What better way to ring in the approaching New Year than by popping champagne and totally forgetting to drink any water, getting super-tanked and making out with a stranger at midnight, all before waking up in a stairwell of the downtown bus station? I know what you’re thinking: “um, nothing!!!!” Well, that’s where you’re wrong. There is a more fun, possibly safer option (though potentially with a lot more waiting for the night to roll around, depending on where you live): the upcoming RJD2 tour. As previously reported, the talented hip-hop producer is set to release his latest LP, The Colossus, January 19 on his own RJ’s Electrical Connections label. To tout the album, he’ll be touring with a full band.
In other news, RJ's pretty-awesome internet giveaway fest continues on his website; anyone who enters the online contest leading up to the new album’s release date can win stuff like MP3s, records, and more. In addition, the man’s reissues of albums begins November 13 with 2002’s breakout hit Deadringer (TMT Review) and will continue throughout the month with 2003’s The Horror EP and 2004’s Since We Last Spoke (TMT Review). Also available for purchase is RJD2 2002-2010, a vinyl-only box set released just last month.
Colossal tourdates:
01.09.10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
01.10.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
01.11.10 - Charlotte, NC - Visualite Theater
01.12.10 - Savannah, GA - Live Wire
01.13.10 - Orlando, FL - The Social
01.14.10 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar
01.15.10 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
01.16.10 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Heaven Room)
01.17.10 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
01.18.10 - Chattanooga, TN - Rhythm and Brews
01.19.10 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium
01.20.10 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
01.21.10 - Charlottesville, VA - Jeffers Theatre
01.22.10 - Morgantown, WV - 123 Pleasant Street
02.05.10 - Columbus, OH - Sully's Music Diner
02.06.10 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
02.07.10 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
02.08.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit In
02.09.10 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café
02.10.10 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford
02.11.10 - New Orleans, LA - Tipitinas
02.12.10 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Mo
02.13.10 - Austin, TX - Emos
02.14.10 – Denton, TX - Hailey's
02.18.10 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
02.19.10 - Grinnell, IA - Grinnell College (Harris Center)
02.20.10 - Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
