Joey Bada$$ is hitting the road this fall, and he’s bringing some wordsmiths with him. The Brooklyn rapper announced the Dark Aura Tour on Monday (Aug. 18), which is set to kick off in October and will feature Ab-Soul and Rapsody as special guests.
The North American trek will run through Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Denver, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta, Nashville and hit Joey’s hometown of Brooklyn before wrapping up in Philadelphia on Nov. 20.
Pre-sale tickets go on sale starting on Tuesday (Aug. 19), while the general public gets in on the action come Thursday morning (Aug. 21).
The 30-year-old turned the heat up a few notches with his menacing “Dark Aura” single on Monday, which will land on Joey’s Lonely at the Top album arriving on Aug. 29.
“Please don’t push me, I’m too close to the edge/ Gotta know the ledge, knowledge is power, that’s what my OG said,” he raps in an homage to Melle Mel’s bars on hip-hop staple “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five.
Joey Bada$$ had Lonely at the Top ready for Aug. 1, but chalked up the album delay to his label’s (Columbia Records) doing.
“The album is not dropping Aug. 1. I’m f—king sorry. I’m ashamed, I’m f—king disappointed,” he told fans on social media in late July. “I wanted to take accountability and responsibility because I’m not ever gon’ leave y’all high and dry.”
Joey continued: “My s—t got pushed back because the label pushed my s—t back. My album is signed, sealed and delivered over a month ago. This ain’t ‘cause of no sample clearances. This ain’t ‘cause of no features. This ain’t ‘cause of no clashing with another artist on the date. This is literally an Exhibit A of the label getting in the artist’s way … I’ve been moving on rogue time.”
Find all of the Dark Aura Tour dates below.
