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Down Under: Chance The Rapper, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry, Teenage Fanclub
Chance The Rapper is heading deep into the Pacific for gigs in Sydney and Melbourne he announced yesterday.
The shows are set to take place at
The announcement came via Twitter, and the shows are being included as a part of Chance’s “Magnificent Coloring World Tour” and are being booked through Live Nation, although Chance remains unsigned to any major record label.
2016 has been a banner year for Chance. He released his third mixtape Coloring Book earlier in the year and launched his inaugural
Check out his performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this month:
Tickets to the shows are on sale now. Head over to ChanceRaps.com for more on the artist himself.
Billy Bragg and Joe Henry will be performing music from their collaborative album in Australia in April next year.
The
Bragg is also booked for
The two worked together on Shine a Light: Field Recordings from the Great American Railroad, which came out in September.
A presale for the Sydney gig starts Oct. 26 and for the Melbourne shows Oct. 27. The general onsales open Oct. 31 at 9 a.m. local time.
You can learn more about the artists at BillyBragg.co.uk and JoeHenryLovesYouMadly.com and their shared website at ShineALight-JoeHenry.BillyBragg.co.uk.
After releasing its tenth album, Teenage Fanclub is returning to Australia for a run of headline dates and a festival appearance, with The Goon Sax opening.
The band has headline dates in Brisbane March 8 and Melbourne March 13. It will also be playing a show at the
Teenage Fanclub has been around for decades, having toured with Nirvana during its heyday. The latest album, Here, is being billed as “the band’s subtlest, warmest release to date and also one of their strongest” by Pitchfork.
The presale for the headline gigs runs from noon on Oct. 26 to the same time on the 27th. The general onsale starts Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. local time. TeenageFanclub.com is the official site about the band.