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TOUR
Wale to bring ‘Every Blue Moon’ tour to Phoenix
New album, 15th anniversary of debut album celebrated at show
(Photo provided by Live Nation)
Wale will perform at The Van Buren on Oct. 27.
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IF YOU GO
Who: Wale
When: Sunday, Oct. 27
Where: The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix
Special to Independent Newsmedia
Wale will bring his Every Blue Moon Tour to Phoenix this fall.
The rapper will perform at The Van Buren on Sunday, Oct. 27.
The 32-city tour kicks off in September in Fort Lauderdale before wrapping up in Birmingham at Iron City in November. Alongside covering the classics from his catalog, Wale will perform new music from his upcoming as yet to be announced eighth album, due out on Def Jam Recordings this fall.
This year also marks the 15th anniversary of his debut album “Attention Deficit.”
Tickets will be available starting with artist presales beginning Tuesday, Aug. 13. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16 at LiveNation.com.
Since unloading his breakout project, 2008’s “A Mixtape About Nothing,” the DC rhymer has appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 and has earned platinum and gold plaques.
His last album, “Folarin II,” was a sequel to 2012’s mixtape “Folarin.”
Wale was born and raised Olubowale Victor Akintimehin to Nigerian immigrant parents in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Quince Orchard High School in 2002, he attended Robert Morris University and Virginia State University on football scholarships before transferring to Bowie State University.
He soon dropped out to pursue a rap career, with “Dig Dug (Shake It)” becoming his first local hit upon its release in 2006. That same year, he was featured in The Source’s Unsigned Hype Column.
“My goal was just to be successful and stay true to what I want to do,” he shared in a press release.
He re-emerged in 2023 with a new deal at Def Jam, a feature on Odumodublvck’s “Blood On The Dance Floor” which went to #1 in Nigeria for eight weeks, a headline show at the Kennedy Center in DC for the first time to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of his album “The Gifted,” and his first diamond record for the Waka Flocka collaboration “No Hands.”
