MACKLEMORE - New tour dates

Seattle’s Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been at this music shit for the past few years but with the release of their latest album The Heist they have blown up like nothing before, and there is nothing stopping them now! On their way round the globe on their world tour this independent duo are making all the right moves. With their latest single being added to the J’s high rotation and many other major commercial radio stations.

The Australian leg of the tour started out with a small gig in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. The Sydney gig was almost immediately moved form the Oxford Art Factory to The Metro as ticket sales were huge in the first day. With second shows just announced in both Sydney and Melbourne this tour is set to blow your mind. Grab your tickets NOW this is one that you don’t want to miss!

Macklemore aka Ben Haggerty works with Ryan Lewis (producer), Andrew Joslyn (violin),Owour Arunga (trumpet), Zach Fleury (drums, guitar, bass), and Noah Goldberg (piano) to create a wholly rich and satisfying brand of rap music. Macklemore released his debut album titled The Heist on October 9th 2012, which reached #1 on iTunes in the US and #1 on the Australian iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap Charts.

Growing up on Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington, Macklemore attended Garfield and Nathan Hale High Schools, and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at The Evergreen State College. Interested in reaching a younger generation through his music, he took a job at a juvenile-detention facility. There, he was a part of a program called Gateways, which was organized around rap.

Macklemore recorded an EP titled Open Your Eyes in 2000 under the name Professor Macklemore, which he distributed himself. Macklemore dropped “Professor” from his name, and released his first official full-length album, The Language of My World in January 2005. In September 2009, he released The Unplanned Mixtape. In October 2010, he teamed up with DJ Ryan Lewis to create the VS. Redux EP. Macklemore used his experience with substance abuse to create the mixtape’s critically acclaimed songOtherside, which samples the Red Hot Chili Peppers song of the same name.

Proving that interesting and intelligent voices can find an audience without label support,Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are paving the way for a new generation of artists and gaining attention from a wide variety of press including Hip Hop heavyweights XXL and left-slanted major American news argent Huffington Post. Don’t miss these shows, they are destined to be special; the first glance at an artist poised to take the world by storm.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis + Special Guests

12th February, 2013 – The Metro – Sydney
13th February – The Corner – Melbourne
14th February, 2013 – Coniston Lane – Brisbane
15th February, 2013 – The Metro – Sydney – SOLD OUT
16th Feburary, 2013 – The Corner – Melbourne – SOLD OUT
17th February, 2013 – Festival Gardens, Perth Festival – Perth