Illusive Presents, Frontier
Touring and Mai FM are extremely excited to announce the first ever New Zealand
show for rap’s fledgling phenomenon Lil
Uzi Vert, heading to Auckland this February.
Dubbed ‘King of the kids’ by
Zane Lowe on Beats 1 , Uzi nabbed an
MTV Video Music Award for
his mammoth single,
XO Tour Llife3. Lifted from his 16-track
debut album
Luv Is Rage 2(out now through Atlantic), the track has amassed over 1.3 billion streams
worldwide, and seen him take to the stage with Ed Sheeran to perform a mashup
of
Shape of You and XO Tour Llif3 at this
year’s
MTV VMA’s. ‘XO Tour Llif3 feels definitive for millennials in the same way that
“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” another song fusing precision, vitality, and
raggedness, felt for Generation X.’ – Vulture
XO Tour Llif3 is the sort of song artists spend years trying to write: pained
and poised, tapping into a vein that had previously been found but never fully
pierced. - Pitchfork
2017’s
Luv Is Rage 2sees the Philadelphia-based rapper collaborate with superstars like Pharrell
Williams and The Weeknd, weaving lonely emo, lean psychedelia, and
tightly-wound trap wordplay with a vision unlike anything in his prior canon.
‘
Luv Is Rage 2is an ascension to rockstar status’ – High Snobiety
‘The songs are catchy, the beats are hot and Uzi gives a vocal performance that
redefines the term rap rock star.’ - XXL
What’s more, Uzi earned a range of additional awards and nominations for Migos’
#1 smash single,
Bad and Boujee (Feat. Lil Uzi Vert), including the BET Awards’
Best
Collaboration trophy and nods for
Top Rap Song and
Top Rap Collaboration at the Billboard Music
Awards.
Uzi’s rapid rise to fame began in 2015 when he was just 20. There was his
explosive appearance on Carnage’s single
WDYW alongside A$AP Ferg and Rich The Kid
and later spending the America summer priming the crowd for Wiz Khalifa and
Fall Out Boy on their
Boys
of Zummer Tour. Things were taken to a whole new level following
the release of his first mixtape,
Luv
Is Rage earning Uzi international fandom and critical acclaim.
Performing tracks from his mixtapes and debut album, Uzi fans should expect to
hear
Do What I Want,
The Way Life Goes,
UnFazed, and of course
XO Tour Llif3 alongside his much loved hype
man – xxx. No doubt he’ll be bringing his distinct dance moves to the stage
that inspired the
#LilUziVertChallenge hashtag too.
An artist for the new generation, this show will be unmissable. Secure your
tickets to see the most hyped artist in the world right now.
LIL
UZI VERT
NEW ZEALAND
FEBRUARY 2018
Presented by
Illusive Presents, Frontier Touring & Mai FM
FRONTIER
MEMBERS PRE-SALE
Begins: Monday 6 November (1pm NZDT)
Ends: Tuesday 7 November (1pm NZDT)
(or until pre-sale allocation exhausted)
GENERAL
PUBLIC ON SALEBegins: Thursday 9
November (12noon NZDT)
Tuesday
20 February
Logan Campbell Centre |
Auckland, NZ
18+
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999
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