By Roman Wolfe
Pioneering Hip-Hop collective De La Soul will tour Australia starting April 26 in celebration of their 20th anniversary.
De La will be joined by popular DJ Cut Chemist on the tour, which will see the grew run through their deep catalog, backed by an 10-piece band.
The group will perform 10-dates while touring Australia, starting in Perth at Metro City and winding down at the Groovin the Moo Festival on May 16.
In addition to Pos, Dave and Maseo, Black Sheep frontman Dres will perform on each date except the tour's finale.
In June, the Grammy Award winning group will take their 20th Anniversary to Europe, where they will perform 11-dates throughout England.
De La Soul released their groundbreaking first album 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989.
Since then, the group has released a number of Hip-Hop classics, including De La Soul is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate, Stakes Is High, Art Official Intelligence: Mosiac Thump, AOI: Bionix, The Grind Date and others.
Full tour dates are listed below:
Sunday, April 26 - Metro City - Perth
Friday, May 1 - The Esplande Hotel - Melbourne
Saturday, May 2 - Groovin The Moo Festival - Lou Lister Park, Townsville
Sunday, May - 3 Brisbane Big Top - Brisbane
Tuesday, May 5 – Metro Theater - Sydney
Friday, May 8 – The Shores Complex - Adelaide
Saturday, May 9 – Groovin The Moo Festival- Newcastle Showgrounds, Newcastle
Tuesday, May 12 - SFBH - Wellington
Wednesday, May 13 - Lake Kawana Center - Queenstown
Thursday, May 14 – The Bedford - Christchurch
Friday, May 15 – The Power Station - Auckland
Saturday, May 16 - Groovin The Moo Festival - Bendigo Show Grounds, Bendigo
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - Lemon Grove (Exeter University) - Exeter
Wednesday June 3 -The Junction [J1/ J2/ J3] - Cambridge
Thursday, June 4 - Academy - Bristol
Friday, June 5 - Picture House - Edinburgh
Saturday, 6 - The Arches - Glasgow
Monday, June 8 - Rock City - Nottingham
Wednesday, June 10 - The Assembly - Leamington Spa - Warwickshire
Thursday June 11 - Camden Centre - London
Friday, June 12 - Concorde 2 - Brighton
Thursday, June 16 - Ritz Ballroom - Manchester