André 3000, the former OutKast rapper whose new muse has blown him toward ambient, instrumental music and exotic flutes, will take his New Blue Sun show on the road later this year for a two-month, 26-date national headlining tour.
The newly announced North American New Blue Sun trek, which comes in continued support of André 3000’s 2023 debut album of the same name, will keep the enigmatic artist and his band—featuring Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, and Surya Botofasina with Deantoni Parks—on the road from September 19th, when the tour kicks off at New Orleans, LA’s Orpheum Theatre, through November 14th, when it wraps at the Fox Theatre in his native Atlanta, GA.
In the interim, the tour will take Three Stacks and company to notable cities and venues around the U.S. and Canada including Austin, TX’s ACL Live at Moody Theater (9/22), Los Angeles, CA’s Greek Theatre (10/2), Seattle, WA’s Paramount Theatre (10/9), Denver, CO’s Ellie Caulkins Opera House (10/17), Chicago, IL’s The Salt Shed (10/21), Detroit, MI’s Masonic Cathedral Theatre (10/22), Brooklyn, NY’s BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (10/25), Boston, MA’s Boch Center Wang Theatre (10/30), Philadelphia, PA’s The Met Philadelphia (11/1), and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center (11/9).
Aside from sets at Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI (8/2) and Blue Note Jazz Festival‘s Robert Glasper-led Black Radio Experience in Napa, CA (8/30–9/1), 3K will remain abroad for various previously announced shows in Canada, Europe, the U.K., and Australia for the remainder of the summer.
We’ve covered the recent creative reinvention of André 3000 from various angles since New Blue Sun was initially announced. Read a breakdown of his road from raps to flutes featuring excerpts from various interviews here. Read more about his unusual series of interactions with the late Prince, his dreams of flying, using plants as instruments, and more from his podcast interview with Questlove here.
Tickets for the newly announced 2024 New Blue Sun tour dates will go on sale Friday, June 28th at 10:00 a.m. local time here. Click below for a full list of shows.
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