The North Carolina
trio of Phonte, Big Pooh, and producer 9th Wonder, collectively known as Little
Brother, began their first national tour Tuesday (Sept. 23) in Solana Beach,
California as a part of the Hieroglyphics Full Circle Tour.
The first performance
of the 40 plus-city tour was at the Belly Up Tavern, where Little Brother, whose
namesake is derived as an ode to the group viewing themselves as the younger
siblings of A Tribe Called Quest and the likes, offered selections from their
critically acclaimed debut album, The Listening.
Although the group
has done promo shows before, this is the fist time they will tour extensively,
a fact not lost upon Big Pooh.
"This is our
first tour so of course there is a little bit of anxiety that goes along with
preparing to go out,” the rapper said in a statement. “But I know
we are ready.”
While the group
has not disclosed any information regarding the follow up to their debut, 9th
Wonder has kept occupied by putting out a remix album of God’s Son
by Nas, and the producer is rumored to be laying a track for Jay-Z on his final
solo project, The Black Album.
Final Tour Dates
are:
September 29th
– El Paso, TX – Club Escape
September 30th - Austin, TX - Antone’s
October 1st -New Orleans, LA – Twiropa
October 2nd – Orlando, FL - The Social
October 3rd - Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
October 4th - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
October 5th - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
October 7th – Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
October 8th - New York, NY - S.O.B.’s
October 9th - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
October 10th - Ottawa, QB - Babylon
October 11th - Toronto, ON – The Phoenix
October 12th - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
October 13th - Cleveland, OH - Grop Shop
October 14th - Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Theater
October 15th - Louisville, KY - Headliners
October 16th - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
October 17th - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
October 18th - Chicago, IL - The Metro
October 19th - Minneapolis, MN - The Quest/ Fineline
October 20th - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater
October 21st - Colorado Springs, CO - 32 Bleu
October 22nd - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
October 23rd – Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
October 24th - Park City, UT - Harry O¹s
October 25th - Portland, OR - Roseland
October 26th - Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
October 27th - Victoria, BC - Sugar Nightclub
October 28th - Seattle, WA - Showbox
October 29th - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theater
October 30th - Arcata, CA - Humboldt State
October 31st - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
November 1st - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
November 2nd - Santa Barbara, CA - UCSB
November 3rd - Reno, NV – The New Oasis
November 4th - San Jose, CA – Zoe
November 5th - Chico, CA – The Brick Works
November 6th - Ashland, OR - Ashland Armory