Nigerian Afrobeat artist, Adedamola Adefolahan, popularly called Fireboy DML on Wednesday night broke down in tears after performing his single, Peru in Wembley Stadium, London,
Fireboy DML got emotional for sharing the stage with Grammy award winner, Ed Sheeran to perform their remixed hit song ‘Peru’, making the Nigerian artist the first Afrobeat artist to perform at Wembley Stadium.
The stadium has about 90,000 capacity and will have Ed Sheeran perform for five nights from 24 June to 1 July.
Fireboy released ‘Peru’ in July 2021 which hit the global waves and caught the attention of Ed Sheeran, who hopped on it for a remix.
Ed Sheeran has sometime in December 2021 said he found ‘Peru’ addictive as he announced he will be collaborating with Fireboy.
Following the announcement, the duo collaborated to release the remix of the Single, which draw the attention of the Peruvian government, who tweeted this.
“@peru PERU PARA, PERU PERU PARA!!! 🇵🇪🎶 Seems like @edsheeran and @fireboydml were inspired by our country to launch their newest hit? 👀😁 Have you already listened to it? It’s called “Peru”.”
Gaining much traction, and a global audience, Fireboy’s ‘Peru’ has become the first live performed Afrobeat song in Wesblem Stadium, leaving the Nigerian singer in tears.
Fireboy got emotional after becoming the first Afrobeats Artiste to perform at the iconic Wembley Stadium pic.twitter.com/qJyadjOzs0
— Cazorla Harbey #Citizen (@CazorlaHarbey) June 29, 2022
