Nas & Damian Marley: Distant Relatives

Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley have announced the official tour dates for their groundbreaking "Distant Relatives Tour," set to kick off May 21st in Arcata, CA. The tour will follow the May 18th release of their highly-anticipated collaborative studio album, Distant Relatives (Universal Republic), and will include performances at Bonnaroo, June 11th and Gathering of The Vibes, August 1st. The pair recently performed at the annual music festival SXSW in Austin, TX, as well as WMC's Ultra Music Festival in Miami this past weekend. They will also make one more special performance on May 2nd at West Palm Beach, FL’s SUNFEST before kicking off the tour. Opening for Nas and Damian during their landmark tour is Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Nneka, who recently introduced her sound to the America earlier this year through her US debut release, Concrete Jungle. In addition to announcing tour dates, Nas and Damian have released the official album cover (featured here), which was shot by Nabil Elderkin and designed by Nesta Garrick.

OFFICIAL TOUR DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

May 2nd - West Palm Beach, FL - Sunfest
May 21st - Arcata, CA - Arcata Community Center
May 22nd - Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Ampitheater
May 23rd - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
May 25th - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
May 26th - Santa Barbara, CA - University of California, Santa Barbara
May 28th - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
May 29th - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
May 30th - Valley Center, CA - Harrah's Rincon - Open Sky Theater
May 31st - Los Angeles, CA - UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival
June 2nd - Santa Fe, NM - Paolo Soleri Ampitheatre
June 8th - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
June 9th - Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek Outdoor Ampitheater
June 11th - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 12th - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
June 13th - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
June 27th - Brussels, BE - Couleur Cafe Festival
June 28th - Paris, FR - Paris Hip Hop Festival
July 1st - Arendal, NO - Hovefestival
July 3rd - Cologne, DE - Summerjam
July 4th - Gdynia, PL - Heineken Opener Festival
July 6th - Copenhagen, DK - Vega
July 7th - Hultsfred, SE - Hultsfred Festival
July 9th - Frauenfeld, CH - Openair Frauenfeld
July 10th - Montreux Vaud, CH
July 11th - Rotterdam - Holland North Sea Jazz
July 13th - Hamburg, DE - Stadtpark
July 14th - Munich, DE - Tollwood Festival
July 16th - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy
July 17th - Dublin, IE - Tripod
July 20th - Hammersmith, UK - Hammersmith Apollo
July 23rd - Gräfenhainichen, DE - Splash Festival
July 31st - Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront
August 1st - Bridgeport, CT - Gathering of The Vibes Festival

Stay Tuned to www.distantrelatives.com as More Tour Dates Will Be Announced
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