The South Africa-based Digital Satellite Television (DStv) will present the 11th Delicious International Food & Music Festival on September 21st and 22nd at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Johannesburg.
This event is all about uniting people through food, music, arts and fashion. International pop stars Janet Jackson and Jill Scott will join local legends Thandiswa Mazwai, Sjava, and others on the main stage. Click here for tickets.
Rapper and record producer Lupe Fiasco, who rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his debut album, Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor, is gearing up for a 19-city U.S. tour that will begin on October 4th in New York.
Dubbed the Samurai Tour, it will cover approximately twelve states. Its objective is to support Lupe‘s eight-track studio album with the same name, released at the end of June. For additional information about the tour and links to tickets, visit Lupe Fiasco‘s official website.
At the end of August (on the 30th), one of the world’s best hip-hop bands, The Roots, will join multi-award-winning recording artist and actor Macy Gray for an event that will benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a Raleigh-based non-profit organization.
It will be staged at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre (8003 Regency Parkway) in Cary, North Carolina. Additional information, and links to tickets are available on the venue’s website.
This Tuesday, July 23rd, Brooklyn-based MC Talib Kweli will headline a concert at Charleston Pour House – 1977 Maybank Hwy – in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Black Star member will be joined by rapper and songwriter Gregory Skyler Taylor, known professionally as Skyzoo, and indie touring artist Landon Wordswell. As a bonus, there will be opening sets from R Dotta and Trvy & The Enemy. Click here to buy tickets.
Recently, Chicago MC Common, and music producer, deejay, and rapper Pete Rock got together and worked on a fifteen-track record called The Auditorium Vol. 1. It was officially released on July 12th and is already getting an overwhelming amount of positive reviews. Click here or on the image above to check out the music video for All Kind Of Ideas, one of the songs featured on the LP.
To further promote the project, both Common and Pete Rock will be doing a sixteen-city tour commencing on August 28. See all confirmed dates and locations below.
8.28 | THE SOUND
Del Mar, California
8.29 | UNITED THEATER ON BROADWAY
Los Angeles, California
8.30 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Napa, California
9.03 | RIALTO THEATRE
Tucson, Arizona
9.06 | THE ECHO LOUNGE & MUSIC HALL
Dallas, Texas
9.07 | TOWER THEATRE
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
9.09 | BROOKLYN BOWL NASHVILLE
Nashville, Tennessee
9.10 | THE FILLMORE CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, North Carolina
9.11 | BUCKHEAD THEATRE
Atlanta, Georgia
9.13 | THE NORVA
Norfolk, Virginia
9.14 | BALTIMORE SOUNDSTAGE
Baltimore, Maryland
9.15 | 9:30 CLUB
Washington, District of Columbia
9.17 | THE VOGEL
Red Bank, New Jersey
9.18 | CITIZENS HOUSE OF BLUES BOSTON
Boston, Massachusetts
9.20 | THE FILLMORE PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9.23 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB [EARLY SHOW]
New York, New York
9.23 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB [LATE SHOW]
New York, New York
9.24 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB [EARLY SHOW]
New York, New York
9.24 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB [LATE SHOW]
New York, New York
9.25 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB [EARLY SHOW]
New York, New York
9.25 | BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB [LATE SHOW]
New York, New York
This Sunday, July 14, famed hip-hop duo Method Man & Redman will perform at The Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre (2600 E Atwater) in Detroit, Michigan. SPG, Danny Brown, and Nasaan are also on the program.
The show will be hosted by Comic Jwill and Jackpot The Juice. Starting time is 7:00 p.m., and passes can be purchased from Ticketmaster.
Hip-hop legend, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor André 3000 has announced that he will be performing across North America this fall. The tour is in support of his debut solo album, New Blue Sun, released by Epic Records on November 17, 2023. Below are all the confirmed dates and locations.
09-19 New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
09-21 Dallas, TX – Winspear Opera House
09-22 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
09-25 Houston, TX – The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
09-27 Albuquerque, NM – Kiva Auditorium
09-28 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center
10-01 San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay
10-02 Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
10-04 Santa Barbara, CA – Arlington Theatre
10-05 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
10-09 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
10-11 Vancouver, British Columbia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
10-14 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10-16 Salt Lake City, UT – Eccles Theater
10-17 Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
10-19 Minneapolis, MN – Northrop at the University of Minnesota
10-21 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
10-22 Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre
10-25 Brooklyn, NY – BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
10-30 Boston, MA – Wang Theatre at Boch Center
11-01 Philadelphia, PA – The Met
11-02 Akron, OH – Akron Civic Theatre
11-08 Richmond, VA – Altria Theater
11-09 Washington, D.C. – The John F. Kennedy Center
11-12 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
11-14 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
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