ANDERSON .PAAK SHORES UP VENTURA

Recent Grammy winner for Best Rap Performance Anderson .Paak has announced his new album Ventura will drop 4/12 via Aftermath/12Tone. Dr. Dre will once again serve as executive producer for the project, as he did on .Paak's third and most recent LP, Oxnard.

Along with the new album, .Paak announced his biggest tour yet, produced by Live Nation with dates that include Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks. The Best Teef in the Game Tour will have Thundercat on the entire trek, while featuring Earl Sweatshirt, Noname, Mac DeMarco and Jessie Reyez on select dates.

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5/17 - Nashville - Ascend Amphitheater %
5/20 - Cleveland- Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica %
5/21 - Philadelphia - The Met Philadelphia %
5/23 - Uncasville, Conn. - Mohegan Sun Arena %
5/26 - Westbrook, Maine - Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row %
5/28 - Baltimore - MECU Pavilion %
5/30 - New York - Madison Square Garden %
6/1 - Toronto - RBC Echo Beach *
6/2 - Detroit - Meadow Brook Amphitheatre ^
6/4 - Chicago - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island *
6/6 - Raleigh, N.C. - Red Hat Amphitheater *
6/7 - Atlanta - Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park *
6/8 – New Orleans – Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square *
6/11 - Houston - Revention Music Center #
6/12 - Dallas - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory #
6/14 - Denver - Red Rocks Amphitheatre %
6/16 - Las Vegas - Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort %
6/19 - Vancouver, B.C. - PNE Forum %
6/20 - Seattle - WaMu Theater %
6/22 - Portland - McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre %
6/27 - San Francisco – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium %

Thundercat is on all dates
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Noname = *
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