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