Ibeyi announce North American tour dates | Listen to their latest single "Away Away"
IBEYI ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
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Today Ibeyi, the 22-year-old French-Cuban twins Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, have announced a run of North American tour dates that will begin this fall. Praised for a mesmerizing live performance that combines a mixture of ancient and modern music, the North American portion of the global tour will start this October 28th in Miami running through November 19th with over fourteen dates across the continent (full list of dates below with tickets on-sale July 14). The announcement of the tour comes on the heels of the twins releasing their first piece of new music since 2015, a joyous track titled “Away Away” which Pitchfork reviewed calling it “raw, minimal, and mystical” and FADER hailed is, “a radiant pop song surrounded by Yoruba chants.”
Since the release of Ibeyi’s critically-acclaimed, self-titled debut album in February 2015, the twins have been captivating audiences across the globe with their unique blend of modern pop, hip-hop and electronic influenced with the traditional sounds of Yorùbá. “It’s tough to tear your eyes from the live performance,” noted Noisey upon the first time seeing Ibeyi live. Meanwhile, KCRW explained, “there is a remarkable power to what they do,” in describing the unique live experience of Ibeyi and the OC Weekly raved of Ibeyi’s show saying it is, “an immersion; it was passionate, and pure and gripping in all the ways you never expect music to be anymore.”
Last month Ibeyi released the single “Away Away,” which pushes forward the unique, cross-cultural sound that the girls have become so widely recognized for. The duo, who split their time between Paris, Cuba and London are currently at work in the studio finishing up their sophomore album due out this fall. In a recent cover story for The FADER titled “Ibeyi’s Home” the twins traveled to Cuba to retrace their Afro-Cuban roots. The cover story touched on Ibeyi’s sophomore album, which sees the twins working again with producer/XL head Richard Russell and includes appearances from Kamasi Washington, Chilly Gonzales, La Mala Rodriguez and Meshell Ndegeocello. Read the full story HERE.
“Away Away”
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Ibeyi on tour:
*North American dates bolded below. Tickets on-sale Friday, July 14.
9/30 Sannois, FR EMB
10/4 Feyzin, FR L’Épicerie Moderne
10/5 Strasbourg, FR La Laiterie
10/6 Lille, FR L’aéronef
10/11 Rennes, FR L’Étage
10/12 Nantes, FR Stéréolux
10/18 Bristol, UK Thekla
10/19 London, UK Shoreditch Town Hall
10/20 Manchester, UK Band On The Wall
10/28 Miami, FL North Beach Bandshell
10/30 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
11/1 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club
11/4 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
11/5 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
11/6 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre
11/7 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Hall
11/9 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
11/11 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
11/14 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre
11/15 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom
11/16 Portland, OR Revolution Hall
11/18 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
11/19 Los Angeles, CA Theatre at the Ace Hotel
11/24 Paris, FR Casino de Paris (Festival Inrocks)
12/2 Cologne, DE Club Bahnhof Ehernfeld
12/3 Berlin, DE Lido
12/4 Hamburg, DE Knust
12/5 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso Noord
12/7 Leuven, BE Het Depot
*theMIND will open as support on all North American dates
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