Childish Gambino

with special guest Willow

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Doors open at 7 p.m. | Show starts at 8 p.m.

POSTPONED:

“hey everyone. unfortunately i have to postpone the rest of the north american tour to focus on my physical health for a few weeks. hold onto your tickets. ALL tickets will be honored for the upcoming dates in north america when they are rescheduled. thanks for the privacy. thanks for the support. thanks for the love.”

-Donald Glover

Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino is the alter ego of multi-hyphenate American entertainer Donald Glover, who is also known for acting roles on television shows like Community and the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Atlanta, as well as the film Solo: A Star Wars Story. As Childish Gambino, Glover refined his off-kilter brand of hip-hop on his 2013 breakthrough album Because the Internet, before making a sharp turn toward R&B-inspired funk, which won him a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance in 2017 for the single "Redbone." In 2018, his politically charged song "This Is America" debuted at number one atop the Billboard Hot 100, buoyed by a viral music video that addressed gun violence and racial injustice. The success of those two projects launched him into a creative burst, which led to the release of his genre-defying, mind-bending 3.15.20 album in 2020.

While studying at NYU, Glover joined the sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy, which caught the attention of Tina Fey, who hired him in 2006 to write for 30 Rock. Three years later, he left that job to move to Los Angeles and was soon cast on the sitcom Community. The year before, he had released his first mixtape, Sick Boi, under the moniker Childish Gambino, which was conceived by an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator. His next mixtape, Poindexter, was released on September 19, 2009, the same day Community premiered on NBC. While his brainy, sometimes goofy rapping style was established by these two mixtapes, his next efforts sought to expand his reach and touch on more serious subjects.

I Am Just a Rapper and I Am Just a Rapper 2 were released in quick succession at the beginning of 2010, followed a couple months later with Culdesac, a mixtape that showed off Glover's soulful singing style. All the while, he was still starring on Community, launching a successful standup comedy career, and making electronic music under the name mcDJ. Up to this point, all his music had been self-released, but that changed when he was signed to Glassnote Records in 2011. His first official album, Camp, was issued that same year. Busy as ever, Glover launched a tour that lasted into 2012, then released another mixtape, Royalty, denoting his new status as a more serious rapper and featuring a range of musicians including Beck, ScHoolboy Q, and Das Racist's Heems.

Willow

A genre-defying artist, Willow reinvents pop, R&B, and rock in her own individualistic ways. As a singer/songwriter, she debuted with the viral 2010 hit "Whip My Hair," becoming the youngest artist to date to score a double-platinum single. On her 2015 self-produced full-length debut, Ardipithecus, she added alt-R&B textures to her style. By the time of 2017's The 1st, her sound had evolved to include pastoral acoustic elements, while 2019's self-titled album brought touches of dream pop into her music. In 2021, the pop chameleon added punk rock to her repertoire with Lately I Feel Everything and continued her maturation with 2022's COPINGMECHANISM. Along the way, she was a frequent collaborator with brother Jaden, as well as Tyler Cole (as the duo the Anxiety) and Jahnavi Harrison (for 2020's R I S E). In addition to film and music, she is also a fashion icon, social rights advocate, and television personality, starring alongside her mother and grandmother on the family talk show Red Table Talk.

The daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow, like older brothers Jaden and Trey, got her start in the entertainment industry as an actor. She first appeared alongside her father in I Am Legend (2007), which led to roles in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) and Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa (2008), as well as a couple appearances on the television program True Jackson, VP (as a younger version of star Keke Palmer). In 2010, Jay-Z's Roc Nation label signed Smith as a vocalist. Her first single, the bouncy "Whip My Hair," was released later that year and was in the Top 20 of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart by the end of October. The single ultimately went double platinum, making ten-year-old Willow the youngest artist to achieve that feat. In 2011, she won Outstanding New Artist at the NAACP Image Awards.

Smith's debut album, Ardipithecus, arrived in 2015. Exploring different sounds and textures, the record was a stark departure from "Whip My Hair," unveiling a more alternative side to the songwriter -- somewhere between Lorde and Janelle Monáe -- who also produced ten of the album's 11 tracks. Her sophomore effort, The 1st, marked another shift in tone for Smith. Issued in 2017, the album focused on an organic, singer/songwriter style highlighted on tracks like "Boy" and "A Reason." Her eclectic third LP, Willow, appeared in July 2019 and was co-produced by Tyler Cole. Plaintive like The 1st, but with more production, the short set had a dreamy energy similar to Cocteau Twins and Mazzy Star and featured brother Jaden on "U Know." Her collaborative work with Cole was extended when the pair formed the Anxiety, recording a self-titled album that landed in March 2020. The lead single from The Anxiety, "Meet Me at Our Spot," became an international Top 40 radio hit the following year. To close 2020, Smith teamed with British musician Jahnavi Harrison for the spiritually focused EP R I S E.

In 2021, Smith added pop-punk to her sonic resumé with the angst-packed single "Transparent Soul" featuring drummer Travis Barker. That track -- along with two other Barker features -- landed on her next album, Lately I Feel Everything, which was influenced by childhood favorites like Paramore and My Chemical Romance. Delving headlong into this fresh space, she also recruited additional guests Avril Lavigne, Tierra Whack, and Cherry Glazerr. The record peaked at number five on Top Alternative Albums chart and cracked the Top 50 of the Billboard 200. The next year, in addition to collaborations with PinkPantheress, Camila Cabello, and Yungblud, Willow continued her rock trajectory with her fifth set, COPINGMECHANISM, home to the metallic riffs of " it's my fault" and the punky "hover like a GODDESS."