The Grammy-winning voice of popiano, Tyla brings The A*POP World Tour to O2 Academy Brixton behind her second album.
Tyla, whose “Water” won the first Grammy for Best African Music Performance, brings The A*POP World Tour to O2 Academy Brixton on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October 2026.
Born Tyla Laura Seethal in Johannesburg in 2002, she signed to a major label at 19. “Water” put a South African solo artist on the American singles chart for the first time in 55 years. She won that Grammy at 22.
Her sound is amapiano crossed with pop: the log-drum bass and shuffling percussion of the South African style under melodies built for radio. The name that stuck for it is popiano.
The self-titled debut followed in 2024, and an EP, WWP, in 2025. She is the youngest African artist to have won a Grammy, and now holds two.
A*POP is her second album, and the tour carries its name. Its single “Chanel” reached the top 20 of the Billboard Global 200.
In Brixton she plays two nights in a room that holds under 5,000, small for an artist with two Grammys.