Janelle Monae Is Hitting the Road for The Age of Pleasure 2023 North American Tour: See the Dates
Janelle Monáe is gearing up to take her forthcoming album, The Age of Pleasure, on the road. The singer revealed details for a 2023 North American tour on Wednesday (May 31).
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The star will kick off the 26-date trek on Aug. 30 at WAMU Theater in Seattle, and will make stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York City and more before wrapping up in Inglewood, Calif., at the YouTube Theater on Oct. 18.
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Tickets for the Age of Pleasure tour will go on sale in a Verizon presale beginning Thursday, June 1, at 10 a.m. local time. General onsale for the tour will begin starting Wednesday, June 7, at 10 a.m. local time on Ticketmaster.com.
The Age of Pleasure will arrive on June 9 via Atlantic Records. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the singer explained that the record is inspired by the sounds of the Black diaspora of then and now.
“It was inspired by all of my friends, my community of folks who are from South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Atlanta, L.A., Chicago,” she said. “Seeing all of us together in our Blackness, in the love that we had in our eyes for each other. People from the continent f–k around with trap from Atlanta. You know what I’m saying? I love how the diaspora — we talk to each other.”
See the official poster and the full list of dates for the Age of Pleasure tour below.
AGE OF PLEASURE TOUR DATES:
Wed Aug. 30 – Seattle, Wash. – WAMU Theater
Thu Aug. 31 – Vancouver, BC – UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Sat Sep. 2 – Portland, Ore. – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Wed Sep. 6 –Salt Lake City, Utah – The Complex
Thu Sep. 7 – Morrison, Colo. – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Sat Sep. 9 – Kansas City, Mo. – The Midland Theatre
Mon Sep. 11 – Minneapolis, Minn. – Armory
Wed Sep. 13 – St. Louis, Mo. – Stifel Theatre
Thu Sep. 14 – Chicago, Ill. – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Sun Sep. 17 – Boston, Mass. – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Mon Sep. 18 – Philadelphia, Penn. – The Met
Wed Sep. 20 – Montreal, QB – Mtelus
Thu Sep. 21 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
Sun Sep. 24 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem*
Tue Sep. 26 – New York City, N.Y. – Radio City Music Hall
Thu Sep. 28 – Brooklyn, N.Y. – Kings Theatre
Mon Oct. 2 – Charlotte, N.C. – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
Tue Oct. 3 – Nashville, Tenn. – Ryman Auditorium
Wed Oct. 4 – Birmingham, Ala. – Avondale Brewing Company
Fri Oct. 6 – Atlanta, Ga. – Fox Theatre Atlanta
Mon Oct. 9 – Dallas, Texas – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Tue Oct. 10 – Houston, Texas – Bayou Music Center
Wed Oct. 11 – Austin, Texas – Moody Amphitheater
Sun Oct. 15 – Phoenix, Ariz. – Arizona Financial Theatre
Tue Oct. 17 – San Francisco, Calif. – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Wed Oct. 18 – Inglewood, Calif. – YouTube Theater
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