Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake returned to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on August 22 for his In God We Trust World Tour, with South African amapiano DJ Uncle Waffles joining the lineup as the tour continues across North America.
TORONTO, Canada — August 24, 2026 — Nigerian singer Asake has returned to one of Canada’s biggest concert stages, performing at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as part of his ongoing In God We Trust World Tour.
The August 22 show brought the Afrobeats star back to the downtown Toronto arena more than two years after he previously performed at the venue in April 2024.
The official Scotiabank Arena event listing confirms that Asake’s 2026 Toronto concert took place on Saturday, August 22, with the show scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
This time, the Nigerian hitmaker was joined on the bill by South African amapiano star Uncle Waffles, giving the concert a strong cross-African dimension.
Live Nation’s official event page lists both Asake and Uncle Waffles for the Toronto date, while Ticketmaster Canada also names the pair in the event lineup.
Asake returns to Scotiabank Arena two years later
The 2026 appearance was not Asake’s first performance at Scotiabank Arena.
Toronto publication NEXT Magazine listed Asake’s April 12, 2024 show at the arena as his first Canadian arena concert.
Ticketmaster’s archived Asake audience reviews also include multiple reviews from fans who attended his April 2024 Scotiabank Arena appearance.
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Asake Returns to Toronto With Uncle Waffles on World Tour
Aug 24, 2026
Aug 24, 2026
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Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake returned to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on August 22 for his In God We Trust World Tour, with South African amapiano DJ Uncle Waffles joining the lineup as the tour continues across North America.
TORONTO, Canada — August 24, 2026 — Nigerian singer Asake has returned to one of Canada’s biggest concert stages, performing at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena as part of his ongoing In God We Trust World Tour.
The August 22 show brought the Afrobeats star back to the downtown Toronto arena more than two years after he previously performed at the venue in April 2024.
The official Scotiabank Arena event listing confirms that Asake’s 2026 Toronto concert took place on Saturday, August 22, with the show scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.
This time, the Nigerian hitmaker was joined on the bill by South African amapiano star Uncle Waffles, giving the concert a strong cross-African dimension.
Live Nation’s official event page lists both Asake and Uncle Waffles for the Toronto date, while Ticketmaster Canada also names the pair in the event lineup.
Asake returns to Scotiabank Arena two years later
The 2026 appearance was not Asake’s first performance at Scotiabank Arena.
Toronto publication NEXT Magazine listed Asake’s April 12, 2024 show at the arena as his first Canadian arena concert.
Ticketmaster’s archived Asake audience reviews also include multiple reviews from fans who attended his April 2024 Scotiabank Arena appearance.
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His return in 2026 therefore marks another major Toronto stop in a touring career that has increasingly placed the Nigerian artist in large international venues.
Rather than treating the latest concert simply as another overseas performance, the return highlights how Toronto has become an important city in Asake’s international touring schedule.
Uncle Waffles brings amapiano into the arena run
Uncle Waffles’ involvement also gives the tour a wider African entertainment story.
The Eswatini-born, South Africa-based DJ has become one of amapiano’s most internationally visible performers, and her participation connects two of Africa’s biggest contemporary music movements on the same North American tour.
Her appearance with Asake is not limited to Toronto.
According to Live Nation’s official Uncle Waffles tour schedule, she is also listed on Asake’s In God We Trust World Tour dates in Laval, Brooklyn, Boston, Columbia, Atlanta and Miami.
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That makes the pairing more than a one-night guest appearance and gives the tour a broader Afrobeats-meets-amapiano identity.
Large Toronto crowd, but no verified attendance figure
A News Agency of Nigeria report published on August 24 described Asake as performing before a large audience at Scotiabank Arena.
The report, republished by Business Times Nigeria, said videos from the concert showed fans singing along and recording parts of the performance on their phones.
However, no reliable official attendance figure has been published for the August 22 show.
Scotiabank Arena is capable of hosting close to 20,000 people for some concert configurations, but venue capacity should not be treated as the number of people who actually attended Asake’s concert.
There is also no verified box-office information currently confirming that the Toronto date sold out.
In God We Trust World Tour continues across North America
The Toronto performance forms part of a wider North American run for Asake.
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Live Nation’s official Asake tour schedule lists stops including Chicago, Toronto and Laval, followed by upcoming performances at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on August 26, Agganis Arena in Boston on August 27, Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on August 28, State Farm Arena in Atlanta on August 30 and James L. Knight Center in Miami on September 2.
Several of those dates also include Uncle Waffles.
The run illustrates how African artists are increasingly building tours that move through major North American venues rather than relying only on one-off festival appearances or smaller club dates.
For Asake, the Toronto return is another marker of his continued international touring presence.
For Uncle Waffles, appearing across multiple dates alongside one of Afrobeats’ most recognisable stars extends amapiano’s visibility to audiences across Canada and the United States.
Together, their In God We Trust World Tour appearances offer a clear example of how Nigerian Afrobeats and Southern African amapiano are increasingly sharing the same global stages.
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