Touring Australia & New Zealand 2005
Big news at hand for music fans down-under. The Roots are heading back to Australia and New Zealand and for the first time their headline tour will include dates in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in addition to Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington.
The Roots are true hip-hop stars. Forming in 1987, they have achieved credibility and respect in a musical realm often scorned for celebrating drugs, guns and girls.
Rolling Stone has proclaimed them “pioneers of the live-rap movement”. “The Roots have opened the door for a new breed of artist, stressing the importance of original music and intelligent content… They are without a doubt one of the most important bands around, not just as emcees, but as musicians and role models.”
Throughout their career, The Roots have produced seven albums, including the critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning Things Fall Apart (UMA, 1999). Their latest release, The Tipping Point (UMA) debuted at #4 on the overseas Billboard Chart, scoring them two Grammy nominations and earning them 42nd place in Blender Magazine’s Top 50 CDs for the year 2004.
Live, The Roots are mind-numbingly awesome. ?uestlove has described touring as the band’s “bread and butter”. On the road up to 250 days a year, The Roots have played shows all over the world, from America to Europe to Australia, at clubs, theatres, festivals and even Grammy after-parties. In 2003, The Roots were voted one of the “Twenty Greatest Live Acts in the World” by Rolling Stone readers. Unlike many of their hip hop compatriots The Roots are also well-known for performing lengthy shows. Their upcoming tour will see them performing an approximately two hour set.
Touring for The Roots this winter is Ahmir ?uestlove (drums), Thompson (musical director/ drums), Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter (mc), Leonard “Hub” Hubbard (bass), James “Kamal” Gray (keyboards), Kirk “Cap’n Kirk” Douglas (guitar), Frank “Knuckles” Walker (percussion) and Maimouna Youssef (vocals). To ensure you don’t miss out on seeing The Roots in all their glory.
P- MONEY will be supporting The Roots
Tickets on sale now.
