{"id":20470,"date":"2023-05-03T15:42:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=20470"},"modified":"2024-07-30T11:16:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T10:16:59","slug":"kbs-alumna-tiwa-savage-to-perform-at-coronation-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2023\/05\/kbs-alumna-tiwa-savage-to-perform-at-coronation-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"KBS alumna Tiwa Savage to perform at Windsor Coronation Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Tiwa Savage, who studied Business Administration at Kent Business<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> School, will perform at the historical coronation of the British monarch, King Charles III.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The coronation concert and Big Lunch will take place on Sunday, May 7, 2023 and Tiwa will appear alongside other music stars including Steve Winwood, DJ Pete Tong, Lang Lang and Lucy, Paloma Faith, Take That and Olly Murs.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Speaking about the event, she said: \u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I look forward to joining the celebrations and bringing Afrobeats to Windsor Castle for the first time!\u2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tiwa <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">known as \u2018The Queen of Afrobeats\u2019 has produced four hit albums, 23 singles, and 10 music videos following her graduation from Kent.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='750' height='443' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LkIJjZlf31k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">She <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">was awarded an honorary doctorate at Kent for her incredible music career last July, delivering a music-injected speech at Canterbury Cathedral (see our clip above).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tiwa was\u202fthe first African woman to sell-out at the Indigo-02 and win the Best African Act at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The star has in excess of 56 million of views on YouTube for track, \u2018Somebody\u2019s Son (featuring Brandy)\u2019 and a staggering 16.7 million followers on Instagram.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">She is also an avid philanthropist, focusing on youth engagement organisations and breast cancer screening programmes in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Speaking to Kent Business School last year she said: \u2018<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Anytime I\u2019m in boardrooms, anytime I\u2019m looking at negotiating contracts. I use it (my degree) in every single aspect of my career.\u2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">To catch Tiwa and the other stars performing live at Windsor Castle, watch the full concert on BBC1, BBC2 and iPlayer.<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2022\/07\/from-accounting-to-afro-beats-the-incredible-journey-of-tiwa-savage\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read more about Tiwa\u2019s university life and music career<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiwa Savage, who studied Business Administration at Kent Business School, will perform at the historical coronation of the British monarch, King Charles III.\u00a0 The coronation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2023\/05\/kbs-alumna-tiwa-savage-to-perform-at-coronation-concert\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74553,"featured_media":20483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[177066,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20470"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20486,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20470\/revisions\/20486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}