Janelle Monáe is gearing up to take her forthcoming album, The Age of Pleasure, on the road. The singer revealed details for a 2023 North American tour on Wednesday (May 31).
The star will kick off the 26-date trek on Aug. 30 at WAMU Theater in Seattle, and will make stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York City and more before wrapping up in Inglewood, Calif., at the YouTube Theater on Oct. 18.
Tickets for the Age of Pleasure tour will go on sale in a Verizon presale beginning Thursday, June 1, at 10 a.m. local time. General onsale for the tour will begin starting Wednesday, June 7, at 10 a.m. local time on Ticketmaster.com.
The Age of Pleasure will arrive on June 9 via Atlantic Records. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the singer explained that the record is inspired by the sounds of the Black diaspora of then and now.
“It was inspired by all of my friends, my community of folks who are from South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Atlanta, L.A., Chicago,” she said. “Seeing all of us together in our Blackness, in the love that we had in our eyes for each other. People from the continent f–k around with trap from Atlanta. You know what I’m saying? I love how the diaspora — we talk to each other.”
See the official poster and the full list of dates for the Age of Pleasure tour below.
AGE OF PLEASURE TOUR DATES:
- Wed Aug. 30 – Seattle, Wash. – WAMU Theater
- Thu Aug. 31 – Vancouver, BC – UBC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
- Sat Sep. 2 – Portland, Ore. – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
- Wed Sep. 6 –Salt Lake City, Utah – The Complex
- Thu Sep. 7 – Morrison, Colo. – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
- Sat Sep. 9 – Kansas City, Mo. – The Midland Theatre
- Mon Sep. 11 – Minneapolis, Minn. – Armory
- Wed Sep. 13 – St. Louis, Mo. – Stifel Theatre
- Thu Sep. 14 – Chicago, Ill. – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
- Sun Sep. 17 – Boston, Mass. – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- Mon Sep. 18 – Philadelphia, Penn. – The Met
- Wed Sep. 20 – Montreal, QB – Mtelus
- Thu Sep. 21 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
- Sun Sep. 24 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem*
- Tue Sep. 26 – New York City, N.Y. – Radio City Music Hall
- Thu Sep. 28 – Brooklyn, N.Y. – Kings Theatre
- Mon Oct. 2 – Charlotte, N.C. – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Tue Oct. 3 – Nashville, Tenn. – Ryman Auditorium
- Wed Oct. 4 – Birmingham, Ala. – Avondale Brewing Company
- Fri Oct. 6 – Atlanta, Ga. – Fox Theatre Atlanta
- Mon Oct. 9 – Dallas, Texas – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
- Tue Oct. 10 – Houston, Texas – Bayou Music Center
- Wed Oct. 11 – Austin, Texas – Moody Amphitheater
- Sun Oct. 15 – Phoenix, Ariz. – Arizona Financial Theatre
- Tue Oct. 17 – San Francisco, Calif. – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
- Wed Oct. 18 – Inglewood, Calif. – YouTube Theater
