Published on February 23rd, 2017 | by Jameelah "Just Jay" Wilkerson
0Desiigner Announces “The Outlet Tour”
6-WEEK, 25-CITY TOUR OF U.S. AND CANADA TO FEATURE SONGS FROM DESIIGNER’s NEW ENGLIISH MIXTAPE, AND UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM
“PANDA” (8.7x-PLATINUM WORLDWIDE; #1 MOST-STREAMED SONG OF 2016), “ZOMBIE WALK,” “TIIMMY TURNER,” “OUTLET” AND MORE
Following release of new single “Outlet”in CHAMPS Commercial
https://youtu.be/N-hHvlIQWPk
Grammy®-nominated G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam artist Desiigner, whose #1 8.7x-platinum worldwide smash debut single “Panda” was 2016’s #1 most streamed song with over 2 billion streams – today announces his first major headlining tour of North America, “The Outlet Tour,” opening on April 2nd at the Showbox in Seattle.
Desiigner’s 6-week, 25-city tour of the U.S. and Canada, presented by AEG Live, will wrap up on May 16th at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. Ticket pre-sale for the tour will take place on Thursday, Feb 9th from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time. Public on-sale begins the next day at 12:00 noon at www.aeglive.com. (Please see complete tour dates below.)
Brooklyn rapper Desiigner, who just completed a festival tour of Australia, is performing material from his debut mixtape New Engliish, including “Panda” and “Zombie Walk.”
- View the official “Panda” video HERE;
- View Desiigner’s live performance of “Panda” on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert HERE;
- View the official “Zombie Walk” video HERE.
In addition, Desiigner is performing material from his eagerly awaited official debut album due in 2017 as well as RIAA certified platinum single “Tiimmy Turner” (which the New York Times declared “a potent shock and a striking victory”) and “Outlet” (new single released February 9th).
- Listen to “Tiimmy Turner” HERE;
- View Desiigner’s energetic live performance of “Tiimmy Turner” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! HERE;
- View Desiigner’s climactic performance of “Tiimmy Turner” with a full choir at the BET Hip-Hop Awards HERE, the grand finale of the awards broadcast.
Underscoring its phenomenal streaming success, “Panda” earned a slew of 2016 and 2017 award nominations:
- Grammy Awards®: Best Rap Performance;
- BET Hip-Hop Awards: Best Track of the Year, People’s Champ, Best New Hip Hop Artist, and Best Hip Hop Video;
- American Music Awards: Favorite Song – Rap/Hip Hop, and Video of the Year;
- MTV VMAs: Best Hip-Hop Video, and Best New Artist;
- Teen Choice Awards: Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song.
DESIIGNER 2017 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Date City Venue
April 2 Seattle, WA The Showbox
4 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
5 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
7 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom
9 San Diego, CA The Observatory
10 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre
11 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
13 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
16 Dallas, TX South Side Music Hall
17 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
18 Austin, TX Mohawk
19 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
21 New Orleans, LA Republic NOLA
24 Orlando, FL Venue 578
25 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theatre
27 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
May 1 Detroit, MI The Majestic
2 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
3 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
9 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
10 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
11 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
12 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
15 New York, NY PlayStation Theater
16 Toronto, ON The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Festival Dates
July
6 Frauenfeld, Switzerland Openair Frauenheld
7 Liège, Belgium Les Ardentes
8 Gräfenhainichen, Germany Splash! Festival
12 Moscow, Russia Yotaspace
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