Ne-Yo and Akon Announce 2026 Global Tour

Grammy-winning R&B artists Ne-Yo and Akon announced on Thursday their co-headlining Nights Like This 2026 Global Tour, a 57-city trek spanning Europe and North America that begins April 24 in Dublin, Ireland, and concludes August 21 in Inglewood, California.

The tour kicks off at Dublin's 3Arena and includes stops across the United Kingdom, such as Glasgow's OVO Hydro on April 28 and Birmingham's Utilita Arena on May 4. Additional European dates cover cities in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Poland, and Denmark through early May. The North American leg starts June 17 in Vancouver, Canada, with subsequent shows in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario, including Edmonton's Rogers Place on June 19, Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre on June 27, and Toronto's RBC Amphitheatre on July 31. The U.S. portion runs through July and August, visiting cities in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and California.

Ne-Yo, the 46-year-old Arkansas native known for his triple-Grammy-winning career, and Akon, a Senegalese-American...