Unleash The Flutes On ‘Em: André 3000 Announces Intimate Instrumental Shows

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With Outkast’s André 3000 the unexpected is expected, but no one expected his first full-length solo album to be so experimental and so instrumental and so full of flute.

New Blue Sun features André 3000 on, yes, the flute, backed by a group of acclaimed players, crafting nearly 90 minutes of experimental, minimalist, space jazz.

Not exactly “Bombs Over Baghdad.”

Dré is hitting the road in support of the album, playing at multiple venues in New York, including the Blue Note (where the combo will play two shows per night for three nights), Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and Los Angeles. The tour kicks off January 29 at Brooklyn’s Crown Hill Theatre and wraps with a five-night run at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles between March 5 and 9. See the full routing below.

Tickets go on sale January 24 here.

ALL TOUR DATES:

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