GrandWest Grand Arena · Cape Town
The meteoric rise of the multi-award-winning musician Dave has been characterised by a series of boundary-breaking moments in his career. From becoming the youngest recipient of an Ivor Novello award in 2017, to earning the first No.1 by a sole writer and producer in 8 years in 2022 with 'Starlight.' Dave has continuously redefined what it means to be both a British rapper and a contemporary musician today.
On 24 October 2025, Dave released his third studio album The Boy Who Played the Harp to critical acclaim. With Dave's previous albums both reaching No.1, alongside four No.1 singles to date ('Funky Friday', 'Starlight', 'Sprinter' and now 'Raindance' taken from TBWPTH), the 27-year-old has forged his own lane, where "better" is subjective and excellence is a pre-requisite for a starting point and every bar, rhyme, verse and chorus he constructs occupies its own place in his very own pantheon and a standard that has remained since his early YouTube freestyles at 16.
Few artists can harness that early promise and deliver upon expectations with their debut body of work as Dave did in 2019 with Psychodrama (578,942 UK Albums sold), hitting that rare combination of critically acclaim