ANDRÉ 3000 ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER SOLO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF 'NEW BLUE SUN'

 ANDRÉ 3000 ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER SOLO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF 'NEW BLUE SUN'

 

André 3000 has announced a run of intimate live shows in support of his instrumental album, New Blue Sun.

The tour, which marks the OutKast legend’s first-ever solo trek, will journey across the U.S. between January and March.

3 Stacks will be joined on the road by some of the musicians who co-produced his debut solo LP, including Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina and Deantoni Parks.

The New Blue Sun Live Tour begins on Monday (January 29) in Brooklyn, New York followed by a three-night residency at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in Manhattan, where André and co. will perform two shows per night.

The group will then make stops in Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco before finishing with a five-night stint at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday (January 24) at 10 a.m. local time and can be purchased here.

Last week, André 3000 and his creative company, A Myriad of Pyramids, shared a joint post with IMAX on social media to announce a one-night-only event built around New Blue Sun.

Described as a “Cinematic Album Listening Event & Live-Stream Q&A,” the gathering will take place on Tuesday night (January 23) across 22 movie theaters in the U.S.

Despite him giving fans enough notice that New Blue Sun would not include any bars like the work he is best known for, many listeners were still disappointed by the ambient instrumental tunes given the 17-year wait sincé Andre’s last full-length release, OutKast’s Idlewild in 2006.

During an interview with CBS Mornings following the album’s release in November, the ATL legend shared his thoughts on the reactions to New Blue Sun while remaining sympathetic toward people’s expectations.

“Even on the artwork, it says, ‘No bars,’ so if you’re disappointed, man, I don’t know what else I could do,” he said. “I don’t like that people are upset a little bit about it.

“If I were waiting for a thing for 17 years, a certain thing that I’m looking for and something else shows up, I’d probably be upset too. To be a rapper, you gotta be rapping. I haven’t been rapping, like I don’t hang around the studio.”

He added: “I don’t sit and try to rap every day like when I was younger, and that’s all I did. I miss those times a lot, but life changes, life moves on.”

Check out the full New Blue Sun Live Tour dates below:

1/29 — Brooklyn, NY @ Crown Hill Theatre
1/31 — New York, NY @ Blue Note Jazz Club (8:00 p.m. show)
1/31 — New York, NY @ Blue Note Jazz Club (10:30 p.m. show)
2/1 — New York, NY @ Blue Note Jazz Club (8:00 p.m. show)
2/1 — New York, NY @ Blue Note Jazz Club (10:30 p.m. show)
2/2 — New York, NY @ Blue Note Jazz Club (8:00 p.m. show)
2/2 — New York, NY @ Blue Note Jazz Club (10:30 p.m. show)
2/5 — Brooklyn, NY @ St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church
2/6 — Brooklyn, NY @ St. Ann & The Holy Trinity Church
2/8 — Detroit, MI @ Cliff Bell’s
2/9 — Detroit, MI @ The Chapel at Masonic Temple (7:00 p.m. show)
2/9 — Detroit, MI @ The Chapel at Masonic Temple (10:00 p.m. show)
2/12 — Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
2/13 — Chicago, IL @ 1357 N Elston
2/15 — Chicago, IL @ Garfield Park Conservatory (7:00 p.m. show)
2/15 — Chicago, IL @ Garfield Park Conservatory (9:00 p.m. show)
2/20 — San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
2/22 — San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
2/24 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent (7:00 p.m. show)
2/24 — San Francisco, CA @ The Independent (9:00 p.m. show)
2/27 — Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
2/28 — Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
2/29 — Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
3/2 — Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage Theater
3/5 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
3/6 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
3/7 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
3/8 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
3/9 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever