On the heels of its explosive summer tour, GALACTIC – the New Orleans-based frontrunners of futuristic funk – will embark on an
extensive, six-week North American trek on October 11th in Flagstaff, Arizona. In support of the quintet’s hotly-anticipated Anti- debut From The Corner To The Block – which drops August 21st and intersects its renowned funk fusion with modern day hip-hop – GALACTIC perform with Lyrics Born on ABC-TV’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on September 6th.
Joined by The Coup’s Boots Riley and special guests Lifesavas on all dates, Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na will also be featured with GALACTIC through to October 27th. Mr. Lif will then jump on the tour as special guest along with Riley and Lifesavas October 31 – November 18. Counting these esteemed artists and more, From The Corner To The Block boasts an array of today’s most innovative hip-hop MC’s including, Lyrics Born, Gift of Gab of Blackalicious, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Digable Planets’ Ladybug Mecca and multi-platinum rapper Juvenile.
GALACTIC’S FALL 2007 TOUR
* – denotes dates with BOOTS RILEY, LIFESAVAS
** – denotes dates with BOOTS RILEY, CHALI 2NA and LIFESAVAS
++ – denotes dates with BOOTS RILEY, MR. LIF and LIFESAVAS
Thursday October 11 Flagstaff Orpheum Theatre**
Friday October 12 Los Angeles House of Blues**
Saturday October 13 San Francisco Fillmore**
Sunday October 14 Stateline, NV Mont Bleu Resort**
Monday October 15 Ashland, OR Armory**
Wednesday October 17 Bellingham, WA Nightlight**
Thursday October 18 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom**
Friday October 19 Seattle, WA Showbox**
Saturday October 20 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre**
Monday October 22 Ft Collins, CO Aggie Theatre**
Wednesday October 24 Dallas, TX House of Blues**
Thursday October 25 Houston, TX Meridian**
Friday October 26 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Festival**
Saturday October 27 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s*
Wednesday October 31 Austin, TX Stubb’s ++
Thursday November 01 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre ++
Friday November 02 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre ++
Saturday November 03 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse ++
Sunday November 04 Charleston, SC Music Farm ++
Tuesday November 06 Raleigh, NC Lincloln Theatre ++
Wednesday November 07 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theatre ++
Thursday November 08 Asheville, NC Orange Peel ++
Friday November 09 Richmond, VA Toad’s Place ++
Saturday November 10 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls ++
Wednesday November 14 Washington, DC 9:30 Club ++
Thursday November 15 Baltimore, MD 8×10 ++
Friday November 16 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore at the TLA ++
Saturday November 17 NYC Roseland Ballroom ++
Sunday November 18 Boston, MA Paradise ++
