— Aminé announces a tour in support of his recently-released album 13 Months of Sunshine across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe for this Fall.
Aminé will be kicking off the tour with the second edition of The Best Day Ever Festival taking place September 13th and 14th in his hometown of Portland before taking the music of his new acclaimed album and his storied catalog across the Live Nation-promoted 4-month run.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with an artist pre-sale beginning Wednesday, May 28 at 7am local time. Sign up now at Amine’s official website. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday, May 30 at 9am local time.
EU/UK TICKET ACCESS: Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in France, Denmark and Sweden. Mastercard Presale starts Wednesday, May 28 at 9am local. Preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets are available in the countries listed and the UK from Friday, May 30 at 9am local. Check out priceless.com/music for details.
VIP: In select cities, the shows will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. For more information, visit Amine’s official website.
The tour announcement closely follows a pair of sold out release parties in Los Angeles and New York, where Aminé and friends celebrated the release of the new album and debuted the songs live for the first time since its release. 13 Months of Sunshine‘s title is a play on the Gregorian 13-month calendar that Aminé’s native Ethiopia and Eritrea follow, as well as a direct reference to the Western marketing campaigns to entice tourists to visit Ethiopia in the 60’s and 70’s.
“They came up with this slogan to show people that there was so much more to Ethiopia than what is advertised. I related so heavily to it, because on this album, I am showing that there’s so much more than what everyone assumes about my music — myself included.” — Aminé
Guided by intimate conversations with family members, specifically his father, and the strong ties to his East African heritage, 13 Months of Sunshine sees the rapper reevaluate his meteoric success and the legacy he wants to leave behind through intentional storytelling.
Executive produced by Dahi (Ravyn Lenae, SZA, Kendrick Lamar), every line on the 16-song album passes the “small reading room test” through lyrics that he “would be proud to read, without music and in front of 30 people,” Aminé explains, “Every line had to pass that test.” From the Waxahatchee-featuring indie pop beauty of “History” to the psych-synth invocation of Toro y Moi-assisted album closer “Images” on 13 Months of Sunshine, the rapper presents his most exacting vision to date as well as a ferocious appetite as both a listener and curator of sound.
Listen to 13 Months of Sunshine now and see all upcoming Aminé tour dates above with tickets going on sale this Friday.