The mixtape that broke him into the mainstream gets a full run of North American dates this summer and fall, a decade after its release.
Chance The Rapper’s Coloring Book turned 10 years old this week. The mixtape, released independently in May 2016, catapulted the Chicago rapper into a different category of fame, earning a Grammy and upending assumptions about how hip-hop could reach the mainstream. To mark the anniversary, Chance is taking the project on the road for a summer and fall tour across North America.
The 34-date run kicks off August 11 in Cleveland and winds through major markets, mid-sized halls, and outdoor venues before wrapping October 11 in Pittsburgh. Stops include SummerStage in Central Park, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and a handful of casino resort rooms, mapping the strange in-between space an artist like Chance occupies now: big enough to headline amphitheaters, close enough to the ground to play a brewery or a union event center.
Artist presale opens Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. local time, with general on-sale following Thursday, May 21 at the same time through ChanceStuff.com. The tour marks the first time Chance has devoted a full run solely to Coloring Book, a record that reshaped his career and, for a moment, the industry’s ideas about independence.
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