Nas and Damian Marley have an album coming out on May 18th and a globe-trotting tour to support it. The album, Distant Relatives, was produced by Marley and includes the singles “As We Enter” and “Strong Will Continue,” and appearances from Lil Wayne, K’NAAN, and Stephen Marley. The artwork was also unveiled today, and was shot by Nabil Elderkin and designed by Nesta Garrick.
Nneka will be opening.
Tickets on-sale April 2nd via Ticketmaster. Plans to tour Africa (!!!) will be announced this summer.
TOUR DATES:
May 2nd West Palm Beach, Fl Sunfest
May 21st Arcata, CA Arcata Community Center
May 22nd Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater
May 23rd Seattle, WA Showbox Sodo
May 25th Oakland, CA Fox Theater
May 26th Santa Barbara, CA University of California, Santa Barbara
May 28th Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
May 29th Las Vegas, NV The Joint
May 30th Valley Center, CA Harrah’s Rincon – Open Sky Theater
May 31st Los Angeles, CA UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival
June 2nd Santa Fe, NM Paolo Soleri Amphitheater
June 8th Houston, TX House of Blues
June 9th Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater
June 11th Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 12th Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
June 13th Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
June 27th Brussels, BE Couleur Cafe Festival
June 28th Paris, FR Paris Hip Hop Festival
July 1st Arendal, NO Hovefestival
July 3rd Cologne, DE Summerjam
July 4th Gdynia, PL Heineken Opener Festival
July 6th Copenhagen, DK Vega
July 7th Hultsfred, SE Hultsfred Festival
July 9th Frauenfeld, CH Openair Frauenfeld
July 10th Montreux Vaud, CH Montreux Jazz Festival – Miles
July 11th Rotterdam Holland North Sea Jazz
July 13th Hamburg, DE Stadtpark
July 14th Munich, DE Tollwood Festival
July 16th Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
July 17th Dublin, IE Tripod
July 20th Hammersmith, UK Hammersmith Apollo
July 23rd Gräfenhainichen, DE Splash Festival
July 31st Brooklyn, NY Williamsburg Waterfront
August 1st Bridgeport, CT Gathering of The Vibes Festival
this album does reach out to all countries that suffer we are distant relatives i plead who ever can reach damian and nas to reach out to them and say you relatives here in the middle east are suffering death and violence every day we need the massage of peace and unity peace
Disappointed to not see this tour coming North!
Detroit/Chicago fans going to have to do without??
i was just gonna say that!!! No love to the Midwest???? See man stuff like that makes me want to move more and more each day :( As someone who is an African and loves the talent of Damien & Nas, that is one show i whole-heartedly wanted to see….