De La Soul is on the road again, after just returning from tours in Europe and Canada, they are back on the road. De La is a part of the Sprite tour with Jay-Z, Talib Kweli and others. Dave had some interesting comments on spitkicker.com regarding touring outside of the United States, “In Europe and Canada they appreciate hip hop and take the culture to heart. They’ve even got break dancers and grafitti artists at the shows.”

Here are the dates and venues for their tour:

July 31 St Louis, MO The Pageant

Aug 1 Kansas City, MO Beamont Lot

Aug 2 Denver, CO Red Rocks

Aug 3 Portland, OR TBA

Aug 4 Seattle, WA The Pier

Aug 8 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl

Aug 9 Sacramento, CA Memorial

Aug 10 Sanfrancisco, CA The Greek

Aug 11 Los Angeles, CA The Greek

Aug 20 Detroit, MI Phoenix Plaza

Aug 21 Cleveland, OH Nautica Stages

Aug 22 Philadelphia, PA Maun Pavillion

Aug 23 Armaganett, NY Stephens Talkhouse

Aug 24 Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park

Aug 25 Brooklyn NY Prospect Park

Aug 26 Boston, MA Harborfront

Aug 29 Columbus, OH The Pavillion

Aug 30 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom

Aug 31 Minneapolis, MI Roy Wilkens Park

Sept 6 San Diego, CA St. Scene

Sept 7 Albany, NY TBA