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Ne-Yo and Akon at 3Arena, Dublin

Zoltan Szabo photographed Ne-Yo and Akon at 3Arena in Dublin on 23 April 2026 for MC Gig Music. The coverage included photographs of both headline sets, published as a live gallery alongside the review.

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The assignment

A shared arena bill at 3Arena, two headline sets in one night. Coverage published by MC Gig Music.

Live coverage published by MC Gig Music. Both artists photographed across the night, and the frames ran as the gallery alongside the site's review.

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ARTIST: Ne-Yo and Akon
VENUE: 3Arena
CITY: Dublin, Ireland
DATE: 23 April 2026
TYPE: Editorial
PUBLISHED: MC Gig Music
CREDIT: Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM
COPYRIGHT: 2026 Zoltan Szabo — all rights reserved

Selected photographs

Ne-Yo and Akon at 3Arena, Dublin, 23 April 2026. Coverage published by MC Gig Music. Open any frame to move through the set.

Ne-Yo standing still in a grey suit and wide-brimmed hat, head lowered, low fog rolling across the stage in front of him — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Akon at the microphone with both arms stretched wide in a studded white coat and gloves, thick smoke banked around his feet — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Akon close up in dark glasses and a white studded jacket, microphone held to his mouth in a gloved hand — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Ne-Yo centre stage with four dancers in tailcoats and wide-brimmed hats either side of him under purple beams — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Akon shot from below with one gloved arm raised into the light, his white studded coat blazing against a black stage — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Ne-Yo and a dancer face to face in near-silhouette, lit magenta by the LED panels behind them — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Akon and two dancers in hard silhouette against screens filled with a hundred dollar bill, one arm raised — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Wide view of the 3Arena stage with suspended cube screens showing Ne-Yo in close-up, the band and dancers small below in blue light — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Akon centre stage with a hand raised, dollar-bill graphics filling the cube screen behind him and green lighting bars either side — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

Fisheye view of the whole 3Arena production in purple and red, Ne-Yo alone at the end of the thrust with beams converging above him — **Ne-Yo and Akon — 3Arena — Dublin, Ireland** © 2026 Zoltan Szabo / MRZ.IM — all rights reserved

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