Today, Pouya announced his ‘THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME’ 2025 tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 35-city tour kicks off on February 25 at The Beacham in Orlando, FL making stops across the U.S. in Houston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and more before wrapping up in Atlanta, GA at Buckhead Theatre on April 24.
Tickets will be available starting with an Artist presale beginning on Tuesday, November 12. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning on Friday, November 15 at 10AM local time at LiveNation.com
Pouya broke through with the Baby Bone EP highlight “Get Buck,” a track so unrelenting and combative that it lacked space for a hook. The title of its 2013 parent release referred to the rapper’s nickname and love for Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
While the influence of that pioneering melodic rap group can be sensed throughout Pouya’s discography, the Miami native’s highly personal and creative lyricism, combined with his easy adaptability to the wildly varying approaches of his producers, have made him stand out all along. From 2016 through 2018, Pouya’s Underground Underdog, Drop Out of School (with Fat Nick), and Five Five each hit Billboard charts, a period during which the rapper also scored with the Ghostemane collaboration “1000 Rounds.” By the time that single went gold, in 2021, Pouya’s catalog had expanded with additional independent projects such as The South Got Something to Say and Blood Was Never Thick as Water. Born and raised in Miami, Kevin Pouya started recording in his late teens, forming a duo with childhood friend Fat Nick dubbed the Buffet Boys. Pouya’s first couple mixtapes were released in 2012.
The EP Baby Bone arrived the next year, and with it came “Get Buck,” which multiplied his audience by a high factor. Pouya responded with another EP, Gookin’, recorded with the Cool Kids’ Sir Michael Rocks. After a clutch of EPs and tapes that included South Side Suicide (with Suicideboys), Pouya went on something of a commercial hot streak. In 2016, Underground Underdog became his first of three recordings to register on Billboard’s Independent Albums chart, and it also cracked the Billboard 200.
Drop Out of School and Five Five entered the independent chart over the next couple years, and it was during this time that the non-album single “1000 Rounds” — a duo cut with Ghostemane — became one of Pouya’s career high points. Retaining his artistic independence and regional pride, Pouya in 2019 offered The South Got Something to Say, his third official album, containing the chest-rattling Juicy J collaboration “Six Speed,” and the likes of Ghostemane and Rocci among the other featured artists. A sequel to Drop Out of School was among Pouya’s 2020 output. The next year brought Blood Was Never Thick as Water. The rapper’s fourth album balanced atmospheric tracks such as “Walk In” and “Leave Me Alone” with rumblerslike “Wig Split,” featuring Denzel Curry. The four-years-old “1000 Rounds” was certified gold that October. Pouya would later release his fifth studio album in 2023 called “Gator” whichfeatured Yung Gravy and Ramirez. In 2024 he would go on the “Greyday Tour” with the Suicideboys and was one of the direct supporters on the tour. His sixth studio album, “They Could Never Make Me Hate You”, released in August which has led to the announcement of his 2025 tour “They Could Never Make Me Tour” with Freddie Dredd.
POUYA: THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME 2025 TOUR DATES
Tue Feb 25 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham
Wed Feb 26 – St. Petersburg – Jannus Live
Sat Mar 01 – Birmingham, AL – Iron City
Mon Mar 03 – Houston, TX – House of Blues Houston
Tue Mar 04 – San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theatre
Wed Mar 05 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
Fri Mar 07 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
Sun Mar 09 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Tue Mar 11 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Wed Mar 12 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Thu Mar 13 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues Las Vegas
Sun Mar 16 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues Anaheim
Mon Mar 17 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Tue Mar 18 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Thu Mar 20 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
Sun Mar 23 – Tacoma, WA – Temple Theatre
Mon Mar 24 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Thu Mar 27 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center
Sat Mar 29 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Mon Mar 31 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
Tue Apr 01 – Minneapolis, MN – Uptown Theater Minneapolis
Thu Apr 03 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Sat Apr 05 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues Chicago
Mon Apr 07 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
Tue Apr 08 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Thu Apr 10 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Fri Apr 11 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues Cleveland
Sun Apr 13 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston
Mon Apr 14 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Wed Apr 16 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia
Thu Apr 17 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Sat Apr 19 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
Mon Apr 21 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Tue Apr 22 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Thu Apr 24 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
