Asake Brings M$NEY to Life: Historic Spotify Concert at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The first full live performance of Asake’s chart-topping album M$NEY turned London’s historic Theatre Royal Drury Lane into a night of gratitude, growth, and pure Afrobeats magic — now streaming exclusively on Spotify.

Here is the perfectly formatted text for your Admin News textarea.

I’ve spaced out the paragraphs with double line breaks (which is how the system separates them) and used the new Markdown link syntax for the Spotify link so it becomes clickable.

Just copy and paste the block below into your Admin panel:

```text On a Sunday night in late June, Asake made history.

Inside London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane — one of the UK’s most prestigious and heritage-rich venues — the two-time Grammy-nominated star delivered the first-ever full live performance of his latest album M$NEY. The one-night-only show, presented in partnership with Spotify, was an intimate, invite-only affair for friends, family, and some of his most dedicated top listeners on the platform. Nearly 2,000 people filled the historic theatre for a night that felt both exclusive and deeply personal.

Backed by a full live orchestra of more than 40 musicians, a 40-person choir, and renowned live band The Compozers, Asake brought the entire M$NEY project to the stage for the first time since its May 2026 release. Tracks that had dominated streaming charts across Nigeria and beyond — including standouts like “Gratitude,” “Forgiveness,” “Worship,” “MCBH,” “Wa,” and “Why Love” — took on new life with strings, horns, and collective energy filling the room.

What made the night even more special was the debut of several unreleased tracks. Songs such as “Kings Intro,” “Psycho,” “Ako,” “Ego,” and “Bad Boy” gave the audience an exclusive preview of whatever comes next in Asake’s evolving sound. The performance wasn’t just a run-through of the album; it was a living, breathing extension of it.

Asake later reflected on the experience: “Being able to bring the journey I went on creating the album to life on stage for the first time… was amazing. I like intimate shows. I can see how people feel more.” He described the night as a reflection of everything M$NEY represents — gratitude, growth, and his spiritual and creative journey.

The entire show was professionally filmed (directed by Becky Garner) and has now been released exclusively on Spotify as both a full concert film and the audio live album M$NEY Live in London (Spotify Live).

Listen now on Spotify

It marks Spotify’s first full-length live album performance film, further cementing Asake’s status as a global trailblazer. He also became the first Afrobeats artist to headline a venue of Theatre Royal Drury Lane’s stature and heritage.

M$NEY itself has been a commercial and cultural force — topping charts in over 19 countries, peaking at No. 8 in the United States, and reinforcing Asake’s position as one of the most streamed and influential African artists in the world. The London night felt like the perfect bridge between the studio version of the album and the larger stages that await him later this year.

For fans who couldn’t be in the room that night, the Spotify concert film and live album offer a front-row seat to a defining moment. For those who were there, it was something rarer: an intimate celebration of an artist at the height of his powers, still connected to the streets and still expanding the sound of Afrobeats on a global stage.

Keep it locked to NXWAVE for more on the new wave. M$NEY Live in London is streaming now — exclusively on Spotify. ```