Rock The Bells In The Club
01:01 PM Wednesday 7/20/11
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Raekwon, Ghostface, Mobb Depp and Black Star will be making the rounds to intimate venues across the U.S. over the next few months as part of the Rock The Bells Presents Club & Theatre Series Tour.
The tour, which was announced as an alliance between Guerilla Union and House Of Blues, is scheduled around the late August-early September Rock The Bells festival tour. The majority of the Club & Theatre Series gigs take place at House Of Blues venues.
The first set of dates features Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and Ghostface performing Raekwon’s solo debut album, 1995’s Only Built For Cuban Linx. Mobb Deep will play its 1995 release, The Infamous.
Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, N.C.
December 6, 2009
(John Darwin Kurc)
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House Of Blues shows include New Orleans (Aug. 12); Houston (Aug. 13); Dallas (Aug. 14); San Diego (Aug. 21); Las Vegas (Aug. 22); Cleveland (Sept. 8); and Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Sept. 16).
Additional stops include Philadelphia at Theatre Of The Living Arts (Aug. 16); Indianapolis at Egyptian Room (Aug. 30); Cincinnati at Bogart’s (Aug. 31); Detroit at St. Andrews Hall (Sept. 1); Fillmore Miami Beach in Florida (Sept. 13); Atlanta at The Tabernacle (Sept. 15); and Fillmore Charlotte in North Carolina (Sept. 17).
The next leg of the tour features Black Star performing the duo’s 1998 album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star.
Mos Def and Talib Kweli will hit up the following House Of Blues venues: New Orleans (Sept. 6); Dallas (Sept. 7); Houston (Sept. 8); Las Vegas (Sept. 13); Cleveland (Sept. 22); Chicago (Sept. 23); San Diego (Sept. 25); and North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Oct. 1).
Showbox At The Market, Seattle, Wash.
March 30, 2011
(David Conger / DavidConger.com)
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The duo will also play Philadelphia’s Theatre Of The Living Arts (Sept. 11); Indianapolis’ Egyptian Room (Sept. 16); Cincinnati’s Bogart’s (Sept. 17); The Fillmore in Washington, D.C. (Sept. 18); Detroit’s Andrew’s Hall (Sept. 21); The Fillmore in Miami (Sept. 27); Atlanta’s The Tabernacle (Sept. 28); and Fillmore Charlotte in North Carolina (Sept. 29).
Tickets for Raekwon, Ghostface and Mobb Deep dates are on sale now. Tickets for the Black Star shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time via LiveNation.com.
All of the acts on the Rock The Bells Presents Club & Theatre Series can also be found at the first three dates of this year’s Rock The Bells festival.
The festival is scheduled for Aug. 20 in Devore, Calif., Aug. 27 in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 3 in New York; and Sept. 10 in Boston. The 2011 lineup also includes Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill and Erykah Badu.
For more information, click here for Rock The Bells’ website.
--Sarah Marie Pittman