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Mac Miller’s Swimmingly Fun Tour: Thundercat, J.I.D Join For 26 Dates
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Mac Miller performs during the Smokers Club Festival at The Queen Mary April 29, 2018 in Long Beach, Calif.
Rapper Mac Miller has a new album coming and a 26-date tour with Thundercat and J.I.D taking them to large clubs, theatres and amphitheatres across North America from October to December.
Dates and venues for the Live Nation-produced “The Swimming Tour” tour begin Oct. 27 at The Masonic in San Francisco followed by stops in Los Angeles (Greek Theatre), Dallas (The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory), Atlanta (Coca-Cola Roxy), Miami (Bayfront Park Amphitheater), Chicago (Aragon Ballroom) and end in Vancouver at the PNC Forum Dec. 10.
Pre-Sale tickets and premium tickets, which include an exclusive screen printed tour poster with purchase, go on sale beginning July 24, 10 a.m. local time. General onsale is July 27 at 10 a.m.
Miller’s Swimming album is due out Aug. 3.
Mac Miller is repped by WME with agents Brent Smith and Kevin Shivers on his team domestically, who book major rap artists including Tyler, The Creator.
Most recently Mac Miller hit festivals hard, with appearances at international events like Lollapaloozas in Brazil (which reported 300,000 tickets sold and $23.4 million grossed), Chile and Argentina earlier this year and last year at Listen Out in Australia, Open’er in Poland, as well as Stateside events from Float Fest in Texas to Coachella in Indio, Calif.
Boxoffice reports submitted to Pollstar from Mac’s last headline dates in winter 2016 dates included sellouts at Terminal 5 in New York, House of Blues Boston, MTELUS in Montreal and Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla.
Joining Miller for all dates on The Swimming Tour are previous Pollstar Hotstar artist Thundercat, known for his quirky sense of humor and jazz-bass prowess, and rising rapper J.I.D.
J.I.D, on arena-headlining rapper J Cole’s Dreamville label, is represented by ICM Partners, and Urban Division partner Robert Gibbs previously told Pollstar J.I.D was selling out clubs across the country with labelmates Earthgang.
“J.I.D and Earthgang are playing everywhere from El Paso, Texas, to Salt Lake City – to Minneapolis, to Calgary, Alberta,” said Gibbs, who also represents J Cole. “So when we talk about hip-hop hitting markets and growing, these guys are a prime example.”