The Roots are hitting the road this summer with some special friends. The Tonight show The house band will take a break from playing celebrities on stage and jamming with host Jimmy Fallon to play a string of dates from May through September with fellow hip-hop experimentalists Digable Planets and Arrested Development.
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After announcing an initial schedule of dates for the Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life release last week with the message “This is for those who really fell in love with this,” the band filled out the roster with a stronger run. The weekend's headliners will kick off on May 11 with a Mountain Winery Concert Series gig in Saratoga, California and a spot at the Wonderfront festival in San Diego on May 12 before hitting the road in Philadelphia for this year's edition of the Roots Picnic festival. .
This year's June 1-2 Picnic will feature André 3000 and his bag of magic flutes, Jill Scott, Lil Wayne, Gunna, Victoria Monét, Method Man, Nas, Redman and Sexyy Red and more performing at The Mann at Fairmount Park.
A quick pop-in at the Reggae Rise Up Maryland 2024 festival in Baltimore on June 23 will be followed by a June 29 concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and then a pair of dates in July in Denver and Seattle before a jump. across the Atlantic for a few dates in England and Germany before returning to US shores in August for shows in Houston and Irving, TX, Highland Park, IL, Sterling Heights, MI, Atlanta, Vienna, VA and a show on September 1 at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston.
According to their work supporting Fallon since 2009 — and beyond Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and then starting from 2014 onwards The Tonight Show — the majority of this summer's dates will be weekend gigs that will allow the group to be in place at Studio 6B at Rockefeller Center in New York City for their nighttime gig.
Check out the Roots Is the Love of My Life 2024 Hip-Hop tour dates below.
May 11 – Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery Concert Series
May 12 – San Diego, CA @ Wonderfront festival
June 1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic 2024
June 2 – Philadelphia, PA @ Roots Picnic 2024
June 23 – Baltimore, MD @ Reggae Rise Up Maryland 2024
June 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *^
July 20 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
July 21 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo
August 1 – Tower Of London, UK @ Crystal Palace Bowl
August 2 – Margate, UK @ Dreamland
August 5 – Berlin, DE @ Uber Eats Music Hall
August 16 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall *^
August 17 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion At Toyota Music Factory *^
August 24 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia festival *^
August 25 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheater at Freedom Hill *^
August 29 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park *^
August 31 – Vienna, VA @ Filene Center at Wolf Trap *^
September 1 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *^'July 20 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
* = w/ arrested growth
^ = w/ Diggable Planets
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/the-roots-2024-hip-hop-is-the-love-of-my-life-tour-dates-1235652055/
