Music News - A$AP ROCKY returning to New Zealand for one show in February 2016
21 October 2015 - 1 Comment
Let’s take it to the basics, you in the midst of greatness. Illusive and
Frontier Touring are pleased to announce American rapper and international
tastemaker A$AP Rocky will be returning to Auckland on his Australasian
tour this February. His return comes two years after his 2013/2014 visits
to New Zealand, including headlining La De Da in Wellington and a sold
out Logan Campbell Centre in Auckland.
The 2016 tour follows the huge international success of A$AP Rocky’s sophomore
full-length album AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP(RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment) which was released in May this year.
The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and at #6 on the New Zealand Top
40. The 18-track release boasts an incredible list of producers – Danger
Mouse, Kanye West, Mark Ronson, A$AP Yams and A$AP Rocky himself among others.
It also features an impressive line-up of guest appearances (16 in total) from
the likes of Rod Stewart, Miguel and Mark Ronson on ‘Everyday’, Kanye
West and Joe Fox on ‘Jukebox Joints’ and ScHoolboy Q on Electric Body.
2015 has also seen A$AP Rocky feature on Selena Gomez’s international hit Good For You whose seductive video clip has notched up a whopping 145 million views on
YouTube and over 1 million sales in the US.
“It’s the perfect
experiment -- a confident, well-executed one -- for a format-less, niche-happy,
streaming-playlist world.” – Billboard
“A$AP Rocky ain’t a
rapper, folks. Dude is a bona fide All-American rock star…” –
Complex
“…as he gleefully
skipped up and down its stairs, confetti raining down just three songs in, he
seemed every bit the headliner that few would’ve expected a couple short years
ago.” – Entertainment Weekly
A$AP Rocky is a member of the Harlem, New York hip hop collective A$AP Mob; a
collective of rappers, record producers, music video directors and fashion
designers who share a similar interest in music, fashion and art. A$AP Mob also
includes members A$AP Ferg and the founding member A$AP Yams among others.
The collective produced the video for Purple Swagand Rocky’s debut single Peso,
the lead single from Rocky’s breakout mixtape Live.Love.A$AP. The mixtape was
released in 2011 to wild critical acclaim and captured the attention of many
high-profile record labels, with A$AP Rocky going on to sign a famous deal with
Polo Ground Music, RCA Records and Sony Music Entertainment, at the same time
starting his own label A$AP Worldwide with long-time partner and mentor A$AP
Yams. Later that year Rocky, along with Kendrick Lamar, was named as an opener
for Drake’s Club Paradise Tour which saw shows played at college arenas
throughout the US. Hype was building at an enormous pace.
His debut full-length effort, Long.
Live. A$AP, was released in 2013 (RCA Records/Sony Music
Entertainment) and shot straight to the top spot of the Billboard 200, Hip-Hop
Albums, R&B Albums and Digital Albums charts and made Top 10 debuts in 24
countries. The album solidified Rocky’s new-found star status and featured huge
collaborations with the likes of Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar on F**kin’ Problems,
Skrillex and Birdy Nam Nam on Wild For The
Night and Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) on I Come Apart.
In 2014, Rocky got the call up alongside fellow rappers Tyga, Casey Veggies and
Vince Staples to star in cameo roles in the cult film Dope which premiered at the 2015
Sundance Film Festival. Not only blazing trails musically as an artist,
producer, collaborator, label owner and in the film sector, A$AP Rocky has also
dipped his toes in the fashion game – having collaborated with visionary Raf
Simons on his A$AP clothing brand.
Prior to his Australian and New Zealand tour dates, A$AP Rocky will see 2015
out with international tour dates throughout the US, UK, Europe and Canada with
hip hop and rap royalty Tyler, The Creator, Danny Brown and Vince Staples. He
recently made major television appearances including performing ‘Everyday’ and
‘Pharsyde’ on The Late Show
with James Corden and performing ‘Electric Body’ with ScHoolboy
Q on Jimmy Kimmel
Live.
A$AP Rocky is indisputably one of the most revered rap artists of his
generation and is at the absolute top of his game. His presence is a present,
just to kick it is a blessing. That pretty motherf***er is coming.
A$AP ROCKY
Frontier Members
pre-sale runs from 2pm Tue 27 Oct
Click here for details
General public on
sale from Thu 29 Oct
12pm midday NZDT
For full tour information, click here
Wed 24 Feb
Vector Arena
Auckland
http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/
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One of 2016’s most anticipated tours will now reach fever pitch as 19-year-old genre-blurring hip-hop artist Raury is announced as the special guest for A$AP Rocky’s national Australian and Auckland, New Zealand dates.
Raury has emerged as one of the most electrifying and acclaimed young voices in music, with his distinctive blend of rap, soul and folk making waves the world over. The Atlanta-born artist burst onto the scene through the release of his debut mixtape ‘Indigo Child’ in August 2014 and hasn’t looked back since. Hype from ‘Indigo Child’ (and its breakthrough hits ‘Cigarette Song’ and ‘God’s Whisper’) saw Raury land spots on SBTRKT’s 2014 ‘Wonder Where We Land’, including the mammoth single ‘Higher’.
Raury made his Australian debut at this year’s Laneway Festival, with his captivating performances seeing him hailed as one of the must-see acts on the circuit. Just last week, Raury released his debut LP, All We Need, featuring the crossover singles ‘Devil’s Whisper’ and ‘Friends’ (feat. Tom Morello)’, reinforcing the common belief that he is destined for stardom.