Playboi Carti announces Australia & NZ tour
Playboi Carti is heading to Australia and New Zealand for the very first time in March. Young Carti will be stopping by Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland to deliver his chart busting tracks from his self-titled 2017 debut mixtape.
Released on April 14, Playboi Carti debuted at #12 on the Billboard 200 charts. The mixtape features Carti’s two hit singles ‘Magnolia’ and ‘wokeuplikethis*’ both of which embody the 22-year-old rapper’s experimental but hook-heavy sound. The songs spent the summer simultaneously climbing the Billboard 100 chart and Spotify’s RapCaviar playlist, as Carti performed at festivals across North America and Europe, solidifying his place at the forefront of today’s breakout hip-hop artists.
Within a month of its release, ‘Magnolia’ went viral, amassing over 63 million streams on Spotify (currently stands at 168 million.) Featuring Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti’s follow-up track “wokeuplikethis*” has garnered over 102 million Spotify streams.
Playboi Carti’s breakout hit ‘Broke Boi’ arrived in spring 2015, around the same time that Playboi Carti made his debut at SXSW and ended up crossing paths with A$AP Rocky. Shortly afterwards, Playboi Carti relocated to the Bronx to begin work on his debut project.
Now based in his hometown of Atlanta, Playboi Carti has also won recognition within the fashion world. Along with landing features in GQ, Vogue and W Magazine, he holds the distinction of being the only rapper to feature in Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 5 show at New York Fashion Week in February of this year. This month he was featured as the music callout in Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list.
No stranger to performing live, Carti recently sold out his debut headlining tour, including shows in New York, LA, Atlanta and London. Vevo dropped into the first of two sold out nights in London to capture him perform ‘Magonolia’ and ‘wokeuplikethis*’ to a crowd that knew every single word.
Playboi Carti
Friday 23 March
Forum Melbourne | Melbourne, VIC
18+
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Saturday 24 March
Metro City | Perth, WA
18+
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 13 28 49
Wednesday 28 March
The Tivoli | Brisbane, QLD
18+
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100
Thursday 29 March
Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW
18+
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 13 28 49
Saturday 31 March - Powerstation | Auckland, NZ
18+
ticketmaster.co.nz | Ph: 0800 111 999
GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Begins: Monday 15 January (1pm NZDT)
FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE via frontiertouring.com/playboicarti
Begins: Thursday 11 January (1pm NZDT)
Ends: Friday 12 January (1pm NZDT)
(or until pre-sale allocation exhausted)