Janelle Monáe Announces U.S. Tour for Late Summer and Fall Behind ‘Age of Pleasure’ Album
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Singer-actor Janelle Monáe will be bringing her “Age of Pleasure” principle to North American theaters and amphitheaters this late summer and fall, with a nearly two-month tour that begins Aug.
30 in Seattle and wraps Oct. 18 at the L.A. area’s YouTube Theater. The Live Nation-backed 26-city tour will follow a couple of months on the heels of Monáe’s first album in five years, “The Age of Pleasure,” which comes out June 9.
It’s been preceded by a new single and music video, “Lipstick Lover.” A Verizon presale begins Thursday at 10 a.m. local time, with other targeted presales happening throughout the next week before a general ticket sale one week from today, June 7, also at 10 a.m.
local time. New York City residents will get to choose from two local appearances, at Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 28 and Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre two nights later.
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