Matisyahu backs 'Light' with club tour
Matisyahu has plotted an extensive fall and winter course across North America behind his recently released third album, "Light."
The Brooklyn-based musician will join forces with backing band Dub Trio for the trek, which kicks off with an Oct. 17 performance in Calgary. The 40-city outing works its way from the West Coast to the East Coast, wrapping up with a Dec. 8 show in Rochester, NY. The full schedule is shown below.
For the North American excursion, Matisyahu has teamed up with the Australian company Posse, which offers peer-to-peer ticketing. According to a press release, the partnership allows fans to promote the shows via their own social-networking profiles and link to tickets directly, earning a commission from each ticket sold.
The nation's top ticket seller will earn a special prize, according to a press release, and the top seller in each market will receive two free tickets and a meet-and-greet opportunity with the performer.
"Light," Matisyahu's third studio set, hit shelves late last month and peaked at No. 19 on The Billboard 200.
"Here, on this record, I dropped the accent a lot more than I ever have, and I tried to allow for my voice to come out and express itself, even with some singing, some rapping, not just with that one style [reggae]," Matisyahu said in an interview with LiveDaily last fall. "So that's probably going to make people say, 'This is really not reggae.'"
October 2009
17 - Calgary, Alberta - Flames Central
18 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
19 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
20 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
21 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
22 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
24 - San Diego, CA - Kick Gas Festival
25 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
27 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore
29 - Des Moines, IA - Peoples
31 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
November 2009
2 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
3 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
4 - Champaign, IL - Foellinger Auditorium
5 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
8 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
10 - Raleigh, NC - The Lincoln Theatre
11 - Charlotte, NC - Fillmore
12 - Greenville, SC - The Handlebar
14 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
15 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
16 - Lexington, KY - Buster's
17 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa
18 - Richmond, VA - The National
19 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
21 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
22 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
23 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
24 - Albany, NY - Northern Lights
25 - Washington, DC - Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
28 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata
29 - Montreal, Quebec - Le Medley
30 - Toronto, Ontario - The Phoenix
December 2009
1 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
2 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
3 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
7 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
8 - Rochester, NY - The Armory
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