KOKOROKO will embark on a run of reveals throughout Australia subsequent 12 months, marking the jazz and Afrobeat group’s first-ever tour of the nation.
Introduced as we speak (October 25), KOKOROKO’s debut Australian tour will cowl the east coast over March of 2023, first taking to Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Tuesday March 7. The next day (March 8), the group will carry out on the Manufacturing unit Theatre in Sydney, earlier than making the ultimate tour cease at Melbourne’s Croxton on Friday March 10.
The band may even seem at next year’s Golden Plains festival in Meredith, Victoria, performing alongside the likes of Bikini Kill, Four Tet, Carly Rae Jepsen and Angel Olsen.
Pre-sale tickets to KOKOROKO’s Australian tour shall be obtainable tomorrow (October 26), with a normal sale beginning this Thursday (October 27). Discover tickets for Brisbane and Sydney here, and for Melbourne here.
KOKOROKO’s upcoming tour is available in help of their latest debut album ‘May We Be Extra’, which was launched in August of this 12 months. Previous to that, the eight-piece shared two EPs, together with their self-titled challenge in 2019 and ‘Baba Ayoola / Carry Me Dwelling’ the next 12 months. Since then, KOKOROKO featured on the line-up for Glastonbury’s 2019 edition, alongside further appearances at Wide Awake and South Facing Festival final 12 months.
Extra not too long ago, Kokoroko guitarist Tobi Adenaike elaborated on the titular query of ‘May We Be Extra’, this year telling NME that the album’s sentiment “is purposefully open-ended.”
“May we be greater than only a band that performs Afrobeat? May we be extra than simply musicians? May we be greater than the issues folks use to label you simply to allow them to perceive you? Generally, labels can negatively be used to pigeonhole you. May we be greater than the labels that individuals connect to us?” Adenaike requested.
KOKOROKO’s 2023 Australian tour dates are:
MARCH:
Tuesday 7 – Meanjin/Brisbane, Princess Theatre
Wednesday 8 – Warrang/Sydney, Manufacturing unit Theatre
Friday 10 – Naarm/Melbourne, Croxton Bandroom
