Black Coffee brought his orchestral show to Britain for the first time, playing a three-hour set with a 12-piece orchestra on a 360-degree stage.
Black Coffee, the Grammy-winning South African DJ and producer, played Live with Orchestra at The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 22 May 2026. It was the first time he had staged his orchestral show in Britain.
Black Coffee is Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo, born in Umlazi in 1976. He began his career in 1994, and the Red Bull Music Academy brought him wider notice in 2004. He went on to found the label Soulistic Music.
His 2021 album Subconsciously, with Pharrell Williams, Usher and David Guetta among its guests, won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album. He has held a long residency at Hï Ibiza and has played Coachella and Tomorrowland.
He made his orchestral debut at Madison Square Garden in 2023. At The O2 he played a three-hour extended set with a 12-piece orchestra, in the round on a 360-degree stage.
The night followed his two sold-out headline shows at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich the summer before. It was billed as his biggest UK performance to date.
Scorpion Kings, the amapiano duo of DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small, joined him as special guests.