The demand clearly caught someone off guard. DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small have been forced to release an additional 5,000 tickets for their Scorpion Kings Live show at FNB Stadium at September 19, 2026, after the original batch sold through faster than most people expected.
FNB Stadium holds around 90,000 people, so the fact that they needed a second release says a lot about where Amapiano sits right now as a live spectacle. This isn’t a small club night or a festival slot — this is two producers headlining one of the biggest venues on the African continent, on their own.
For fans who missed the first wave, the extra tickets are a lifeline, but they won’t last long either. The Scorpion Kings have built one of the most loyal followings in South African music, and their supporters have been vocal online about how quickly the initial tickets disappeared.
From Maphorisa’s side, this show represents something he’s been building toward for years. He came up as a producer behind some of the biggest hits in South African pop and house before Amapiano fully took over the mainstream, and a stadium headline feels like a natural landing point for that journey.
Kabza De Small brings a slightly different energy to the partnership. Known as the “King of Amapiano,” he’s been prolific in a way that’s hard to keep up with — dropping projects constantly while somehow maintaining quality control that keeps the fanbase engaged rather than fatigued.
Together, the two have a chemistry that translates well beyond the studio. Their live sets have a reputation for running long and pulling from a deep catalogue, which means a stadium show gives them the room to actually do the concept justice rather than cramming it into a festival time slot.
The extra ticket release also raises questions about the logistics of the event itself. Staging a show at FNB Stadium requires serious production infrastructure, and adding thousands more attendees this close to the date will put pressure on the organizers to make sure the experience holds up across the whole venue.
South African fans have had mixed experiences with large-scale local productions before, and there’s always a conversation about whether the sound, screens, and crowd management match the ambition of the event. The Scorpion Kings have enough goodwill built up that people are willing to give the benefit of the doubt, but expectations are high.
What’s hard to ignore is the broader cultural moment this represents for Amapiano. A genre that was still finding its footing internationally just a few years ago now has its two biggest names selling out a stadium in Johannesburg, with overflow demand on top of that.
Whether the 5,000 extra tickets sell through in hours or days will tell its own story. The clock is running.
