of Congo who together with his band Nostra Musica will perform contemporary Congolese Soukous music and Pit'a Mbongo, a Makossa act from Cameroon. DJs on the night are BBC 1Xtra's DJ Edu from Kenya who plays music from all over the continent, Ivorian DJ Agbadou who specialises in Coupé Décalé, Zouglou and Ramer Ramer, and DJ Metro from Sierra Leone.

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