AMAARAE ANNOUNCES ‘THE BLACK STAR EXPERIENCE’ NORTH AMERICAN LIVE DATES
Genre-bending musical innovator and global star Amaarae announces The BLACK STAR Experience: four live dates across North America celebrating her critically acclaimed new album BLACK STAR–out now via Interscope Records. Kicking off in New York City on November 1st, Amaarae will take the show to Toronto, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles across the experience, calling on fans to turn up in all-black attire.
Artist presale begins on Wednesday, September 24th, at 10 a.m. local time, Promoter/Venue presale begins Wednesday, September 24th, at 12 p.m. local time, and Spotify presale begins on Thursday, September 25th, at 12 p.m. local time. All presales will end on Thursday, September 25th at 11:59 p.m., and tickets officially go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 26th at 10 a.m. local time. More information on tickets HERE.
Known for breaking the mold with her boundary-pushing blend of alternative, pop, R&B, and Afrobeats, Amaarae presents her boldest mix of global sonics yet with BLACK STAR, sending up her Ghanaian roots as a rallying cry for youth culture around the world. The diaspora-hopping BLACK STAR is a futuristic statement of cultural pride through an ever-shifting palette of ghettotech, house, techno, baile funk, and African dance genres—stamped with Amaarae’s signature softness and hypnotic vocals and featuring contributions from PinkPantheress, Naomi Campbell, Bree Runway, Starkillers, and Charlie Wilson. It recontextualizes Ghanaian and African music with pop and club sounds across time and space, connecting them with the roots of modern-day dance music, house and techno.
Since its release, BLACK STAR has become one of the year’s most talked-about releases, earning critical acclaim from Pitchfork (Best New Music), Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, Vogue, The FADER, and more. In September, Amaarae lit up her late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, delivering a show-stopping performance that brought to life her fearless, genre-defying style.
The announcement of her live dates follows an incredible 2025 festival run of performances, including Coachella, where Amaarae made history debuting as the first Ghanaian artist to ever grace the Indio stage, Governor’s Ball, Glastonbury, AfroNation, Lollapalooza, Osheaga, Way Out West, Maiden Voyage, Lowlands Festival, Pukkelpop, and Best Day Ever. The celebratory festival performances follow the success of Amaarae’s sold-out tour behind 2023’s Fountain Baby, which was praised as among the best albums of the year by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker and was Metacritic’s #1 album of 2023. Featuring the effortlessly suave singles “Angels in Tibet” and “Reckless and Sweet”, the Afrobeats-flipping LP launched Amaarae into global pop stardom, landing her on the cover of NME, Paste, and Clash, as well as touring with Sabrina Carpenter, support billing on Childish Gambino’s tour, and an H&M x Mugler campaign.
Amaarae has long championed self-expression ever since breaking out with her 2017 single “Fluid”, an ode to living in between different labels and modes. Her astronomical rise arrived with the release of her 2020 debut album THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW, boosted by the now-platinum, globally charting “Sad Girlz Luv Money (Remix)” featuring Kali Uchis and Moliy. She stepped into the Black Panther cinematic universe with “A Body, A Coffin,” her contribution to Marvel’s 2022 Wakanda Forever Prologue EP. And she’s since exhibited her versatility through collaborations with Childish Gambino, Stormzy, Janelle Monáe, 6LACK, Kaytranada, Babyface, and Tiwa Savage, among others. Using songwriting as a way to “metabolize feelings”, Amaarae sees BLACK STAR as a full-circle moment—harkening back to when she recorded her first Passionfruit Summers EP in her mother’s house in Ghana. “This era is about vindication—for myself and my community,” she declares.
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