August 2010

One half of Grammy Award winning Diamond selling hip-hop duo Outkast, Big Boi, sets dates for the Son Of Chico Dusty U.S nationwide tour in support of his critically acclaimed debut album Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

Starting August 26th, Atlanta-based Big Boi(Antwan Patton) will be performing hits from his debut solo album along with Outkast classics in select cities across the US.

Recently headlining Pitchfork Festival act, Big Boialso performed with HP & Myspace Music stopping in Miami (Aug.18th )for the most viewed hip-hop show in Ustream history. Drawing in 1.5 million total streams during the live show and the rebroadcast running immediately following, the show ranks as the #3 most viewed music performance ever on Ustream. In total, the live stream and immediate rebroadcast garnered 2.6 million tune-ins in 30 hours.

Recently, Big headlined the Pitchfork Music Festival and will be making more festival appearances during the tour at Epicenter, MoogFest, and TCT9.

His energetic live shows have been winning over crowds while his first official album separate from the diamond-selling duo Outkast has been earning excellent reviews from The New Yorker, Time, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and New York Magazine among others.

Spin Magazine declares, “Funk is the game and Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton isn’t playing… Sir Lucious Left Foot is a monster of an album.” Also, Big collaborated with Converse to create a limited edition pair of sneakers paying tribute to his debut album.

Tour itinerary:

08-26 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
09-02 Iowa City, IA - University of Iowa
09-04 Atlanta, GA - Heineken Red Star Soul
09-05 Atlantic City, NJ - Casbah
09-06 New York, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
09-17 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
09-18 Providence, RI - Brown University
09-22 Arcata, CA - Arcata Community Center
09-24 Las Vegas, NV - The Palms Casino
09-25 Fontana, CA - Epicenter
09-28 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
10-01 Bloomington, IN - Indiana University
10-08 Columbia, SC - University of South Carolina
10-15 San Diego, CA - UC of San Diego
10-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
10-28 Charleston, SC - Charleston Visitors Center
10-29 Asheville, NC - Asheville Civic Center (Moogfest)
10-30 Houston, TX - Tom Bass Park Amphitheater
11-12 Chattanooga, TN - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
11-18 Sydney, Australia - Fox Studios

[Edited 8/26/10 8:49am]

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German talk show host Alfred "Bio" Biolek.

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American showbiz icon Big Bird.

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Rapper Big Boi.

Just kidding.

I bought the album but it was an edited version. Well I *WAS* at Wal Mart... shit should've waited until I went to Target again... I may take a listen later lol

Love the new album, but the TV appearances supporting it have been hit and miss. Heard his festival performances were pretty tight, though.

However! Where is the Yay Area show?! Don't make Oakland mad! I'm sure he'll add at least on show here before or after San Diego. There's a week open on either side of that show.