Go ahead and dispute the benefits of naming a tour without any unique qualities to it, and then quickly scold yourself for not appreciating Detroit rapper Danny Brown, whose disposition lies somewhere between easy-going and that of a human jack-in-the-box. Additionally, his “Old & Reckless” tour, which sort of began at SXSW and persisted in North America up until Sasquatch, isn’t exactly typical — it’s the first that he’s headlined, and the first for which many paragraphs were written in response to a spontaneous on-stage blowjob. Could things get any weirder? Well, sure. Just add the “European” descriptor to virtually anything and you’ve increased its weirdness by about double. Beginning June 9, Brown will take his “Old & Reckless” proclivities to 11 venues across the continent.
And as far as tour titles go, this one has the virtue of not being unnecessarily obscure, but fitting: despite being in his 30s, the jovial lyricist still evinces the impulses of a 13-year-old boy, home alone, with the password to the parental controls. “Most of my raps, I guess, come from the dickhead… instead of the brain sometimes, you know. I guess I’m thinking with my dick when I write, I don’t know!” We at TMT applaud that kind of honesty, and are otherwise advocates of a new genitalia-based consciousness.
Check out a teaser of Brown’s European dates below. His new album Old is forthcoming.
Dates:
06.09.13 - Manchester, UK - Parklife
06.11.13 - London, UK - Scala
06.12.13 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt
06.13.13 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece
06.14.13 - Birmingham, UK - Academy 2
06.15.13 - Glasgow, UK - The Arches
06.16.13 - Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club
06.17.13 - Dublin, Ireland - Sugar Club
06.19.13 - Paris, France - La Bellevoise
06.20.13 - Berlin, Germany - Splash
06.21.13 - Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret
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