Today, on his birthday, multi-Platinum recording artist Kevin Gates unveiled one of his most personal and special tracks yet. Gates wears his heart on his sleeve on the romantic track “Dreka,” named for his wife, manager, business partner and mother of his two children – affectionately known as #bossmaynedrek. Listen to “Dreka” HERE. Watch the visualizer for “Dreka” HERE.
Yesterday, the prolific rapper announced his North American tour dates for “I’M HIM Part 2 Tour.” The tour kicks off at Denver, CO’s iconic venue, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, on May 19th. Gates is slated to perform at El Paso, TX’s Neon Desert on May 23rd and wraps his tour with an incredible performance at Manchester, TN’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13th. Artist presale began 2/4 at 12PM local time and will continue through 2/6 10PM local time; Songkick presale will begin 2/5 at 10 AM local time and run through 2/6 at 10Pm local and venue presales will run 2/6 from 10AM to 10PM local time. Tickets for the “I’m Him Part 2 Tour” go on sale to the general public Friday, 2/7 at 10AM local time. See full itinerary below. For complete details, please visit www.kvngates.com/tour. Please note, tickets for Neon Desert will be on sale soon.
Gates recently announced his longest-ever European headline tour. The “I’M HIM European Tour” begins March 26th in Dublin, Ireland and includes visits to far-reaching locales including Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain. Tickets are currently available for purchase at www.kvngates.com/tour.
Kevin and Dreka Gates recently teamed up to create the short film for Kevin’s track “Fatal Attraction” of his chart-topping album I’M HIM — watch the visual HERE. The unstoppable power couple went on Complex’s Everyday Struggle for a rare and exclusive joint interview to speak about the Louisiana heritage and the voodoo culture that inspired the film, which was shot in New Orleans. The incredibly adorable and informative, must-see interview is streaming now HERE.
I’M HIM EUROPEAN TOUR ITINERARY
MARCH
26 Dublin Green Room
28 Oslo Rockefeller
29 Helsinki The Circus
31 Stockholm Debaser Strand
APRIL
2 Arhaus Voxhall
3 Copenhagen Pumpehuset
4 Hamburg Waagenbau
7 Berlin BiNuu
8 Warsaw Praga Centrum
10 Weisbaden Weisbaden
11 Basel Club Vice
14 Zurich Exil
16 Paris Bellevilloise
17 Cologne CBE
18 Brussels Bloody Louis
21 Amsterdam Melkweg
22 Barcelona Shoko
I’M HIM PART 2 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY
MAY
19 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
21 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
22 Albuquerque, NM El Rey Theater
23 El Paso, TX Neon Desert**
25 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
26 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion
27 Wichita, KS WAVE
28 Omaha, NE Baxter Arena
29 Clive, IA Horizon Event Center
30 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom
JUNE
2 Minneapolis, MN Myth Live
3 St. Louis, MO Pop’s (Outdoors)
4 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
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