On the heels of a highly successful and sold out 30+ date headlining tour this past winter, DJ Shadow has announced a second leg of dates that will bring him across Europe/UK this summer and North America in October to celebrate his latest album Action Adventure. Starting October 3 in Kansas City, the North American Action Adventure Tour stops in cities that the pioneering DJ and producer hasn’t played in years. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10AM local time. See below for the full itinerary and go here for tickets and pre-sale information: http://djshadow.com
Action Adventure – released in October on Mass Appeal / Liquid Amber – features 14 mostly instrumental tracks that represent a continued evolution for DJ Shadow. His eighth studio album, it’s a thrilling new addition to an influential body of work defined by a restless ear, always searching to rescue some forgotten gem from the dustbin of music history or a fresh blast of sound from the cutting edge.
Tied to the new album release, Shadow was profiled by Stereogum and SPIN, and interviewed by Zane Lowe on his Apple Music show. Additional album coverage includes The Fader, Billboard, NPR’s New Music Friday and more. He also sat down for a Q&A with Zane Lowe at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, was interviewed on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, World Cafe and his KEXP live performance session just debuted last week. His first proper tour since 2017 kicked off in January of this year, and included sold out headline performances at Webster Hall in New York City and The Fonda in Los Angeles.
Leading up to the release of Action Adventure, Shadow released music videos for album singles “Ozone Scraper” and “You Played Me” – two songs that show off the synth-heavy sonic worlds that he explores throughout the record. “You Played Me” was the result of serendipity, dropping the needle on an a capella track of a record he’d never listened to, over a beat that recalls a lost early 80s R&B classic. He says of the track, “it’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made.” The music video was filmed in a still-operating cassette tape manufacturer in Missouri – National Audio Company – and Shadow has been hiding cassette tapes of the single at indie record stores worldwide.
DJ Shadow has been releasing music for over thre decades. His landmark debut Endtroducing…..was released in 1996, is considered one of the finest albums of that decade, and continues to influence new generations of artists. In thepast few years he’s reached some tremendous new heights. 2016’s The Mountain Will Fall featured “Nobody Speak” with Run The Jewels. That single has long since gone gold, has nearly100 million streams on Spotify, and continues to seep into the public consciousness as a soundtrack to countless spots in film and on TV. He returned in 2019 with Our Pathetic Age -a double LP featuring De La Soul (performing “Rocket Fuel” together on Jimmy Kimmel Live), Nas, Run the Jewels, Pusha T, Inspectah Deck and Ghostface among others.
TOUR DATES:
International
June 20, 2024 Reykjavik, Iceland – Gamla Bíó
June 22, 2024 Istanbul, Turkey – Frankhan
June 23, 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria – Sofia Live Festival
June 26, 2024 Bratislava, Slovakia – Danube Music Day
June 28, 2024 Madrid, Spain – Sala But
June 29, 2024 Barcelona, Spain – Nitsa
July 2, 2024 Marseille, France – Espace Julien
July 4, 2024 Belfast, UK – The Limelight
July 5, 2024 Cork, Ireland – Cyprus Avenue
July 7, 2024 Dublin, Ireland – The Academy
July 9, 2024 Seignosse, France – Tube
July 11, 2024 Edinburgh, UK – La Belle Angele
July 12, 2024 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
July 13, 2024 Gateshead, UK – Glasshouse
July 14, 2024 Liverpool, UK – Invisible Wind Factory
July 16, 2024 Norwich, UK – Waterfront
July 18, 2024 Ghent, Belgium – Gent Jazz Festival
July 19, 2024 Ghent, Belgium – Gent Jazz Festival
July 20, 2024 Bontida, Romania – Electric Castle
North America
Oct 03, 2024 Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theatre
Oct 04, 2024 Saint Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Oct 05, 2024 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
Oct 07, 2024 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Oct 08, 2024 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Oct 10, 2024 Ottawa, ON – Bronson Centre Music Theatre
Oct 11, 2024 Montréal, QC – Society for Arts and Technology
Oct 12, 2024 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
Oct 14, 2024 Richmond, VA – The National
Oct 15, 2024 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
Oct 16, 2024 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Oct 20, 2024 Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
Oct 22, 2024 Houston, TX House of Blues
Oct 23, 2024 Austin, TX – Mohawk
Oct 24, 2024 Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre
Oct 27, 2024 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
Oct 29, 2024 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Oct 30, 2024 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Oct 31, 2024 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues Anaheim
