The event will be held in Manchester's Co-op Live in 2026 and 2027.
The concert followed the release of Fender's third LP People Watching in February.
Botswana’s Amantle Brown & London-based LULU were also on the bill as The Stage came to SXSW London for the first time on Thursday night.
Tems accepts the Diamond award from Yati Khumalo at Global Power Players 2025 Penske Media Corporation (which also owns Billboard) and film and production company MRC became investment partners of SXSW in 2021. Penske took majority ownership of SXSW two years later. Yati Khumalo:Created in partnersh
"I feel like Billboard has been so supportive of not just African music, but the whole scene and the culture," Tems says while accepting the Diamond Award.
The trio collected prestigious awards at the event in London on Wednesday (June 4).
John and his husband & manager David Furnish collected the Creators' Champion Award at Billboard's Global Power Players event in London on Wednesday.
There are surprises in store for this year’s event, with several slots marked ‘TBA’.
The Belfast trio are set to play a number of shows at U.K. festivals this summer.
The tour in the U.K. and Europe will be his first dates in the region since 2019.
