André 3000 Announces New Blue Sun Live Tour
André 3000 poses for extra key art for his album New Blue Sun.
Fault Magazine
By: Joshua Martin
After years of fans anticipating a new rap album from one half of the iconic rap group Outkast, Three Stacks surprised many of his hardcore fans with an instrumental LP in November of last year entitled New Blue Sun. Reaching critical acclaim, albeit with a few raised eyebrows, with the first track “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time”. The seven time Grammy Award winner’s latest project is the first piece of new music from him in nearly a decade.
“I discovered the flute and I started playing it over and over again for years, and I felt like it would be great to share it, so it kinda came in a natural way. It’s the closest thing to singing.”
Now the multi-hyphenate entertainer is taking his flute on the road, revealing the upcoming run of dates for his New Blue Sun live tour.
The “intimate” tour kicks off in Brooklyn on Monday, Jan. 29th at the Crown Hill Theatre and will continue in select cities including Chicago, Detroit, New York City and Atlanta before closing out in Los Angeles in early March at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever.
New Blue Sun was co-produced by multi-instrumentalist Carlos Nino and featured the musicality of various other artists such as Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina, Deantoni Parks, Diego Gaeta and Mia Doi Todd to name a few.
The album opens with a 12-minute track titled “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time,” that debuted at 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. 3000 also made history with the record as it was the longest song in the chart’s history.
Tickets are currently available for fans via the Myriad of Pyramids website.
Check out the full list of tour dates below.
January 29: Crown Hill Theatre – Brooklyn, NY
January 31: Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY (8:00pm show)
January 31: Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY (10:30pm show)
February 1: Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY (8:00pm show)
February 1: Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY (10:30pm show)
February 2: Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY (8:00pm show)
February 2: Blue Note Jazz Club – New York, NY (10:30pm show)
February 5: St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church – Brooklyn, NY
February 6: St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church – Brooklyn, NY
February 8: Cliff Bell’s – Detroit, MI
February 9: The Chapel at Masonic Temple – Detroit, MI (7:00pm show)
February 9: The Chapel at Masonic Temple – Detroit, MI (10:00pm show)
February 12: Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
February 13: 1357 N Elston – Chicago, IL
February 15: Garfield Park Conservatory – Chicago, IL (7:00pm show)
February 15: Garfield Park Conservatory – Chicago, IL (9:00pm show)
February 20: Bimbo’s 365 Club – San Francisco, CA
February 22: Bimbo’s 365 Club – San Francisco, CA
February 24: The Independent – San Francisco, CA (7:00pm show)
February 24: The Independent – San Francisco, CA (9:00pm show)
February 27: Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
February 28: Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
February 29: Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
March 2: Center Stage Theater – Atlanta, GA
March 5: The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
March 6: The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
March 7: The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
March 8: The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
March 9: The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, CA
At the moment there is no indication that Big Boi, the other half of the legendary rap group Outkast, will be involved in the festivities.
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