R&B soul singer Janelle Monáe has announced a summer tour in support of her new album Dirty Computer. The tour will kick off June 11th in Seattle and will hit major cities including Los Angeles, Nashville, and New York before concluding in her hometown of Atlanta August 4th. Tickets will go on sale in most cities Wednesday, May 2nd. See the list of tour dates below.
The singer has also released the video for her song “I Like That.” It is the fourth song released from the new album, following “Make Me Feel,” “Django Jane” and “Pynk”.
The visually appealing video shows Monáe in multiple outfits and multiples of her. Dirty Computer is set to be released April 27th with a 44-minute short film releasing the day before on MTV and BET. In a Rolling Stone interview, Monáe describes the short film as “..a near-future story that takes place in a totalitarian society.” I play a citizen, living life, finding love, being myself in a society where that makes me an outlaw, something ‘dirty’ that the society needs to get rid of. I think it speaks to where we are right now, and what we’ve gone through recently as black millennials, and as women, and as Americans.”
Janelle Monáe Tour Dates
June 11 – Seattle, WA @ King County’s Marymoor Park
June 12 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
June 13 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater
June 16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
June 20 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
June 26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater
June 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
June 30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
July 1 – Denver, CO @ The Paramount Theatre
July 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
July 5 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
July 6 – Milwaukee, WI @Summerfest
July 7 – Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live
July 9 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre Detroit
July 10 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
July 11 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
July 13 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
July 14 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
July 16 – Toronto, ON @ Rebel
July 18 – New York, NY @ Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden
July 20 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
July 21 – Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
July 23 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
July 24 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
July 26 – Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live
July 27 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore Miami at Jackie Gleason Theater
July 28 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues Orlando
August 4 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat