Support act Citizen Cope cancelled:

"We are so sorry to all of those who were looking forward to the shows on the Ayo tour that Citizen Cope had to cancel:

Hopefully, he will be able to play for the fans in all those wonderful cities soon."

Ayo

Since the release of her first album ‘Joyful’ in 2006 (featuring the very famous ‘Down On My Knees’), Ayo has imposed her style in the musical world. Her folk soul compositions, with their unique sound, are influenced by a (very) wide range of artists, from Donny Hathaway to Bob Marley.

At a crossroads, she was born to a Nigerian father and a Gipsy mother, grew up in Cologne and later headed to New York, London and Paris.

After having won people’s hearts worldwide and sold more than 1.5 million albums, she went to New York to record her fourth album. There she met again the producer of her first disc, Jay Newland (Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder…). Ayo is mainly a live artist, which explains why she recorded her new songs in just a few days, surrounded by some of the best American musicians (Larry Campbell, Ira Coleman, Charles Haynes, Katie Kresek…). For this opus, she comes back to basics, to the essence of her style: both sweet and powerful, folk and soul, with a light touch of acoustic rap.

Ayo’s new album "Ticket to the World" has just been released by Motown France/Universal (October 7). It gives the point of view of one of the most committed world citizens, a new timeless tribute to the artist’s roots.

“Fire” is the first single of this new album !