Nas and Damian Marley are still prepping for the release of their Distant Relatives album tying Hip-Hop and reggae to their African origin.
As previously reported the two confirmed that the fuse of music would hit stores May 18. Progressing further towards the date, the pair is hitting the road for a tour.
Fittingly titled the “Distant Relatives Tour”, they’ll be joined by African soul singer Nneka who’s been regarded as the next “it” artist of 2010.
The tour will make stops at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Festival, as well as in Florida and Georgia before hitting the Paris Hip-Hop Festival and Denmark’s Splash Festival.
The cover art and tour dates for Distant Relatives are below.
May 2nd            West Palm Beach, Fl                Sunfest
May 21st           Arcata, CA                               Arcata Community Center
May 22nd          Eugene, OR                             Cuthbert Amphitheater
May 23rd           Seattle, WA                              Showbox Sodo
May 25th           Oakland, CA                             Fox Theater
May 26th           Santa Barbara, CA                    University of California, Santa Barbara
May 28th           Los Angeles, CA                       The Wiltern
May 29th           Las Vegas, NV                         The Joint
May 30th           Valley Center, CA                     Harrah’s Rincon – Open Sky Theater
May 31st           Los Angeles, CA                       UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival
June 2nd            Santa Fe, NM                           Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
June 8th            Houston, TX                              House of Blues
June 9th            Austin, TX                                Stubb’s Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater
June 11th          Manchester, TN                        Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 12th          Atlanta, GA                              Tabernacle
June 13th          Lake Buena Vista, FL                House of Blues – Lake Buena Vista, FL
June 27th          Brussels, BE                            Couleur Cafe Festival
June 28th          Paris, FR                                 Paris Hip Hop Festival
July 1st             Arendal, NO                             Hovefestival
July 3rd             Cologne, DE                             Summerjam
July 4th             Gdynia, PL                               Heineken Opener Festival
July 6th             Copenhagen, DK                       Vega
July 7th             Hultsfred, SE                            Hultsfred Festival
July 9th             Frauenfeld, CH                          Openair Frauenfeld
July 10th           Montreux Vaud, CH                   Montreux Jazz Festival – Miles
July 11th           Rotterdam                                Holland North Sea Jazz
July 13th           Hamburg, DE                            Stadtpark
July 14th           Munich, DE                              Tollwood Festival
July 16th           Manchester, UK                        Manchester Academy
July 17th           Dublin, IE                                 Tripod
July 20th           Hammersmith, UK                    Hammersmith Apollo
July 23rd           Gräfenhainichen, DE                 Splash Festival
July 31st           Brooklyn, NY                            Williamsburg Waterfront
August 1st         Bridgeport, CT                          Gathering of The Vibes Festival
