Joey Bada$$ has announced he’ll return to Australia early next year for his first headline tour in half a decade. The Brooklyn rapper will play four shows, beginning at Metropolis in Fremantle on Wednesday, 4th January, continuing along to Brisbane and Sydney before concluding at the Forum in Melbourne on Sunday, 8th January.
UPDATE 17/10/22: Second Melbourne show announced after first sells out. Frontier Members presale begins Wednesday, 19th October (1pm AEDT). General Public tickets on sale Friday, 21st October (10am AEDT) here.
Joey Bada$$ – ‘Where I Belong’
Joey’s 2023 tour comes in support of his most recent studio album, 2000, which arrived in July. It followed on from 2017’s All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ and 2020’s The Light Pack EP. Bada$$’s latest album serves as a spiritual successor to his debut mixtape, 2012’s 1999.
2000 was previewed with singles ‘Head High’, ‘Where I Belong’, ‘Survivors Guilt’ and ‘Zipcodes’, and featured collaborations with Diddy, Griselda‘s Westside Gunn, JID and more. Outside of his own songs, Bada$$ has provided several guest verses in the five years between studio albums – most recently the Chance the Rapper collab ‘The Highs & the Lows’ and ‘Because’ from Danger Mouse and Black Thought‘s Cheat Codes.
Joey Bada$$ 2023 Australian Tour
- Wednesday, 4th January – Metropolis, Fremantle
- Tickets: Oztix
- Friday, 6th January – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
- Tickets: Ticketmaster
- Saturday, 7th January – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
- Tickets: Ticketek
- Sunday, 8th January – Forum, Melbourne SOLD OUT
- Tickets: Ticketek
- Tuesday, 10th January – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne NEW SHOW
- Tickets: Moshtix
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