The Roots have a busy summer ahead
The hardest working act in hip-hop isn’t making things any easier for themselves this summer. In addition to playing a number of solo shows and festivals stints (including their very own Roots Picnic) in the upcoming months, The Roots will be supporting Erykah Badu on twenty-four dates for her tour. Add this with their active campaigning for Presidential candidate Barack Obama in Philadelphia and a recently announced collaboration with Rik Cordero to produce music videos for ten of the twelve tracks on their forthcoming album Rising Down, and this summer will certainly already busy for the hip-hop legends.
And that is not all. While, The Roots have been together for twenty-one years and have acquired a pretty well-established audience, they haven’t really been awarded the mainstream success they deserve. That could all change if they receive the “Colbert Bump” after they perform on The Colbert Report for the shows coverage of the Philadelphia primary on April 15.
The Roots 2008 Summer Dates:
04-11 Killington, VT - Pickle Barrel Night Club
04-12 Boston, MA - Northeastern University
04-16 West Lafayette, IN - Purdue University
04-17 Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Mellon University
04-18 St. Louis, MO - Webster University
04-20 Washington, DC - National Mall (Green Apple Festival)
04-23 Raleigh, NC - Duke University
04-24 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
04-25 Charlotte, NC - Amos’ Southend Music Hall
04-26 Towson, MD - Towson University (Tigerfest)
04-29 New Haven, CT - Yale University
05-02 Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
05-03 New Orleans, LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
05-04 Detroit, MI - Fox Theater *
05-06 Montreal, Quebec - Cepsum @ University of Montreal *
05-08 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater *
05-09 New York, NY - Radio City *
05-10 Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Pavilion *
05-11 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
05-14 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall *
05-15 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall *
05-16 Norfolk, VA - Chrysler Hall *
05-17 Richmond, VA - Landmark Theater *
05-20 Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park *
05-23 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theater *
05-24 Chillicothe, IL - Summer Camp Music Festival
05-25 Los Angeles, CA - UCLA Jazz and Reggae Festival
05-27 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
05-29 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater *
05-30 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater *
05-31 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater *
06-02 Denver, CO - The Fillmore *
06-04 Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Amphitheater
06-05 Seattle, WA - Marymoor Park *
06-07 Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier (The Roots Picnic)
06-08 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theater *
06-10 San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s *
06-12 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theater *
06-13 Birmingham, AL - City Stages Festival
06-14 Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre *
06-17 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
06-18 Dallas, TX - Nokia Theater
06-19 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
06-22 Rochester, NY - Rochester International Jazz Festival
07-04 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest 2008
07-20 Commerce City, CO - Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
* = w/ Erykah Badu
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