Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, to kick off summer tour in Oklahoma: Tickets, dates

Grammy-winning rapper and singer Childish Gambino — also known as actor, writer and director Donald Glover — announced a summer tour.

His first stop? Oklahoma City's Paycom Center.

Gambino's "The New World Tour" — which will take him across North America, Europe and Australia — will kick off Aug. 11 in downtown Oklahoma City with special guest Willow, singer-songwriter and daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.

The tour announcement came after Gambino surprise-dropped his latest album "Atavista" early Monday morning, the finished version of an album previously known as "3.15.20" that came out in 2020, while also saying on X (formerly Twitter) that an all-new Childish Gambino album will come out this summer. On Monday, Gambino also released a new music video for "Little Foot Big Foot" directed by frequent collaborator Hiro Murai.

In recent years, Glover's become a sensation in multiple fields — from his acclaimed Emmy-winning FX series "Atlanta," which he created, wrote for and starred in; to co-creating the Amazon series "Swarm"; to starring roles in "The Lion King," "Solo: A Star Wars Story" and, most recently, Prime Video series "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"; to winning five Grammys, including song and record of the year for "This Is America" in 2019.

Tickets for Gambino's Milwaukee concert go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday atthenewworldtour.com, and American Express card members can purchase tickets early starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prices have yet to be announced.

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